Alexandra Wager (born c. 1950) is an American former child actress. Wager is the daughter of actor

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. She made her television debut in March 1958, at age seven, in role of Mimi in the

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production of Mrs. McThing'', playing opposite Helen Hayes. Wager's second television appearance was as Flora in NBC's October 1959 production of ''

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'', playing opposite Ingrid Bergman. She was nominated at the 1959 Sylvania Television Awards for outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role, ultimately losing to Colleen Dewhurst. In March 1960, at age nine, she narrated

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" with Leonard Bernstein conducting in a

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broadcast of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wager, Alexandra 1950s births American television actresses 20th-century American actresses Living people American child actresses