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Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American singer, dancer and actress of stage and television, recognized through a blonde, pixie cut hairstyle and perky demeanor. She is best known for her performances in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan and in the sitcom The Hogan Family. She was born in Henderson, Texas (the seat of Rusk County), and grew up in nearby Tyler. Her parents were Mancil Ray and Sylvia Duncan. Mancil was the son of a mule team operator William Joseph Duncan. She started her entertainment career at age 12, working in a local production of The King and I... MORE

Sandra Kay "Sandy" Duncan (born February 20, 1946) is an American singer, dancer and actress of stage and television, recognized through a blonde, pixie cut hairstyle and perky demeanor. She is best known for her performances in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan and in the sitcom The Hogan Family. She was born in Henderson, Texas (the seat of Rusk County), and grew up in nearby Tyler. Her parents were Mancil Ray and Sylvia Duncan. Mancil was the son of a mule team operator William Joseph Duncan. She started her entertainment career at age 12, working in a local production of The King and I for $150 a week. In the mid-1960s, Duncan was an unknown actress in Los Angeles when she was selected for a part in a TV commercial for United California Bank (later to become part of Wells Fargo Bank), portraying a bank teller who finds it impossible to pronounce the name of customer "Nicholas Janopoporopolus", despite several tries. (She apologetically asks, "Do you mind if I just call you 'Nick'?") In 1968, she spent a brief time acting in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. In 1970, she was named one of the "most promising faces of tomorrow" by Time magazine. Also that year, she starred in LESS