Sondra James

Sondra James was an American actress and sound coordinator. Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, she first acted in a starring role in Mighty Aphrodite in 1995. She then worked regularly as a character actor and voice actor in film, television, and theater, and in 1996 she toured nationally in Funny Girl. During the 1990s she started Speakeasy, a loop recording business that handled audio for film and television. At Speakeasy she took on sound jobs such as coordinating loops and casting voice and ADR performers. She was often involved in casting for Coen brothers films and also contributed extra voices to some of Speakeasy's productions. By 2021 the company had supplied sound for more than 500 film and television productions. On television she played Auntie Norma in the British comedy Sick of It. She died in 2021.