Sonya Wilde Explained
| Sonya Wilde |
| Birth Date: | 2 November 1937 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Former actress |
| Children: | 4 |
| Yearsactive: | 1960-1962 |
Sonya Wilde (born November 2, 1937) is an American former actress, best known for her starring role in the 1960 film I Passed for White. She started her career as Maria on Broadway with the original cast of West Side Story.[1] [2]
Career
On Broadway, Wilde was an understudy and replacement in the role of Maria in West Side Story (1957).[3]
Selected filmography
Selected television
Private life
In 1962, Wilde married the banker Jake Butcher, having met him on New Year's Eve 1961 on a blind date.[4] He later became a politician, before spending seven years in prison for fraud.[5] They had four children.[6]
Following her husband's 1985 20-year jail term for bank fraud (he served seven years), Wilde went to court in 1986 to try to keep the family's $675,000 home in the exclusive Sweetwater Club subdivision just outside Orlando.[6]
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Notes and References
- Book: Donald Bogle. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition. 5 June 2017. 24 October 2001. Bloomsbury Academic. 978-0-8264-1267-6. 192.
- Book: Sam Riley. Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture. 5 June 2017. 2010. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-35813-5. 298.
- Web site: Sonya Wilde. Playbill. 27 October 2017. https://archive.today/20171027024055/http://www.playbill.com/person/sonya-wilde-vault-0000098102. 27 October 2017. dead.
- Web site: W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee . Jacob F. Butcher | Entries . Tennessee Encyclopedia . 2017-06-05.
- Web site: W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee . Jacob F. Butcher detail as24; Entries . Tennessee Encyclopedia . 2017-06-05.
- Web site: United Press International . Jake Butcher's Wife Fights To Keep Florida Home. Orlando Sentinel . 1986-02-22 . 2020-06-17.
