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Career

Acting

In 1977, she made her Broadway debut as Grace Farrell, secretary to Daddy Warbucks, in Annie. Additional theatre credits include Charlie and Algernon (1980),¹ Is There Life After High School? (1982),² and You Can't Take It with You (1983, replacement Alice Sycamore)³

Faison's feature film credits include The Sterile Cuckoo (1969)⁴ and All the Right Moves (1983).⁵

On television she was featured in the soap operas The Guiding Light as the original Brandy Shellooe before actress JoBeth Williams took over the role, Another World, and The Edge of Night. She had a recurring role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Molly's sister Mamie, a regular role in the first season of Anything but Love, and made guest appearances on Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Quantum Leap, The Wonder Years, Grace Under Fire and Party of Five, among others⁶

In the television movie An Eight Is Enough Wedding (1989), she played Abby Bradford.⁷

Teaching

After 13 years, Faison retired from teaching at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.⁸⁹ where she also served as LaGuardia's assistant principal of theater for her last five years.¹⁰ As of 2021[update], she teaches an annual workshop at London's Royal Academy of Music,¹¹ is the artistic director for the ArtsBridge Summer Musical Theater 2,¹² and teaches the second year acting and music students at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.¹³

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

• Sandy Faison at IMDb
• Sandy Faison at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sandy Faison at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

References

1. " Charlie and Algernon Broadway" playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019 http://www.playbill.com/production/charlie-and-algernon-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004466 ↩

2. " Is There Life After High School? Broadway" playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019 http://www.playbill.com/production/is-there-life-after-high-school-ethel-barrymore-theatre-vault-0000004318 ↩

3. " You Can't Take It with You Broadway" playbill (vault), accessed March 23, 2019 http://www.playbill.com/production/you-cant-take-it-with-you-plymouth-theatre-vault-0000009567 ↩

4. The Sterile Cuckoo tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019 https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16430/the-sterile-cuckoo ↩

5. All the Right Moves tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019 https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67092/all-the-right-moves ↩

6. "Sandy Faison" masterworksbroadway.com, accessed March 23, 2019 https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/sandy-faison/ ↩

7. An Eight Is Enough Wedding tcm.com, accessed March 23, 2019 https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/463027/an-eight-is-enough-wedding ↩

8. "Sandy Faison" masterworksbroadway.com, accessed March 23, 2019 https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/sandy-faison/ ↩

9. "Sandy Faison Fund" alumniandfriends.org, accessed March 23, 2019 https://alumniandfriends.org/fund/sandy-faison/ ↩

10. "Technical Theater. Sandy Faison, Assistant Principal" laguardiahs.org, accessed March 23, 2019 https://www.laguardiahs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=314386&type=d ↩

11. "Sandy Faison, Neighborhood Playhouse". ArtsBridge. Retrieved 2021-12-15. https://artsbridge.com/wp_super_faq/sandy-faison/ ↩

12. "Sandy Faison, Neighborhood Playhouse". ArtsBridge. Retrieved 2021-12-15. https://artsbridge.com/wp_super_faq/sandy-faison/ ↩

13. "Sandy Faison ~ Meisner Acting Technique II & Music". Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Retrieved 2021-12-15. https://neighborhoodplayhouse.org/about/faculty ↩