Name: Sarah Douglas
Date of Birth: 12 December 1952 Often played villainesses. Best known to American audiences as Ursa in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). She recorded a commentary track for Santuary Visual Entertainment's Conan The Destroyer DVD. She talks about working on Conan, working with Arnold and Grace Jones, and also her career including Superman and Superman 2. At age 14 she toured throughout Europe with Britian's prestigious National Youth Theatre. Studied drama at the Rose Burford Drama School prior to pursuing an acting career on both stage and British television. ... Has an uncredited role in the original Rollerball (1975). She was hired to play one of the Party Guests, but in her own words, found "a way to being in the dressing room" when the camera was on. The details of this can be heard on the "Conan The Destroyer" commentary she recorded in 2004. Was originally approached about the possibility of playing Evil-Lyn in "Masters Of The Universe" but it never came about and the part was ultimately played by Meg Foster. Originally cast to play the lady in the commercial in "Tommy". However, when she arrived to film her part, Ken Russell didn't like the hat she was given to wear, so he replaced her with another actress, rather than changing the hat. Bizarre, but true! The details of this can be heard on the "Conan The Destroyer" commentary she recorded in 2004. Was offered the job on "Falcon Crest" (1981) literally a few hours before she was due to fly back to London, having been hunting for work in the US for 3 months. Despondent at not having found any acting jobs, Sarah booked a flight home, and received a call from Lorimar to say that they wanted her for the show. If the call had come through a day later, the producers would have missed her. Repeatedly turned down the role of Queen Taramis in Conan the Destroyer (1984) more than once as Sarah had no interest in playing any more comic-strip villainesses, having cornered the market in that role with her character, Ursa, from Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). However, she had a change of heart when learning that Grace Jones had joined the cast, being somewhat of an admirer of Grace and her work, and so changed her mind and signed up. Read more Sarah Douglas movies (actor)User Comments |
