Sandra Warner obit

Model and Actress Sandra Warner Has Died 

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Sandra Gendel, age 87, of Los Angeles, California passed away on Sunday, March 13, 2022. Sandra was born May 12, 1934 in New York, New York.

She was also known as Sandy Warner and later Sandra Warner Gendel, was an American actress, model, and singer, who sometimes performed with her twin sister Sonia Warner.

Sandy and Sonia Warner began entertaining with a singing act when they were five years old.

Sandra Warner was the cover girl on Martin Denny's 1957 album Exotica, which reached no.1 in the Billboard charts, and on the album's first 11 sequels. Denny recalled, "She was a stunning model, extremely photogenic. She posed for at least the first dozen albums I did. They always changed her looks to fit the mood of the package." She also appeared as cover girl for other artists such as Mickey Katz's The Most Mishige.

In 1959 Warner released Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner, one of a series of albums presented by Steve Allen, for which Martin Denny wrote the liner notes. The album was rereleased in 2014 by Edberg & Smith Records with the title Crazy Kisses. She is also reportedly the Body painted Woman on a Paul Mauriat album cover.

In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1962–63 ABC sitcom based on the 1939 film of the same name, Warner co-starred as the wife of U.S. Senator Eugene Smith (Fess Parker). Warner appeared in a number of films, often with her twin sister Sonia, including The Human Jungle, Some Like It Hot, Nicholas Ray's Party Girl, and John Boorman's Point Blank. Other television appearances included The Fugitive, two episodes of The Twilight Zone ("A Nice Place to Visit" and "The Dummy"), and one episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Bountiful Beauty" (1964)), playing the role of murder victim Stephanie Carew. She also made a brief appearance in the "Have Gun, Will Travel" episode "The Marshall's Boy" broadcast November 26, 1960.

In September 2009, Warner attended a celebration at the Hotel del Coronado of the 50th anniversary of the filming there of Some Like It Hot.

Actress

Point Blank (1967)

Point Blank

Waitress

1967

 

Vacation Playhouse (1963)

Vacation Playhouse

Linda

TV Series

1967

1 episode

 

David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)

The Fugitive

Frankie

TV Series

1966

1 episode

 

Karen (1964)

Karen

Elaine Banks

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

Wendy and Me (1964)

Wendy and Me

Denise

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

Bonanza (1959)

Bonanza

Nancy Collings

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

Fanfare for a Death Scene (1964)

Fanfare for a Death Scene

Isabel Bannerman

TV Movie

1964

 

Gene Barry in Burke's Law (1963)

Burke's Law

Mary

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

Perry Mason (1957)

Perry Mason

Stephanie Carew

TV Series

1964

1 episode

 

Fess Parker in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Pat Smith

TV Series

1962–1963

23 episodes

 

The Twilight Zone (1959)

The Twilight Zone

GirlNoreen

TV Series

1960–1962

2 episodes

 

Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)

The Untouchables

Gina

TV Series

1962

1 episode

 

Diane McBain and Van Williams in Surfside 6 (1960)

Surfside 6

Irene

TV Series

1962

1 episode

 

Leslie Nielsen, John Beradino, John Clarke, and Greg Roman in The New Breed (1961)

The New Breed

Mrs. FlyerSandy Demarest

TV Series

1961

2 episodes

 

The Detectives (1959)

The Detectives

Baby LouFriedaMiss Clark ...

TV Series

1960–1961

4 episodes

 

Richard Denning in Michael Shayne (1960)

Michael Shayne

Helen Moon

TV Series

1961

1 episode

 

Georgine Darcy and Roger Perry in Harrigan and Son (1960)

Harrigan and Son

Eve St. John

TV Series

1961

1 episode

 

Barbara Eden, Ray Charles, Peter Marshall, Tommy Noonan, Bobby Vee, and Roger Williams in Swingin' Along (1961)

Swingin' Along

Secretary

1961

 

Lock Up (1959)

Lock Up

Jeanne Johnson

TV Series

1960

1 episode

 

Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)

Have Gun - Will Travel

Paladin's Love Interest

TV Series

1960

1 episode

 

Dean Martin, Judy Holliday, and Jean Stapleton in Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Bells Are Ringing

Party Guest (uncredited)

1960

 

Bachelor Father (1957)

Bachelor Father

Lola Winslow (as Sandy Warner)

TV Series

1960

1 episode

 

Mike Connors in Tightrope (1959)

Tightrope

Cleo (as Sandy Warner)

TV Series

1959

1 episode

 

Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds in It Started with a Kiss (1959)

It Started with a Kiss

(uncredited)

1959

 

Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lawford, and Asta in The Thin Man (1957)

The Thin Man

Felicia

TV Series

1959

1 episode

 

Ask Any Girl (1959)

Ask Any Girl

Gabrielle (uncredited)

1959

 

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot

Emily (uncredited)

1959

 

Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, and John Ireland in Party Girl (1958)

Party Girl

Showgirl (uncredited)

1958

 

Debra Paget and Cornel Wilde in Omar Khayyam (1957)

Omar Khayyam

Harem Girl (uncredited)

1957

 

Anita Ekberg and Robert Ryan in Back from Eternity (1956)

Back from Eternity

Minor Role (uncredited)

1956

 

Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)

The Red Skelton Hour

Convention Queen Candidate

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine in Guys and Dolls (1955)

Guys and Dolls

Twin Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1955

 

Jan Sterling, Chuck Connors, and Gary Merrill in The Human Jungle (1954)

The Human Jungle

Twin Stripper #2 (uncredited)

1954