Sonya Wilde

Sonya Wilde
Sonya Wilde
Born	1937 (age 83–84)
Nationality	American
Occupation	former actress
Years active	1960-1962
Spouse(s)	Jake Butcher (1962-2017) (divorced) (4 children)
Children	4

Sonya Wilde (born 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)

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.
By W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher | Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
By W Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee. "Jacob F. Butcher &#1detail as24; Entries". Tennessee Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
United Press International (1986-02-22). "Jake Butcher's Wife Fights To Keep Florida Home". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-06-17.

External links

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

[5] By 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.