Sandra Peabody
American talent agent, producer and former actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sandra Peabody (born January 11, 1948)[1] is an American producer, writer, acting coach, talent agent, and retired actress. Trained in the Meisner technique directly from acting teacher Sanford Meisner, she is primarily known for her early influential scream queen roles in 1970s horror films and her subsequent career as an award-winning children's television producer. She received accolades during her producing career, including an Emmy Award and CableACE Award.
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Born | Sandra Lee Peabody (1948-01-11) January 11, 1948 (age 76) |
Other names | Sandy Peabody Sandra Cassell Liyda Cassell Sandra Cassel Sandra Stubelek |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
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Years active | 1965–present |
Spouse | Timothy Stubelek |
Children | 1 |
Peabody began her career as a teen actress in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. First appearing in the professional stage production Enter Laughing (1965) as Wanda during her senior year of high school, Peabody later forayed into acting in feature films, such as Misfit (1965) and The Horse Killer (1966). In 1966, Peabody began studying drama at Carnegie Mellon University and Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Meisner.
Peabody appeared on stage in The Odd Couple, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (both 1969), and the off-Broadway play Tarot (1970), which opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and had roles in films such as Love-In '72 (1971) as the hippie Linda before reaching fame when Wes Craven cast her as Mari Collingwood in his controversial directorial debut horror film The Last House on the Left (1972). Her follow up films were the horror films Voices of Desire (1972) and Massage Parlor Murders! (1973). Peabody achieved further success when she portrayed Minnie Oakley in the stage musical Annie Get Your Gun (1973).
After starring in the exploitation crime comedy film Teenage Hitchhikers (1974), Peabody made her final acting appearance in the play Tunnel of Love (1977). Subsequently, Peabody taught theatrical training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before moving to Portland, Oregon and launching a successful career as a children's television producer beginning in 1982. Her credits include Get Movin' (1982) and the award-winning Popcorn (1984-1992). Peabody has been an acting coach and talent agent for children since the 1980s.