Julie Gregg obit

 

Julie Gregg, Sonny’s Wife Sandra in the First Two ‘Godfather’ Films, Dies at 79

A Tony Award nominee for best actress in a musical, she also starred in 'Man of La Mancha' and appeared as the Penguin's moll on 'Batman.'

She was not on the list.

Julie Gregg, who played the wife of James Caan’s character Sonny Corleone in the first two Godfather films, has died. She was 79.

Gregg died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif., after a long battle with cancer, her niece Lisa Scalzo told The Hollywood Reporter.

Gregg received a Tony Award nomination for best featured actress in a musical for starring as Laurie Mannon in the 1968 production The Happy Time, directed by Gower Champion and featuring music by Kander & Ebb.

Gregg played Sandra Corleone in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974) and portrayed Don Quixote’s niece Antonia in Arthur Hiller’s Man of La Mancha (1972), starring Peter O’Toole and Sophia Loren.

In 1966, Gregg modeled a succession of bathing suits as Finella, the blond moll of the Penguin (Burgess Meredith), in the first-season Batman two-parter in which the cagey bird kidnaps and brainwashes the butler Alfred (Alan Napier).

She also played Miss Canary Islands opposite Otto Preminger as Batman villain Mr. Freeze in season two and appeared as a chanteuse singing the French love song “Plaisir D’Amour” in a cabaret scene in Batman: The Movie (1966).

In the 1970s, Gregg had recurring roles on two short-lived series: Banyon, starring Robert Forster, and Mobile One, toplined by Jackie Cooper. Her TV résumé also included McHale’s Navy, The Farmer’s Daughter, Mannix, Bonanza, Baretta, The Incredible Hulk, B.J. and the Bear and Falcon Crest.

Born in New York on Jan. 24, 1937, Gregg, then known as Beverly Scalzo, graduated from USC, where she received a music scholarship.

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1994

 

The Kill Reflex (1989)

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4.1

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1989

 

Brothers (1984)

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Sally

1987

2 episodes

 

Falcon Crest (1981)

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6.2

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Sally North

1985

1 episode

 

Nurse (1981)

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7.8

TV Series

Dr. Marsha Mills

1981

1 episode

 

Greg Evigan in B.J. and the Bear (1978)

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6.4

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Sally

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3 episodes

 

The Seekers (1979)

The Seekers

6.4

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Edna Clapper

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2 episodes

 

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol (1979)

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1978

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Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby in The Incredible Hulk (1977)

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1978

1 episode

 

The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands

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Barbara Wild

1978

 

Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)

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6.7

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1977

1 episode

 

Jackie Cooper in Mobile One (1975)

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5.9

TV Series

Maggie Spencer

1975–1976

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Mobile Two

6.1

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Maggie Spencer

1975

 

Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)

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6.9

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Vivian Dorsey

1975

1 episode

 

Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)

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9.0

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8.4

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7.1

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Shelby Phillips

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1 episode

 

The F.B.I. (1965)

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7.4

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1 episode

 

Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)

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7.4

TV Series

Carol Robson

Janet Kirby

Dr. Barbara Harley

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3 episodes

 

William Conrad in Cannon (1971)

Cannon

6.8

TV Series

Lisa Stephan

Marilyn Trent

1972–1973

2 episodes

 

Sophia Loren, Peter O'Toole, and James Coco in Man of La Mancha (1972)

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6.5

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Banyon (1971)

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7.7

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Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

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9.2

Sandra Corleone

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7.0

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Janette

1971

1 episode

 

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)

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7.0

TV Series

Elizabeth Reynolds

1971

1 episode

 

James Arness, Amanda Blake, Milburn Stone, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)

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8.1

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Beth Wilson

1971

1 episode

 

Vince Edwards in Matt Lincoln (1970)

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6.3

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1970

1 episode

 

Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)

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7.9

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James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

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1970

1 episode

 

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7.4

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Maggie Corman

Marla Acuna

1969–1970

2 episodes

 

Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in Mod Squad (1968)

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7.0

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1969

1 episode

 

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6.5

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1968

1 episode

 

Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)

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7.6

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1966–1967

2 episodes

 

Iron Horse (1966)

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7.1

TV Series

Nela Cromarty

1967

1 episode

 

Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

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7.4

TV Series

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1966

1 episode

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

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7.5

TV Series

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1966

3 episodes

 

Vacation Playhouse (1963)

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7.7

TV Series

Barbara Piper

1966

1 episode

 

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, and Burt Ward in Batman: The Movie (1966)

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6.5

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1966

 

Bonanza (1959)

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7.3

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1965

1 episode

 

Inger Stevens and William Windom in The Farmer's Daughter (1963)

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7.4

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Miss Graves

1965

1 episode

 

McHale's Navy (1962)

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7.4

TV Series

The Nurse

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1964–1965

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4.4

Marjorie Bellflower

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Soundtrack

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Man of La Mancha

6.5

performer: "I'm Only Thinking Of Him", "Finale: The Impossible Dream"

1972

 

Adam West, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith, Lee Meriwether, and Burt Ward in Batman: The Movie (1966)

Batman: The Movie

6.5

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1966

 

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5.6

TV Series

Self

1975

1 episode

 

The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968)

The 22nd Annual Tony Awards

8.2

TV Special

Self

1968

 

That Regis Philbin Show (1964)

That Regis Philbin Show

7.9

TV Series

Self

1965

1 episode

 

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The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980

9.3

Video

Sandra Corleone (archive footage)

1992

 

The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977)

The Godfather: A Novel for Television

9.5

TV Mini Series

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1977

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