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{{short description|American actress, painter and writer (born 1939-2022 }}
{{short description|American actress, painter and writer (born 1939)}}
{{for|the comic book character|Phantom Lady}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Sandra Knight
| name = Sandra Knight
| image =
| image = Sandra Knight in The Terror (1963).jpg
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| caption = Knight in ''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' (1963)
| birth_name = Sandra D. Knight
| birth_name = Sandra D. Knight
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|9|2}}
| birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
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| death_date = 12th May 2022
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| death_place = LA
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| nationality = American
| nationality = American
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| alma_mater = [[Santa Monica City College]]
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|painter|writer}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1958–1994
| years_active = 1958–1966
| known_for =
| known_for =
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Jack Nicholson]]|1962|1968|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|John Arthur Stephenson|1982}}}}
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Jack Nicholson]]|1962|1968|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|John Arthur Stephenson|1982}}}}
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'''Sandra D. Knight''' (born September 2, 1939) was an American actress, painter and writer.
'''Sandra D. Knight''' is a retired American actress.


==Acting career==
==Acting career==
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===Television===
===Television===
She appeared as a guest star in numerous television series, including the episode "The Legacy" in the Western ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'' with [[Dale Robertson]]; an episode of the [[science fiction]] [[anthology]] series ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' called "The Burning Girl"; a voodoo-oriented episode titled "Knock on Any Tombstone" of the [[Warner Bros.]] detective show ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' starring [[Andrew Duggan]], [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]] and [[Arlene Howell]]; the episode "The Search for Cope Borden" in a Western about an insurance investigator titled ''[[The Man from Blackhawk]]''; the episode "Home Town" guest starring [[James Coburn]] in a Western about a partially disabled gunslinger called ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]''; a post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] Western starring [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]] in the titular role of ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]''; the episodes "Drifter's Gold" and "The Last Journey" in a Western ensemble show titled ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]''; the Western series ''[[Wagon Train]]'' in the episode "The Bettina May Story" guest starring [[Bette Davis]] and starring [[John McIntire]]; the episode "Separate Checks" starring [[Van Williams]] in a then-modern day [[Warner Bros.]] detective show set in [[Miami Beach]] titled ''[[Surfside 6]]''; the episode "A Time to Run" of a Western series starring [[Barry Sullivan (American actor)|Barry Sullivan]] as [[Pat Garrett]] and [[Clu Gulager]] as [[Billy the Kid]] titled ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]''; and the episode "The Yellow Badge of Courage" in a slapstick [[sitcom]] called ''[[I'm Dickens, He's Fenster]]'' starring [[John Astin]] and [[Marty Ingels]] as a pair of woefully inept carpenters.
She appeared as a guest star in numerous television series, including the episode "The Legacy" in the Western ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'' , an episode of the [[science fiction]] [[anthology]] series ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'' called "The Burning Girl"; an episode titled "Knock on Any Tombstone" of the [[Warner Bros.]] detective show ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]''; the episode "The Search for Cope Borden" in the Western ''[[The Man from Blackhawk]]''; the episode "Home Town", in the Western ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]''; the Western ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]''; the episodes "Drifter's Gold" and "The Last Journey" in the Western ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]''; the Western ''[[Wagon Train]]'' in the episode "The Bettina May Story"; the episode "Separate Checks" in the detective show ''[[Surfside 6]]''; the episode "A Time to Run" of the Western ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]''; and the episode "The Yellow Badge of Courage" in the sitcom ''[[I'm Dickens, He's Fenster]].''


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 1962, Knight married fellow actor Jack Nicholson, with whom she had worked on ''The Terror''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Agate|first=Samantha|date=2022-01-20|title=Meet Actor Jack Nicholson's Only Ex-Wife Sanda Knight|url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/jack-nicholsons-ex-wife-meet-actress-sandra-knight/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Closer Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref> They have a daughter, Jennifer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Walter |title=Personality Parade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76802553/the-charlotte-observer/ |access-date=May 1, 2021 |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=October 11, 1987 |page=328|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Knight retired from acting in 1966. Knight and Nicholson divorced in 1968, and she went on to marry John Arthur Stephenson in 1982.
In 1962, Knight married fellow actor Jack Nicholson, with whom she had worked on ''The Terror''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agate |first=Samantha |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Jack Nicholson Was Married Once at the Height of His Fame: Meet the Actor's Ex-Wife Sandra Knight |url=https://www.closerweekly.com/posts/jack-nicholsons-ex-wife-meet-actress-sandra-knight/ |access-date=January 23, 2024 |website=Closer Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> They have a daughter, Jennifer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Walter |title=Personality Parade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76802553/the-charlotte-observer/ |access-date=May 1, 2021 |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=October 11, 1987 |page=328|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Man from Blackhawk]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Man from Blackhawk]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Tate (TV series)|Tate]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' (1960-1961)
* ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'' (1960–1961)
* ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' (1960-1961)
* ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' (1960–1961)
* ''[[Wagon Train]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Wagon Train]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Surfside 6]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Surfside 6]]'' (1961)
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.sandraknight.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.sandraknight.com/ Official website]
* {{IMDb name|0461070}}
* {{IMDb name|0461070}}
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 11 April 2024

For the comic book character, see Phantom Lady.
Sandra Knight
Knight in The Terror (1963)
Born
Sandra D. Knight
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1966
Spouses
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    (m. 1962; div. 1968)​
  • John Arthur Stephenson
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    ​
    (m. 1982)​
Children1[1]

Sandra D. Knight is a retired American actress.

Acting career[edit]

Film[edit]

Knight acted in low-budget films of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) in which she played the titular role, The Terror (1963) starring Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson, where she plays an evil spirit, and Tower of London (1962) with Vincent Price. Her most well-known film is the bootleg moonshine action epic Thunder Road (1958) starring Robert Mitchum.

Television[edit]

She appeared as a guest star in numerous television series, including the episode "The Legacy" in the Western Tales of Wells Fargo , an episode of the science fiction anthology series One Step Beyond called "The Burning Girl"; an episode titled "Knock on Any Tombstone" of the Warner Bros. detective show Bourbon Street Beat; the episode "The Search for Cope Borden" in the Western The Man from Blackhawk; the episode "Home Town", in the Western Tate; the Western The Rebel; the episodes "Drifter's Gold" and "The Last Journey" in the Western Laramie; the Western Wagon Train in the episode "The Bettina May Story"; the episode "Separate Checks" in the detective show Surfside 6; the episode "A Time to Run" of the Western The Tall Man; and the episode "The Yellow Badge of Courage" in the sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.

Personal life[edit]

In 1962, Knight married fellow actor Jack Nicholson, with whom she had worked on The Terror.[2] They have a daughter, Jennifer.[3]

Selected filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sandra D. Knight
  2. ^ Agate, Samantha (January 20, 2022). "Jack Nicholson Was Married Once at the Height of His Fame: Meet the Actor's Ex-Wife Sandra Knight". Closer Weekly. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Scott, Walter (October 11, 1987). "Personality Parade". The Charlotte Observer. p. 328. Retrieved May 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

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