Sonia Darrin
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Sonia Darrin is a retired American film actress, best-remembered for her role as Agnes Lowzier in The Big Sleep
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Born to Louis and Rose Paskowitz, Jewish emigrants from Russia,
who landed at Galveston, Texas
, she had two brothers, Adrian and Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz
. The family relocated to San Diego in 1934.
Sonia Paskowitz married William "Bill" Reese, a theater set designer and marketing services company president. The couple had four children, three sons and a daughter, and lived in Manhattan. Their youngest son was former child actor Mason Reese
. Her last public appearances were an appearance on The Mike Douglas Show
in the 1970s, and in a documentary film about her brother, Dorian, in 2007.
The Big Sleep (1946 film)
The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the female lead in a film about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its...
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Born to Louis and Rose Paskowitz, Jewish emigrants from Russia,
who landed at Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Galveston is a coastal city located on Galveston Island in the U.S. state of Texas. , the city had a total population of 47,743 within an area of...
, she had two brothers, Adrian and Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz
Doc Paskowitz
Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz is an American surfer and physician who gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer. In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz family...
. The family relocated to San Diego in 1934.
Sonia Paskowitz married William "Bill" Reese, a theater set designer and marketing services company president. The couple had four children, three sons and a daughter, and lived in Manhattan. Their youngest son was former child actor Mason Reese
Mason Reese
Mason Reese is a former child actor who appeared in numerous television commercials in the 1970s, particularly for Underwood Deviled Ham, Post Raisin Bran, and Dunkin' Donuts' Dunkin' Munchkins-brand "donut holes"...
. Her last public appearances were an appearance on The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that aired in syndication from 1961 to 1982, distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations.The program featured light banter with...
in the 1970s, and in a documentary film about her brother, Dorian, in 2007.
Additional filmography
- Federal Agent at Large (1950)
- Caught (1949)
- I, Jane Doe (1948)
- Bury Me Dead (1947)
- The Big SleepThe Big Sleep (1946 film)The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the female lead in a film about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its...
(1946) - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFrankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, released in 1943, is an American monster horror film produced by Universal Studios starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. This was the first of a series of "ensemble" monster films combining characters from several film...
(1943) - It Started with EveIt Started with EveIt Started with Eve is a 1941 musical romantic comedy film. A man's dying father wants to meet his new fiancée, but she is unavailable, so he substitutes a hat-check girl. Then the father unexpectedly recovers.Charles Previn and Hans J...
(1941)