Sandy Duncan
Duncan in 1972
Born	Sandra Kay Duncan (1946-02-20)February 20, 1946 (age 79)[1] New London, Texas, U.S.
Occupations	Actress comedian dancer singer
Years active	1958–present
Known for	The Hogan Family Peter Pan The Cat from Outer Space The Million Dollar Duck
Spouses	Bruce Scott ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1972)​ Dr. Thomas Calcaterra ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1979)​ Don Correia ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	2

Sandra Kay Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American actress, comedian, dancer and singer. She is known for her performances in theBroadway revival ofPeter Pan, the sitcomThe Hogan Family, and the Disney filmsThe Million Dollar Duck andThe Cat from Outer Space. Duncan has been nominated for threeTony Awards, twoEmmy Awards and twoGolden Globe Awards.

Duncan was born inNew London, Texas, to Sylvia and Mancil Ray Duncan, a gas-station owner. She spent her early years there before moving toTyler, Texas, when she was in third grade. She performed in her first dance recital at the age of five.^[2][3]

Duncan started her entertainment career at age 12, working in a local production ofThe King and I for $150 a week.^[4] In 1965, she moved to New York into the famed Rehearsal Club for aspiring actresses. In the late 1960s, she appeared in a commercial for United California Bank^[5] and in the soap operaSearch for Tomorrow briefly in 1968.

In 1970,Time named Duncan one of the "most promising faces of tomorrow". That same year, she starred in the Broadway revival ofThe Boy Friend, for which she received favorable reviews. Duncan made her feature-film debut co-starring withDean Jones in theWalt Disney family comedyThe Million Dollar Duck. She was then cast as Amy Cooper in the Paramount film version ofStar Spangled Girl, based on the Broadway play byNeil Simon. Both films performed poorly at the box office. In autumn 1971, Duncan starred as Sandy Stockton on theCBS sitcomFunny Face. The program was placed in the Saturday-night prime-time schedule betweenAll in the Family andThe New Dick Van Dyke Show. Shortly after the premiere ofFunny Face, Duncan underwent surgery to remove a benignbrain tumor behind her left optic nerve.^[3] She lost vision in her left eye, but because it still tracked with her right eye, Duncan and her doctors elected to leave it in place. Duncan does not have a glass eye as rumored.^{[citation needed]} Her recovery from the operation was rapid, but CBS suspended production onFunny Face until the following year after the 12th installment had been filmed; the original series pilot served as the 13th (and final) episode. At first,Nielsen ratings forFunny Face were low, ranking in the lower 50s, but they eventually climbed to #17, and the show was called the best-liked new show of that television season.^{[by whom?]}

Duncan was nominated for anEmmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series. In September 1972,Funny Face returned asThe Sandy Duncan Show, with a revised format, new writers and a new time slot, Sundays at 8:30 p.m. Critical reaction to the show was similar to that forFunny Face, but without the strong Saturday night lead-in ofAll in the Family, the ratings sank. After 13 episodes, CBS canceled the series. In 1976, Duncan played the title role in a television musical adaptation ofPinocchio that featuredDanny Kaye asGeppetto andFlip Wilson as the Fox. She also guest-starred in a first-season episode ofThe Muppet Show. For her performance as Missy Anne Reynolds in the miniseriesRoots, she earned another Emmy nomination.

Duncan then returned to the Broadway stage for many years. In 1979, her run as the title role inPeter Pan won her many accolades. She also had replacement roles inMy One and Only andChicago. She was nominated for aTony Award three times: in 1969, for Featured Actress (Musical) forCanterbury Tales, in 1971, as Best Actress (Musical) forThe Boy Friend and in 1980, as Best Actress (Musical) forPeter Pan.^{[citation needed]}

In 1972, an animated version of Duncan (who contributed her own voice) appeared in the "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde" episode of the CBS Saturday-morning cartoonThe New Scooby-Doo Movies; forty-eight years later, she reprised her guest star appearance in "The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!" episode ofScooby-Doo and Guess Who?. In 1976, she guest-starred onThe Six Million Dollar Man andThe Bionic Woman playing the role of Gillian in "The Return of Bigfoot" episodes. In 1978, Duncan starred in Disney'sThe Cat from Outer Space. From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, Duncan was the commercial spokesperson forNabisco'sWheat Thins crackers.^{[citation needed]}

In 1981, Duncan voiced Vixey inThe Fox and the Hound. In 1984, she starred in a song and dance revue titled5-6-7-8...Dance! atRadio City Music Hall and provided voice work for theMy Little Pony television specialRescue at Midnight Castle as Firefly and Applejack. From 1986 to 1987, she reprised her role as Firefly in theMy Little Pony 'n Friends series. In 1987, she joined the cast ofNBC'sValerie's Family (previously known asValerie, later to be retitledThe Hogan Family) afterValerie Harper was dismissed. Duncan starred as the matriarch's sister-in-law Sandy Hogan, who moves in with her brother Mike (Josh Taylor) and his three sons to help raise the family after Valerie Hogan's death. She remained with the series through its cancellation in 1991. In 1988, she worked on the first threeBarney and the Backyard Gang children's videos. Duncan was asked to take part in theBarney & Friends television series, but declined the offer.^[6] In 1991, she voiced Peepers the mouse in theDon Bluth filmRock-a-Doodle. In 1994, she voiced Queen Uberta in theRichard Rich filmThe Swan Princess.

From 1999-2001, Duncan co-hosted, withRon Montez, thePBS showChampionship Ballroom Dancing.^[7][8][9]

In 2003, Duncan appeared in the rotating cast of theOff-Broadway staged reading ofWit & Wisdom.^[10] In May 2008, she performed one of the lead roles in the musicalNo, No, Nanette, a production of theCity Center's annualEncores! series. In April 2009, she performed the lead role in the playDriving Miss Daisy atCasa Mañana Theatre inFort Worth, Texas. In September 2009, she played the lead role inTennessee Williams' playThe Glass Menagerie at the Mountain Playhouse inJennerstown, Pennsylvania. She has also participated in many traveling stage productions, includingThe King and I.

On February 12, 2016, Duncan took the role of Madame du Maurier in the Broadway production ofFinding Neverland.^[11] On February 17, the show's producers announced that she would take a temporary leave of absence because of family obligations.^[12]

Duncan met singer-actor Bruce Scott (born Bruce Scott Zaharaides) during the Off-Broadway production ofYour Own Thing, and they were married in September 1968. Their divorce, finalized in October 1972,^[13] was caused by tensions resulting from Duncan's success and rise to stardom. Duncan toldPeople magazine in 1979 that "It was very threatening to Bruce."^[14]

Her second marriage was to Dr. Thomas Calcaterra on January 10, 1973; it lasted until 1979. Duncan met Calcaterra when he was a consulting surgeon for her brain-tumor surgery. This marriage also failed, according to Duncan, because of the demands of her 1978 nightclub act and her refusal to remain at home to be a good "doctor's wife."^[14]

Since July 21, 1980, Duncan has been married to actor and choreographerDon Correia. They have two sons, born in 1982 and 1984. She and her husband, who performed together on stage before they wed, live inConnecticut.^[3]

Taylorville, Illinois (nearSpringfield) named a street, Sandy Duncan Drive, in her honor. Her character inFunny Face andThe Sandy Duncan Show, Sandy Stockton, is from Taylorville.^{[citation needed]}

Wikimedia Commons has media related toSandy Duncan.

• Sandy Duncan atIMDb 
• Sandy Duncan at theTCM Movie Database
• Sandy Duncan at theInternet Broadway Database
• Sandy Duncan at theInternet Off-Broadway Database (archived)
• Interview with Sandy Duncan –Tyler Morning Telegraph, September, 2016.

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