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- Birth nameSandra Kay Descher
- Sandra Descher was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Descher on November 30, 1945 in Burbank, California. Ironically, she was discovered while on vacation with her family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Her first jobs were in uncredited bit parts in 1952. In 1954 Sandy played the traumatized little girl in "Them!" which is the role for which she is best-remembered. At that time she signed a long-term contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loretta Young was her idol, and in 1962 she was hired to co-star in "The New Loretta Young Show." In 1964 she appeared in "The New Phil Silvers Show", which only lasted eight episodes. By the time she was 17, she had made some 16 movies and 100 television shows. Descher attended North Hollywood High School.
In 1967, now known as Sandra, she left acting. Her parents owned Michaels, a chain of stores featuring Hawaiian fashion and style. In 1967, Descher left acting. She and her husband, Donald White, began to manage Michaels' Palm Springs, California location. In 2013 Descher attended the opening of the Hollywood Museum's "Loretta Young: Hollywood Legend" exhibit.- IMDb Mini Biography By: MlleWackjob
- SpouseDonald White(May 15, 1965 - July 1977) (divorced, 2 children)
- She was "discovered" at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, while on vacation with her parents. Director Gordon Douglas, who was shooting the film, The Charge at Feather River (1953), at a nearby location, saw her at a lodge's dining room and asked if he could use her in his movie. Her parents declined, saying they had to be traveling on, but they accepted Douglas's card and later gave him a call upon their return to California.
- Dark-haired, doe-eyed American child actress, on stage from age 3, who was off the screen before she got out of her teens.
- In 1967, Descher left acting and that December, she and her husband began managing the Palm Springs, CA, location of Michaels, a chain of stores featuring Hawaiian fashion and style. The chain was owned by Descher's parents, who moved to Palm Springs in 1967 after living in Hawaii for ten years, where other stores in the chain were located.
- Like many actors who had prolific careers, she is best remembered today for appearing in two science fiction features, Gordon Douglas' "Them!" (1954), where she had some very memorable closeups, and Jack Arnold's seldom seen "The Space Children" (1958).
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