Sarah Torgov (born) is a Canadian actress. She appeared in popular movies in the 1980s, including Meatballs, If You Could See What I Hear, American Gothic, The July Group, and Drying Up the Streets. Her television appearances included episodes of Simon & Simon and The Greatest American Hero.
She won an ACTRA Award for her performance in Drying Up the Streets at the 9th ACTRA Awards in 1980.[1] [2] It also earned her a nomination for a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature.
She stopped acting in 1988 and is now working as an artist and book illustrator in Los Angeles. She illustrated Let's Read Together: A Parent's Guide to Beginning Reading, by Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig.
She was born in Toronto. She is the daughter of noted Canadian humourist and novelist Morley Torgov[3] and played the cello in high school. She is married to writer and television producer Douglas Steinberg.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Drying Up the Streets | Anne | ||
| 1979 | Meatballs | Candace | ||
| 1982 | If You Could See What I Hear | Patti Steffen | ||
| 1988 | American Gothic | Cynthia |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny | Sarah | "A Call to Arms" | |
| 1979 | Sarah | "Stand-in" | ||
| 1981 | Tales of the Klondike | "Scorn of Women" | ||
| 1982 | Anna Kurienna | "It's All Downhill from Here" | ||
| 1982 | Simon & Simon | Rosalie Arthur | "Art for Arthur's Sake" | |
| 1982 | Betsy Circle | TV film | ||
| 1984 | Hangin' In | Lindsay | "Bridesmaid Revisited" |