
Sourced to BFI and TV Guide unless noted Year James died at her home in New York City on September 12, 2021, aged 82, from lung cancer, which had been diagnosed five months earlier. She had five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren at the time of her death. In 2020, she was one of the group of actors who brought a class-action lawsuit against SAG-AFTRA Health Fund for imposing penalties on performers over 65 in a health plan restructure supposedly helping cover COVID-19.

He was shown a picture of James and immediately liked the look of her, knowing he didn't want the character to appear mundane.

James played the main role of Auntie Norma in Karl Pilkington's British comedy Sick of It the production decided to use an American actress because there were limited elderly British actors, and these would all be recognizable to a British audience, which Pilkington felt would be distracting. While James and Speakeasy were successful in the 1990s, she was often upset that she struggled to find acting jobs. James also provided additional voices for several of the productions the company looped. As of 2021, the company has provided audio for over 500 films and television shows. She was often involved with casting Coen brothers films. Within Speakeasy, James took on various sound department roles, including loop coordinator, voice casting, and ADR casting. In the 1990s, she founded the loop recording company Speakeasy, which provides audio recording for film and television. Following this, she consistently worked as a character actor and voice actress across film, television, and stage, including the national tour of Funny Girl in 1996. James began work as an actor, first starring in Mighty Aphrodite in 1995. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1955 before taking a double major in anthropology and archeology at City College of New York. Of your Service Animal, we must seat you in an appropriate location.Sondra James was born Sondra Weil on July 21, 1939, in the Lower East Side, New York City. In order to ensure your safety and the safety That there is a live dog in this show who will appear on stage and in theĪs defined by the ADA, please contact the Box Office immediately. Music Supervision and Orchestrations by Jason Hart Extended thru Sept 5!Ĭasting by Tara Rubin Casting Kaitlin Shaw

Let Grammy and Tony winner Duncan Sheik ( Spring Awakening) and Tony nominee Nell Benjamin ( Legally Blonde, Mean Girls) take you on a heartwarming adventure for all ages. The beloved, award-winning novel about a quirky community learning to get along now sings for the first time in this uplifting new musical. Not since Annie has a stray dog inspired such joyful noise! In a Southern town filled with lost souls, a new leash on life is just around the corner when a preacher and his daughter take in a mutt named Winn Dixie.
