Sandra Caron
British actress (1936–2025)
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Sandra L. Cogan (27 August 1936 – 1 September 2025), known as Sandra Caron, was a British actress. Born in Stepney in east London, she trained at the Aida Foster Theatre School.[1] She took her stage name in honour of Leslie Caron in part to avoid accusations that she was trading on the popularity of her sister, Alma Cogan,[2] who The Guardian described in 2002 as "the most highly paid woman in British show business in the 1950s and 1960s".[3] In the late 1960s, Caron acted as part of The Second City in 20,000 Frozen Grenadiers[4] and appeared in the films The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom and Carry On Camping. She married American actor Brian Greene in 1985 and made her final on-screen appearance in Agony Again. She also appeared on the Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze.[1]
Sandra Caron | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 August 1936 Stepney, East London, England |
| Died | 1 September 2025 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Aida Foster Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Television | The Crystal Maze |
Caron published Alma Cogan: A Memoir in 1991 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death[3] and was performing Fifty Million Frenchmen at the Royal Opera House in London with Jessica Martin in June 2002.[5][6] After hearing from Martin that the planned BBC Radio 4 series Stage Mother, Sequinned Daughter – which did not mention Caron but did depict Alma as a drunkard and their mother as overbearing – she consulted with her barrister cousin Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, who advised her to seek an injunction to halt its broadcast. The injunction was unsuccessful on the grounds that it did not devalue Cogan's estate,[3] however the BBC did apologise in December 2003 after the Broadcasting Standards Commission ruled that the series had been unfair on Cogan's surviving relatives.[7] Caron moved with Greene to Los Angeles in 2015 and died at that city's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on 1 September 2025, six weeks after being hospitalised following extreme weight loss and several falls.[1]
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Not Only... But Also | 1965 | The White Woman |
| The Late Show | 1966 | Self |
| Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | 1968 | Pinto's nurse[9] |
| The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | 1968 | Pet shop assistant |
| Carry on Camping | 1969 | Fanny |
| About Face | 1989 | Wife |
| The Green Man | 1990 | Mrs Klinger |
| Agony Again | 1995 | Lily |
Stage work
Selected stage credits
- The Boy Friend – ensemble cast member in touring productions of Sandy Wilson's musical that played the New Theatre, Hull, in March 1959 and March 1960.[10]
- The Kitchen – played Monique, a waitress, in Arnold Wesker's play at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1961.[11][12]
- From Rush Hour with Love – performer in a cabaret-style James Bond spoof staged at the Poor Millionaire, London EC2 (7 September – 10 October 1964) and at the Guinea and the Piggy, Leicester Square, London (October–November 1964).[13]
- Billy Liar – cast member in a 1962 touring production of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's play at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, with the Alexandra Repertory Company.[14]
- Inadmissible Evidence – appeared in a 1968 production of John Osborne's play at the Watford Palace Theatre for the Watford Palace Theatre Trust.[15]
- ...And Another Thing – performer in the original London production of the musical revue at the Fortune Theatre, London, which opened on 6 October 1960.[16]