Sarah Rush is an American actress, best known in television for her work in the original

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. She narrated and starred in the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania produced by Patricia Heaton and directed by David Hunt, which won the 2006 Heartland Film Festival Award. Rush was herself crowned Coal Queen in 1972.Bituminous Coal Queens Production - Sarah Rush
/ref> Sarah Kathleen Rush was born on September 20, 1955 in

Waynesburg, PA Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, located about south of Pittsburgh. Its population was 3,987 at the 2020 census. The region around Waynesburg is underlaid with several layers of co ...

and graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in

in 1973. She is a member of the Actors Studio, an acting student of Uta Hagen and Milton Katselas, and is a BFA in Theatre summa cum laude graduate from the Pennsylvania State University. She was married to Fred Bova and has one daughter, Amanda Grace from her previous marriage.

Theatre

*''Our Town'' directed by Gower Champion and also starring Eddie Albert, *

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directed by Sir Tony Richardson and also starring Stockard Channing, *

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directed by Lee Shallot, *''Toyer'' at the Kennedy Center directed by Sir Tony Richardson and also starring Kathleen Turner, Brad Davis, and Kevin Spacey, *

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in the title role, * ''The Belle of Amherst'', a one-woman show on the life of

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, * Alma in ''Summer and Smoke'', * Angel in ''When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' starring Christopher McDonald.

Television

*''

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'' (1978) — Young Woman (1 episode) *''

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'' (1978) — Nurse (1 episode) *''Sword of Justice'' (1978) — Cathy (1 episode) *''

'' (1978–1979) — Flight Cpl. Rigel (11 episodes) *''

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'' (1979) — Fern (1 episode) (episode "Fonzie and the She-Devils") *''

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'' (1979) — Amanda Kent *'' Roughecks'' (1980) — Carol McBride *''

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'' (1978–1980) — Trish Granby, Dr. Harriett Bowlin (3 episodes) *''

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'' (1982) — Emma Woodhouse *''For Love of Angela'' (1982) — Angela Tanner *''

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'' (1982) — Princess Athena (1 episode) *''

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'' (1986) — Laura Burns (1 episode) *''

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'' — Psychic (1 episode) *''Crossroads Cafe'' (1996) — Anna Brashov (2 episodes) *''

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'' (1998) — Woman (1 episode) *''Chicken Soup for the Soul'' (2000) — Mrs. Calloway (1 episode) *''

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'' (2002) — Nurse #3 (1 episode) *''

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'' (2006) — Herself (1 episode) *''

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'' (2009) — Nurse Judy Fitzgerald (1 episode)

Filmography

*'' Joni'' (1979) — Kathy Eareckson *''

The Nude Bomb ''The Nude Bomb'' (also known as ''The Return of Maxwell Smart'') is a 1980 American spy comedy film based on the 1965-70 television series ''Get Smart''. It stars Don Adams as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, and was directed by Clive Donner. It was r ...

'' (1980) — Pam Krovney *''Years of the Beast'' (1981) — Cindy *''The Prodigal'' (1983) — Laura *''Talking to Strangers'' (1988) — Potter *''Fangs'' (2001) — Lois Bostwick *''

Max Keeble's Big Move ''Max Keeble's Big Move'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Tim Hill, written by David L. Watts, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein and Mark Blackwell and starring Alex D. Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Nora Dunn, and Robert Carradin ...

'' (2001) — Ms. Lane *''Destiny'' (2002) — Diane *''

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'' (2002) — Secretary *'' Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'' (2003) *''

The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania ''The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania'' is a 2005 documentary film directed by David Hunt and Jody Eldred about the fiftieth annual "Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Queen" beauty pageant which took place on Sunday, August 17, 2003, at the St ...

'' (2005) — Narrator

References

External links

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Sarah Rush Website
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