Sharon Gans Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Sharon Gans (born July 29, 1932, in New York City) is an American actress. She played the part of Valencia Merble, Billy Pilgrim's wife, in George Roy Hill's the 1972 film version of the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Or--The Children's Crusade that Kurt Vonnegut Jr. had published in 1969. In the 1960's she was a member of the "Open Theatre" and taught a few acting classes. She also performed in a couple of small plays in SOHO directed by Peter Feldman, an associate from the "Open Theatre" After divorcing from her first husband she moved to San Francisco where she created "The Theatre of All... MORE

Sharon Gans (born July 29, 1932, in New York City) is an American actress. She played the part of Valencia Merble, Billy Pilgrim's wife, in George Roy Hill's the 1972 film version of the novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Or--The Children's Crusade that Kurt Vonnegut Jr. had published in 1969. In the 1960's she was a member of the "Open Theatre" and taught a few acting classes. She also performed in a couple of small plays in SOHO directed by Peter Feldman, an associate from the "Open Theatre" After divorcing from her first husband she moved to San Francisco where she created "The Theatre of All Possibilities" that was late revealed to be a cult. When confronted by a previous fellow actor from New York who had studied with her, and had been in two plays with her (Marc Pomerantz) she denied ever having been in NYC or recognizing him. Gans later starred in the award-winning documentary Artists and Orphans: A True Drama, which Rosie O'Donnell narrated. However, she was not known to have appeared in any other feature films or any television programs as of late October 2011. Gans married Alex Horn, a self-styled playwright, in 1972 immediately after divorcing Ezra Kulko, her first husband and LESS