Sonia Darrin
| Sonia Darrin | |
|---|---|
 Darrin is second from the left in still from The Big Sleep (1946) | |
| Born |
Sonia Paskowitz June 16, 1924 (age 94) Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–1970s |
| Spouse(s) | William Reese |
| Children | 4 (including Mason Reese) |
Sonia Darrin (born Sonia Paskowitz; June 16, 1924) is a retired American film actress, best known as "Agnes Lowzier" in The Big Sleep (1946).[1]
Early years
Darrin was born to Louis and Rose Paskowitz, Jewish emigrants from Russia, who immigrated to Galveston, Texas. She has two brothers, Adrian and Dorian.[2] Her father operated a clothing store in Galveston. Around 1940, the family moved to Los Angeles, California.[3]
Career
Darrin danced in the film Lady in the Dark (1944) and worked with Ed Wynn and Alan Young on their early television programs.[3] Possibly her most famous role was that of femme fatale Agnes Lowzier in Howard Hawks's 1946 film The Big Sleep where she plays a bookstore clerk and paramour of minor Los Angeles gangster Joe Brody (played by Louis Jean Heydt).
Personal life
Darrin 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 is the former child actor Mason Reese. Her last two public appearances were on The Mike Douglas Show in the 1970s, and in a documentary film about her brother, Dorian, in 2007.[4]
She has resided on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for over 50 years.[2]
Partial filmography
- It Started with Eve (1941) - Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- The Corsican Brothers (1941) - Opera Spectator (uncredited)
- My Gal Sal (1942) - Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- The Hard Way (1943) - Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) - Villager at Festival (uncredited)
- The North Star (1943) - Dancing Peasant (uncredited)
- Lady in the Dark (1944) - Office Girl (uncredited)
- The Big Sleep (1946) - Agnes Lowzier (uncredited)
- Bury Me Dead (1947) - Helen Lawrence
- I, Jane Doe (1948) - Nurse (uncredited)
- Caught (1949) - Miss Chambers (uncredited)
- Federal Agent at Large (1950) - Mildred (final film role)
References
- ↑ "Sonia Paskowitz in the 1940 United States Census". Ancestry.com.
- 1 2 Lumenick, Lou (February 17, 2016). "Meet the 92-year old New York woman who once starred with Humphrey Bogart". New York Post. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- 1 2 "Isle Girl in Gotham Lonely for Seawall". The Galveston Daily News. Texas, Galveston. August 20, 1950. p. 5. Retrieved December 24, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Schuler, Ron (March 25, 2009). "The Disappearance of Agnes Lowzier". Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
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