Sandy Duncan Biography

Fast Facts

• A street in Taylorville, Ill․, the hometown of her character on "Funny Face" and "The Sandy Duncan Show" was named "Sandy Duncan Drive" in her honor
• Volunteered for a non-profit organization called Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• Received the National Rehabilitation Hospital Victory Award for facing adversity with courage and strength
• When she was 12 years old, she worked in a local production of "The King and I" for $150 a week
• Though she is best known for her lauded role in "Funny Face," later renamed "The Sandy Duncan Show," due to health problems and bad time slots, neither series lasted long
• Headlined many stage productions, including a Broadway revival of Peter Pan that won her much recognition
• Appeared in a popular series of Wheat Thins commercials, often with her two sons