Sonya Wilde

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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]

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Sonya Wilde
Born (1937-11-02) November 2, 1937 (age 87)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFormer actress
Years active1960-1962
Spouse
(m. 1962)
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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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