Sandra Caron

Sandra Caron
Born(1936-08-27)27 August 1936
Stepney, East London, England
Died1 September 2025(2025-09-01) (aged 89)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materAida Foster Theatre School
OccupationActress
TelevisionThe Crystal Maze

Sandra L. Cogan (27 August 1936 – 1 September 2025), known as Sandra Caron, was a British actress. Born in Stepney in east London, she trained at the Aida Foster Theatre School.[1] She took her stage name in honour of Leslie Caron in part to avoid accusations that she was trading on the popularity of her sister, Alma Cogan,[2] who The Guardian described in 2002 as "the most highly paid woman in British show business in the 1950s and 1960s".[3] In the late 1960s, Caron acted as part of The Second City in 20,000 Frozen Grenadiers[4] and appeared in the films The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom and Carry On Camping. She married American actor Brian Greene in 1985 and made her final on-screen appearance in Agony Again. She also appeared on the Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze.[1]

Caron published Alma Cogan: A Memoir in 1991 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death[3] and was performing Fifty Million Frenchmen at the Royal Opera House in London with Jessica Martin in June 2002.[5][6] After hearing from Martin that the planned BBC Radio 4 series Stage Mother, Sequinned Daughter – which did not mention Caron but did depict Alma as a drunkard and their mother as overbearing – she consulted with her barrister cousin Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, who advised her to seek an injunction to halt its broadcast. The injunction was unsuccessful on the grounds that it did not devalue Cogan's estate,[3] however the BBC did apologise in December 2003 after the Broadcasting Standards Commission ruled that the series had been unfair on Cogan's surviving relatives.[7] Caron moved with Greene to Los Angeles in 2015 and died at that city's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on 1 September 2025, six weeks after being hospitalised following extreme weight loss and several falls.[1]

Filmography

Filmography per[8] unless cited otherwise
Title Year Role
Not Only... But Also 1965 The White Woman
The Late Show 1966 Self
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River 1968 Pinto's nurse[9]
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom 1968 Pet shop assistant
Carry on Camping 1969 Fanny
About Face 1989 Wife
The Green Man 1990 Mrs Klinger
Agony Again 1995 Lily

Stage work

Selected stage credits

  • The Boy Friend – ensemble cast member in touring productions of Sandy Wilson's musical that played the New Theatre, Hull, in March 1959 and March 1960.[10]
  • The Kitchen – played Monique, a waitress, in Arnold Wesker's play at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1961.[11][12]
  • From Rush Hour with Love – performer in a cabaret-style James Bond spoof staged at the Poor Millionaire, London EC2 (7 September – 10 October 1964) and at the Guinea and the Piggy, Leicester Square, London (October–November 1964).[13]
  • Billy Liar – cast member in a 1962 touring production of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's play at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, with the Alexandra Repertory Company.[14]
  • Inadmissible Evidence – appeared in a 1968 production of John Osborne's play at the Watford Palace Theatre for the Watford Palace Theatre Trust.[15]
  • ...And Another Thing – performer in the original London production of the musical revue at the Fortune Theatre, London, which opened on 6 October 1960.[16]
  • Ruby, Alfie – cast member in Corner Table Productions' 1992 tour of Hilary Gibb's stage adaptation, which played the New Theatre, Hull, the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, and other UK venues (28 October – 12 December 1992).[17][18]
  • Love and Maple Syrup – appeared in Louis Negin's Canadian musical revue, produced by Ruth Kalkstein and Edward Specter at the Mercer–Hansberry Theatre, New York, in 1970.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b c Erskine, Donald. "Crystal Maze and Carry On star Sandra Caron has died aged 89". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ^ Caron, Sandra (31 December 1955). "I'm not jealous of Alma". Picturegoer: 15.
  3. ^ a b c Ezard, John (27 July 2002). "Pop star's family loses fight to halt radio show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Not 2d City of Old, Yet It Is Pleasant". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Alma Cogan's sister fails in court bid to halt series depicting singer as a drunk". The Herald. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Cogan court action fails". 26 July 2002. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  7. ^ "BBC apology over 'drunk' Alma Cogan". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  8. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Sandra Caron". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 27 December 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Jerry Lewis in 'Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River' (Published 1968)". 13 July 1968. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Hull New Theatre programme: The Boy Friend" (PDF). Hull History Centre catalogue. Hull City Council. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  11. ^ "The Kitchen – Living Archive". Royal Court Theatre Living Archive. Royal Court Theatre. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Jeremy Brett and Sandra Caron in The Kitchen". Getty Images. Evening Standard/ Getty Images. 21 August 1961. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  13. ^ "From Rush Hour with Love – production details". Theatricalia. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  14. ^ "Other Plays 1960–69: Billy Liar". Theatricalia (programme listings). Archived from the original on 27 June 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Inadmissible Evidence – Watford Palace Theatre production". Theatricalia. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  16. ^ "...And Another Thing – Original London Production (1960)". Ovrtur: Database of Musical Theatre. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  17. ^ "Sandra Caron – past productions". Theatricalia. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  18. ^ "Hull New Theatre programme: Ruby, Alfie" (PDF). Hull History Centre catalogue. Hull City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  19. ^ "Belknap Playbills and Programs: Love and Maple Syrup". George A. Smathers Libraries. University of Florida. Archived from the original on 20 August 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  20. ^ "Off Broadway". The New Yorker. 17 January 1970. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
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