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Actor Born: February 20, 1946 in Henderson, TX Biography:Considered an "oddball" in her Texas hometown because she wanted to be an actress, "Sandy Duncan" refused to be dissuaded, and headed for New York fresh out of Lon Morris College. A bit too petite to stand out in the dancing chorus, Duncan was eventually being spotlighted in second-lead roles. After working in the 1968 rock musical Your Own Thing, Duncan was engaged to play Maizie, the soubrette character in the venerable musical The Boy Friend. This 1969 production was supposed to be a vehicle for Laugh-In alumnus "Judy Carne", but all the critical plaudits went to Duncan. This triumph, followed by a starring stint in the Disney film "The Million Dollar Duck" and a few well-circulated TV commercial appearances, encouraged CBS programming chief "Fred Silverman" to seek out a situation comedy for Duncan. "Melba Moore" had been slated to star in "Funny Face", the weekly saga of a struggling actress,... Full Biography
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