Sandra Giles

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Sandra Giles
Born
Lelia Bernice Giles

(1932-07-24)July 24, 1932
Hooker, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 2016(2016-12-25) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Children1

Sandra Giles, born Lelia Bernice Giles, (July 24, 1932 – December 25, 2016) was an American actress and model. She was best known for her film debut role in Daddy-O in 1958.

Biography

Giles was raised in

blond bombshell", Giles was discovered by a press agent while working at Canter's delicatessen, which began her career as an actress and model.[1] She later studied dramatics at Los Angeles City College.[3]

Giles made her film debut in 1958's

Life Magazine, titled "The Blond From Hooker – How to Become a Movie Star", in which she was photographed in a bubble bath.[1]

Her other film roles included Black Spurs in 1965, Flareup in 1969, and Black Gunn in 1972, as well as appearing in one-off episodes of television series ranging from Columbo to The Odd Couple.[1]

Avco Embassy & The Steagle

In his 1974 book about making the movie

Avco Embassy into casting Giles [whom he gave the pseudonym "Sally Wyles"] in a major supporting role, even though she was totally inadequate for the part, lacking acting talent.[5] Sylbert wrote that the production of the picture was made contingent on her being cast in the part, as it turned out she was the mistress of a top executive at Avco, the conglomerate that acquired Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures in 1967.[5]

Facing cancellation of The Steagle, he did cast her, with no intention of using her. Sylbert rescheduled the shooting of Giles' scenes to the latter part of the picture, then used another actress in the part. In his book, he writes that the film being taken away from him during the editing/preview process and being brutally recut was partially due to the producers' anger over him double-crossing them over Giles.[5]

Personal life

She dated tennis player Bobby Riggs during the 1970s and appeared with him in a guest spot on The Odd Couple.[1]

She was close friends with fellow actresses

Cathy Crosby.[6]

She was married two times and had a daughter, singer Sandra Piller.[citation needed]

Death

Giles died in Los Angeles from complications of bullous pemphigoid, an autoimmune disease affecting the skin, on December 25, 2016, at the age of 84.[1]

Filmography

Films

Television

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Barnes, Mike (December 31, 2016). "Sandra Giles, Actress in 'Daddy-O' and 'It Happened at the World's Fair,' Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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    ISBN 0-8164-9184-4. Retrieved October 15, 2023 – via Internet Archive Book Reader
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  6. ISBN 9798889921806
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  7. ISBN 978-1-59393-521-4
    . Retrieved September 9, 2021.

External links
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