Sudie Bond

Sudie Bond (July 13, 1928[1] - November 10, 1984) was an American actress on film, stage, and television.

Early years

Bond was one of four children of J. Roy Bond, an industrialist, and Carrie Bond.[2] She grew up in Elizabethtown, Kentucky,[3] and was active in horsemanship competition as a youngster[4] and during her years in college.[5] By 1938, she was acting in plays.[6] In 1940, she graduated from the Fassifern School[7] in Hendersonville, North Carolina.[8] She went on to attend Virginia Intermont College[9] and Rollins College,[10] where she was a member of the Rollins Student Players.[11]

Career

In 1945, Bond appeared in the supporting cast of Slice It Thin! at the Blackfriars Guild.[12]

Bond also worked as choreographer for the play From Morn Till Midnight.[13]

Films in which Bond acted included The Gold Bug, Johnny Dangerously, Love Story, Silkwood, Swing Shift,[13] and Where the Lilies Bloom.[14] On television, she portrayed Violet Stapleton,[15] Rita's mother, on Guiding Light.[3] She also appeared on All in the Family, Benson, Flo, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Maude,[13] and Television Playhouse.[16]

Bond's Broadway debut occurred in Summer and Smoke (1952).[15] Her other roles on Broadway included Olga in Tovarich (1952), Estelle in The Waltz of the Toreadors (1957), Justine in The Egg (1962), Miss Prose in Harold (1962), Mrs. Lazar in My Mother, My Father and Me (1963), Miss Hammer in The Impossible Years (1965), Betsy Jane in Keep It In the Family (1967), Old Woman in Box / Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (1968), Grandma in The Death of Bessie Smith / The American Dream (1968), Mrs. Margolin in Forty Carats (1968), Clara in Hay Fever (1970), Miss Lynch in Grease (1972), Street Lady in Thieves (1974), and Juanita in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982).[1]

Her off-Broadway credits included The Shepherd's Chameleon (1960), The American Dream / The Death of Bessie Smith (1961), The Zoo Story / The American Dream (1962), The American Dream / Dutchman (1964), Home Movies / Softly Consider the Nearness (1964), The Great Western Union (1965), The Memorandum (1968), The Local Stigmatic (1969), and The Cherry Orchard (1976).[17]

Death

Bond was found dead in her New York City apartment on November 10, 1984, at age 56. Her death was attributed to a respiratory ailment.[13]

Recognition

Bond won three Obie Awards for her performances in the off-Broadway plays The American Dream, The Endgame, and The Sandbox.[13]

References
  1. "Sudie Bond". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. "J. R. Bond, Industrialist, Dies of Heart Attack". The Courier-Journal. Kentucky, Louisville. May 27, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Swem, Gregg (September 5, 1982). "Stage, television and movies keep Sudie Bond hopping". The Courier-Journal. Kentucky, Louisville. p. 107. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Florida girl horsemanship prize winner". The Times-News. North Carolina, Hendersonville. August 17, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Intramural Horse Show Set Today". The Orlando Sentinel. Florida, Orlando. April 19, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Fassifern Club To Give Program Saturday Night". The Times-News. North Carolina, Hendersonville. April 28, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Fassifern Graduates". Asheville Citizen-Times. North Carolina, Asheville. June 9, 1940. p. 18. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Fassifern School Affords The Finest Educational Facilities". Asheville Citizen-Times. North Carolina, Asheville. August 4, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "V. I. Students Present Play". The Bristol News Bulletin. November 5, 1940. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Funke, Phyllis (July 24, 1966). "Kentuckian Plays Granny Or Teen-Ager". The Courier-Journal. Kentucky, Louisville. p. 97. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Rollins Play Wins Acclaim". Orlando Evening Star. Florida, Orlando. April 27, 1944. p. 22. Retrieved July 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "'Slice It Thin!' At Blackfriars". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 6, 1945. p. 26. Retrieved July 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Sudie Bond, an Actress In Films, TV and Stage". The New York Times. November 12, 1984. p. B 15. Retrieved July 16, 2020 – via ProQuest.
  14. Paietta, Ann C. (2014). Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present. McFarland. p. 805. ISBN 978-1-4766-2034-3. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  15. Erickson, Hal. "Sudie Bond". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  16. "Mitchell To Play Wolfe Patriarch". The Indianapolis Star. October 4, 1953. p. 29. Retrieved July 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Sudie Bond". Lortel Archives: Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Archived from the original on July 19, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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