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Sonya Wilde
Sonya Wilde
Born	November 2, 1937 (age 87)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former actress
Years active	1960-1962
Spouse	Jake Butcher (m. 1962)
Children	4

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

I Passed for White (1960)

Selected television

Bonanza (1960)
Cheyenne (1960)
The Americans (1961)
Gunslinger (1961)
Perry Mason (1961)
Rawhide (1961) – White Deer in S4:E5, "The Lost Tribe"
Death Valley Days (1960)

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]

References

^ Donald Bogle (24 October 2001). Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8264-1267-6. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ Sam Riley (2010). Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-313-35813-5. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Sonya Wilde". Playbill. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher | Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
^ W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher &#1detail as24; Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
^ ^a ^b United Press International (1986-02-22). "Jake Butcher's Wife Fights To Keep Florida Home". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-06-17.

External links

[Bogle2001-1] Donald Bogle (24 October 2001). Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, Fourth Edition. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8264-1267-6. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[Riley2010-2] Sam Riley (2010). Star Struck: An Encyclopedia of Celebrity Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-313-35813-5. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

[3] "Sonya Wilde". Playbill. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[4] W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher | Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[5] W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher &#1detail as24; Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[orlandosentinel1986-6] United Press International (1986-02-22). "Jake Butcher's Wife Fights To Keep Florida Home". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-06-17.

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