Sandra Will Carradine (née Will; born November 3, 1947)[1] is an American film and television actress. She was formerly married to actor Keith Carradine, and around the time of their separation she became involved with Anthony Pellicano, a high-profile Hollywood private investigator who was involved in extensive illegal wiretapping activities. In 2006, she pleaded guilty to perjury for lying under oath about her awareness of Pellicano's wiretapping of Keith Carradine's phone.
Sandra Will Carradine | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sandra Will November 3, 1947 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–1990 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Sorel |
Career
editShe has appeared in various productions, including relatively small roles in episodes of the television series Laverne and Shirley (1976), CHiPs (1977), and The White Shadow (1980–1981), and in the feature films Thank God It's Friday (1978), Choose Me (1984), Cocktail (1988), and Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1990).[2] She also appeared in television advertisements for milk and Close-Up toothpaste.[3]
Involvement in Telluride community
editShe initially visited Telluride, Colorado, in 1980 for the Telluride Film Festival.[4] In 1991, she and then-husband Keith Carradine founded the Sheridan Arts Foundation in Telluride to save and restore its historic Sheridan Opera House.[5][6] Around the same time, she and her husband purchased a 6,000 square foot (560 m2) home in Telluride in 1992 from the estate of music promoter Bill Graham, who had died in a helicopter crash in 1991.[4][7][8]
On April 1, 1994, she herself was involved in a helicopter crash on a heli-skiing excursion in the Telluride area, along with her son, supermodel/actress Christie Brinkley, Colorado real estate mogul Richard Taubman (whom Brinkley would marry later that year), a ski guide, and a pilot.[9][10] She suffered a minor injury in the crash, while Taubman was seriously injured.[11] Two days later, Disney CEO Frank Wells was killed in a similar incident in Nevada.[11]
Personal life
editShe is the ex-wife of actor Keith Carradine. They were married on February 6, 1982, and had two children: Cade Richmond Carradine, born on July 19, 1982, and Sorel Johannah Carradine, born on June 18, 1985.[12] They separated in 1993,[13][14] and she filed for divorce on November 16, 1999.[12][15]
Legal issues
editTheir bitter divorce dispute led to a scandal and her federal criminal prosecution in Los Angeles involving the infamous Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano, who gathered evidence to help with her divorce case, and with whom she became romantically involved. On January 6, 2006, she pleaded guilty to perjury for testifying that she did not know about illegal wiretaps that Pellicano placed on her ex-husband's phone.[1][16][17][18][19] Pellicano was also involved in many other cases besides that of the Carradines, and his actions became notorious. He was eventually convicted of various charges including racketeering and wiretapping, and a significant number of other people were also convicted of crimes associated with their involvement with his illegal activities, including Beverly Hills police officer Craig Stevens, Los Angeles police officer Mark Arneson, film director John McTiernan, and others.
She subsequently cooperated with investigators related to the Pellicano investigations, and was sentenced on February 8, 2010, to 400 hours of community service, two years of probation, and a $10,000 fine.[20]
She underwent some financial hardship, letting an architecturally historic apartment building she owned fall into disrepair due to lack of maintenance, and eventually defaulting on the mortgage for the building.[21]
In 2009, she offered her beach home in the Rincon Point gated community in Carpinteria, California (near Santa Barbara and Ventura), for sale for $4.29 million.[3] She had purchased the home in 1991 after enrolling her son in a prep school in the area.[22]
In 2013, she offered her Telluride home for sale for $8 million, while the home was in the midst of foreclosure proceedings with an outstanding principal of approximately $3.5 million.[4][23]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Thank God It's Friday | Miss Negative | |
| 1983 | Imps* | Sheila | |
| 1984 | Choose Me | Ida | |
| 1988 | Cocktail | Job Interviewer | |
| 1990 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | Jeannie |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Monika | Episode: "Dear Future Model" |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Sheila | Episode: "Hustle" |
| 1978 | Go West, Young Girl | Gilda Corin | Television film |
| 1980, 1981 | The White Shadow | Marlene Sandler | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | My Father, My Son | Ann | Television film |
| 1989 | The Forgotten | Major White |
References
edit- ^ a b "Carradine Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges". Telluride Daily Planet. February 7, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Sandra Will Carradine at IMDb. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Beale, Lauren (November 11, 2009). "Sandra Will Carradine lists Carpinteria beach house for $4.29 million". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c Barber, Megan (December 6, 2013). "Actress is Selling Telluride Home Once Owned By Billy Graham". Curbed.com (real estate blog site). Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "About the Sheridan Arts Foundation". Sheridan Opera House. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Historic Sheridan Opera House". Telluride Tourism Board. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Wadler, Joyce (July 23, 2006). "Keith Carradine's Long Road to 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Riggs, Erika (December 20, 2013). "House of the Week: Carradine Family's Telluride Retreat". Zillow. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Christie Brinkley Hurt in Colorado Helicopter Crash". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. April 2, 1994. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ "Model Unhurt in Helicopter Crash". Deseret News. Associated Press. April 2, 1994. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b Gliotto, Tom (April 18, 1994). "'I Am Alive!'". People. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "Keith Carradine". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Gardner, Eriq (October 28, 2013). "Keith Carradine Settles Anthony Pellicano Lawsuit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Verrier, Richard (March 25, 2006). "Keith Carradine Sues Pellicano". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Takahashi, Corey; Patterson, Troy (December 3, 1999). "Michael Jackson Sued by Concert Investors". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ^ Kasindorf, Martin (February 14, 2006). "Private eye's arrest causes L.A. jitters". USA Today. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Courthouse News Service". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ Weiner, Allison Hope (April 9, 2008). "Pellicano Trial: Betrayed Lovers, A Bitter Hedge Funder, More Bert Fields and Murder For Hire". Huffington Post (blog). Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Mikulan, Steven (March 28, 2008). "Pellicano Briefs: Keith Carradine's Blues". LA Weekly. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Keith Carradine's ex-wife sentenced for perjury". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Associated Press. February 8, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ Watson, Dan (July 25, 2013). "Residents of WeHo's Historic El Pasadero Apartments Evicted by Controversial El Mirador Owner". WEHOville.com. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ Mark, Tony. "Hot Property: Sandra Will Carradine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "San Miguel County Public Trustee Sales" (PDF). Telluride Properties. Retrieved December 17, 2017.