Sarah Moormann "Sally" Scharper, 1920 - 1992;
actress, director, teacher, writer and lecturer.
Scharper was born October 11, 1920, in
Cleveland, Ohio
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. She was a graduate of
Schuster Martin School of Dramatic Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and speech from the
College of Mt. Saint Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating ''magna cum laude'' in 1942. She received a master's in speech and drama from Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Scharper later taught speech and drama and directed at Georgetown Visitation and Catholic University.
Sarah Jane Moormann and
Philip Scharper were married June 11, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Scharper and her husband were the founders of the Bellarmine Players, a community theater in Cincinnati devoted to classic and experimental theater productions. Scharper collaborated with her husband on more than 30 documentaries for network television on issues of religious, social and culture concerns. In 1979, she was the recipient of an
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
, along with her husband, for her work on the television documentary, "Pope John Paul II in Poland."
As an author and editor, Scharper worked closely with her husband, editor in chief of
Orbis Books
Orbis Books, is an American imprint of the Maryknoll order. It has been a small but influential publisher of liberation theology works. It was founded by Nicaraguan Maryknoll priest Miguel D'Escoto with Philip J. Scharper in 1970. Its editor-in- ...
of Maryknoll, N.Y.
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1920 births
1992 deaths
Mount St. Joseph University alumni
Catholic University of America alumni
Catholic University of America faculty
Emmy Award winners