Sonya Wilde

Sonya Wilde (born November 2, 1937) is an American former actress, best known for her starring role in the 1960 film I Passed for White. She started her career as Maria on Broadway with the original cast of West Side Story.

Career On Broadway, Wilde was an understudy and replacement in the role of Maria in West Side Story (1957).

Selected filmography I Passed for White (1960)

Selected television Bonanza (1960) Cheyenne (1960) The Americans (1961) Gunslinger (1961) Perry Mason (1961) Rawhide (1961) – White Deer in S4:E5, "The Lost Tribe" Death Valley Days (1960)

Private life In 1962, Wilde married the banker Jake Butcher, having met him on New Year's Eve 1961 on a blind date. He later became a politician, before spending seven years in prison for fraud. They had four children.

Following her husband's 1985 20-year jail term for bank fraud (he served seven years), Wilde went to court in 1986 to try to keep the family's $675,000 home in the exclusive Sweetwater Club subdivision just outside Orlando.