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Sandahl Bergman

Sandahl Bergman (born November 14, 1951) is an American actress and dancer. Trained as a dancer, she first gained recognition performing on Broadway before transitioning to film roles. She attracted early film attention for her appearance in the dance sequence “Air Erotica” in Bob Fosse’s film All That Jazz (1979). Bergman achieved wider recognition for her role as Valeria, Queen of Thieves, in the fantasy film Conan the Barbarian (1982), for which she received a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.

Before her film career, Bergman appeared in several stage productions and musicals, including Broadway productions such as Pippin, A Chorus Line, and Dancin'. Known for her athletic dancing and physical screen roles, she transitioned from stage work into film during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Bergman was born November 14, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was raised in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Her parents were Howard Bergman and Polly Bergman, and she had a younger sister, Nanci Lee. The family lived in Prairie Village, Kansas.

Bergman attended Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village. She began studying dance at the age of five, training in classical ballet, jazz, tap, and flamenco, and later studied flamenco with dancer José Greco. She began performing at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City at age twelve and later joined a touring production of West Side Story at age sixteen.

Standing 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), Bergman has often been described as athletic and statuesque.

Bergman began performing as a dancer in Kansas City, appearing in productions at Starlight Theatre as a teenager. At age sixteen she joined a touring production of West Side Story.

Early in her career she also worked as a dancer on television variety programs including The Dean Martin Show, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, and Donny & Marie.

She later moved to New York City and appeared in several Broadway productions. Choreographer Bob Fosse noticed her and cast her as a replacement dancer in Pippin. She had a secondary lead in the stage version of the film Gigi in 1973, and later appeared in Mack & Mabel, and as Judy in the "new New York cast" of A Chorus Line when many of the original actors left the show in 1977.

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