Sandy Descher
actress
Sandy Descher (born November 30, 1945) is an American former child actress.
Life and career
Born November 30, 1945, in Burbank, California, Descher is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Descher. She has a younger brother, Michael. She attended North Hollywood High School.
In 1954, a news item reported that Descher was "the only long-term contract child in Hollywood," having been signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
That same year, she appeared in her favorite film, The Last Time I Saw Paris in which she plays Vicky. The film is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story Babylon Revisited, and stars Van Johnson and Elizabeth Taylor, who play her parents. The movie called on her to speak French and to dance ballet.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7417235. VIAF identifies the subject as 87100402. The Library of Congress control number is no92027880. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1945 and 1954.
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