Sandra Faye Warner (May 12, 1934 – March 13, 2022), also known as Sandy Warner and later Sandra Warner Gendel, [1] was an American actress, model, and singer, who sometimes performed with her twin sister Sonia Warner.
Sandy and Sonia Warner began entertaining with a singing act when they were five years old. [2]
Sandra Warner was the cover girl on Martin Denny's 1957 album Exotica, which reached no.1 in the Billboard charts, and on the album's first 11 sequels. Denny recalled, "She was a stunning model, extremely photogenic. She posed for at least the first dozen albums I did. They always changed her looks to fit the mood of the package." [3] She also appeared as cover girl for other artists such as Mickey Katz's The Most Mishige. [4]
In 1959 Warner released Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair & Warner, one of a series of albums presented by Steve Allen, for which Martin Denny wrote the liner notes. The album was rereleased in 2014 by Edberg & Smith Records with the title Crazy Kisses. She is also reportedly the Body painted Woman on a Paul Mauriat album cover.
In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1962–63 ABC sitcom based on the 1939 film of the same name, Warner co-starred as the wife of U.S. Senator Eugene Smith ( Fess Parker). Warner appeared in a number of films, [5] often with her twin sister Sonia, including The Human Jungle, Some Like It Hot, Nicholas Ray's Party Girl, [6] and John Boorman's Point Blank. [5] Other television appearances included The Fugitive, [7] two episodes of The Twilight Zone (" A Nice Place to Visit" [8] [9] and " The Dummy" [10]), and one episode of Perry Mason ("The Case of the Bountiful Beauty" [11] (1964)), playing the role of murder victim Stephanie Carew. She also made a brief appearance in the Have Gun, Will Travel episode "The Marshall's Boy" broadcast November 26, 1960.
In September 2009, Warner attended a celebration at the Hotel del Coronado of the 50th anniversary of the filming there of Some Like It Hot. [1]
Warner died in Los Angeles on March 13, 2022, at the age of 87. [12] She was predeceased by her sister, Sonia Warner. [13]