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Sasha Von Scherler Biography (1939-2000)

Born Alexandra-Xenia Elizabeth Anne Marie Fiesola von Schoeler, December 12,1939, in New York, NY; daughter of Baron Walram- Voystingus Albert Alexander(a diplomat and archaeologist) and Ruth Hooper (an actress and reporter; maiden name, Dayton) von Schoeler; married Paul Avila Mayer (a writer and producer), April 17, 1958; children: Rachael, Ruth, Daisy. Addresses: HOME--1290 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10028. AGENT--c/o Irv Schechter Company, 9300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 410, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

December 12, 1939

New York, New York, United States

Death Details

April 15, 2000

Manhattan, New York

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Mitzi, Seven Sisters, Cranbrook Summer Theatre, Cranbrook, MI, 1950.
• OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--Lydia Carew, The Admirable Bashville, Cherry Lane Theatre, 1956.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Yvonne, Look after Lulu, Henry Miller's Theatre, 1959.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Nell Gwynn, In Good King Charles's Golden Days, Downtown Theatre, New York City, 1957.
• Martha James, Conversation Piece, Barbizon-Plaza Theatre, New York City,1957.
• Phebe, As You Like It, New York Shakespeare Festival, Heckscher Theatre,New York City, 1958.
• Mrs. Brown, The Great God Brown, Coronet Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• Myrrhine, Lysistrata, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• Irma, The Good Soup, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1960.
• various roles, Under Milk Wood, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1961.
• Mariette, First Love, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1961.
• Mrs. Boker, Infancy, Circle in the Square, 1962.
• Flo, Alfie!, Morosco Theatre, 1964.
• Agnes, Ludlow Fair, Theatre East, New York City, 1966.
• Flo, Willie Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1967.
• Margaret, Sondra, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1967.
• Orange girl, Cyrano de Bergerac, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City,1968.
• Gloria, "Laughs, Etc.," in Stop, You're Killing Me, Stage 73, New York City, 1969.
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Joyce, "The Ruffian on the Stair," and Lou, "The Erpingham Camp," in Crimes of Passion, Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1969.
• Avonia Bunn, Trelawny of the Wells, Other Stage Theatre, New York City, 1970.
• Countess Auvergne, The Wars of the Roses, Part I, Delacorte Theatre, thenPublic Theatre, New York City, both 1970.
• Vamp, The Screens, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, 1971.
• November, Soon Jack November, Stage 73, 1972.
• a Bawd, Pericles, Delacorte Theatre, 1974.
• Dolly Scupp and Becky Hedges, Bad Habits, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• Mom, Kid Champion, Public Theatre, 1974.
• Avonia Bunn, Trelawny of the Wells, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1975.
• Meg, The Hostage, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1975.
• Mistress Quickly and Queen Isabel, Henry V, Delacorte Theatre, 1976.
• Mrs. Fletcher, The Petrified Man, Herbert Berghof Studio, New York City,1976.
• Mattie, Comanche Cafe, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• various roles, Museum, Public Theatre, 1977.
• Zaira Marvuglia, Grand Magic, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1979.
• Mrs. Champinsky, Kid Champion, Stage One, New York City, 1979.
• The Suicide, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1980.
• butcher's widow, Hunting Scenes from Lower Bavaria, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1981.
• The Keymaker, American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Wanda, "Slacks and Tops," in Triple Feature, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1983.
• Help Wanted, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1986.
• Prudence, Camille, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1986.
• Also appeared in The Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes, in New YorkCity.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Helen Miggs, Network, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1976.
• shopper, Last Embrace, United Artists, 1979.
• Also appeared in The Producers, Embassy, 1967; The Boston Strangler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968; and Women, Women, Women, 1971.
• TELEVISION DEBUT--Omnibus, CBS, 1955.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Sarah Hanley, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, ABC, 1970-71.
• Also Jane, All My Children, ABC; The Doctors.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Camera Three, syndicated.
• The Twilight Zone, CBS.
• The Andros Targets, CBS.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Jeanette, F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Last of the Belles," ABC, 1974.
• Also The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, NBC, 1979.