Sharon Gans (born July 29, 1942, in New York City) is an American
actress and alleged cult leader.Gans grew up in Brooklyn New York. She
attended Erasmus High School in Williamsburg, New York. She graduated
from University of California, Berkeley in 1959 with a degree in
Theater and performance studies. She is best known for playing the
role of Billy Pilgrim's wife, Valencia Merble, in George Roy Hill's
the 1972 film version of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Gans
also starred in the award-winning documentary Artists and Orphans: A
True Drama. In 1966, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her
performance in Soon Jack November.In October 1988, Gans directed the
play The Legend of Sharon Shashanovah, presented at the 47th Street
Theater in New York City. Gans co-wrote A Chekhov Concert with Jordan
Charney that was performed by the Moscow Contemporary Theater.Gans was
a party to the 1978 US Supreme Court case called Kulko v. California
Superior Court in which the Court held that Gans had no right to sue
her ex-husband for child support while she remained in California and
he in New York; the case authored by Justice Marshall describes the
facts surrounding the Gans/Kulko marriage in some detail.
actress and alleged cult leader.Gans grew up in Brooklyn New York. She
attended Erasmus High School in Williamsburg, New York. She graduated
from University of California, Berkeley in 1959 with a degree in
Theater and performance studies. She is best known for playing the
role of Billy Pilgrim's wife, Valencia Merble, in George Roy Hill's
the 1972 film version of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Gans
also starred in the award-winning documentary Artists and Orphans: A
True Drama. In 1966, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her
performance in Soon Jack November.In October 1988, Gans directed the
play The Legend of Sharon Shashanovah, presented at the 47th Street
Theater in New York City. Gans co-wrote A Chekhov Concert with Jordan
Charney that was performed by the Moscow Contemporary Theater.Gans was
a party to the 1978 US Supreme Court case called Kulko v. California
Superior Court in which the Court held that Gans had no right to sue
her ex-husband for child support while she remained in California and
he in New York; the case authored by Justice Marshall describes the
facts surrounding the Gans/Kulko marriage in some detail.
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