Sharon Gans
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Sharon Gans Horn | |
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| Born | July 29, 1935 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 2021 (aged 85) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Stage and film actress and alleged cult leader |
Sharon Gans (July 29, 1935–January 22, 2021) was an American actress and cult leader.
Gans grew up in the Bronx New York. She is best known for playing the role of Billy Pilgrim's wife, Valencia Merble, in George Roy Hill's 1972 film version of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Gans also starred in the award-winning documentary Artists and Orphans: A True Drama. In 1966, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in Soon Jack November.
In October 1988, Gans directed the play The Legend of Sharon Shashanovah, presented at the 47th Street Theater in New York City.[1] Gans co-wrote A Chekhov Concert with Jordan Charney that was performed by the Moscow Contemporary Theater.[citation needed]
Gans was a party to the 1978 US Supreme Court case called Kulko v. California Superior Court in which the Court held that Gans had no right to sue her ex-husband for child support while she remained in California and he in New York; the case authored by Justice Marshall describes the facts surrounding the Gans/Kulko marriage in some detail.[2]
