Sudie Bond

Sudie Bond was an American actress who performed on stage, in films, and on television. Raised in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, she was appearing in plays by 1938 and later studied at Virginia Intermont College and Rollins College. In 1945 she had a supporting part in Slice It Thin! at the Blackfriars Guild and served as choreographer for From Morn Till Midnight. Her first Broadway role came in Summer and Smoke in 1952, and her other Broadway roles included Clara in Hay Fever and Miss Lynch in Grease. She received three Obie Awards for her off-Broadway performances in The Endgame, The Sandbox, and The American Dream. Her films included Love Story (1970), Tomorrow (1972), Silkwood (1983), Swing Shift (1984), and Johnny Dangerously (1984). On television she played Violet Stapleton on Guiding Light and appeared on Maude, All in the Family, and Benson. She died in 1984.