Sally Cullen Brophy (December 14, 1928 – September 18, 2007) was a Broadway and

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and

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theatre-arts

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Early years

Brophy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cullen Brophy. Her father was a rancher; Brophy was born in

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, and was one of seven children. She was active in dramatics at Sacred Heart Convent in

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, and attended College of New Rochelle. Additional experience came from her work as a summer apprentice at

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's Theatre Guild. She studied at the

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, and then pursued a career on Broadway.

Stage

Brophy starred with John Loder and Natalie Schafer in ''For Love or Money'' at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix during January 1950. She also acted in the Phoenix Little Theatre. She worked in ''

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'' with Tallulah Bankhead. In 1951, she was an understudy in ''Second Threshold''. In 1954–1955, she starred as the grown-up "Wendy" in ''

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''.

Television

Brophy starred as Julie Fielding in ''Follow Your Heart'' on

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-TV in 1953. In 1954, she guest-starred on an episode of the CBS

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, '' The Public Defender'', starring Reed Hadley, and in an episode of ''

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'' entitled "I Climb the Stairs". The next year, she appeared in the debut episode of '' Code 3'' and in the episodes "In Nebraska" and "The Long Road to Tucson" in the roles of Lucy Miller and Sister Michael, respectively, of

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''Frontier''. Her other television appearances included the Rod Cameron syndicated series '' State Trooper'' and in the

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1957–1958 NBC detective series, ''Meet McGraw''. In 1958, she portrayed Annie O'Connell, co-starring in the NBC Western series '' Buckskin'', a summer replacement series for '' The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford''. Brophy played widow Annie O'Connell, who ran a

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in the fictitious "Old West" town of Buckskin,

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. The other stars were Tom Nolan, as Annie's 10-year-old son Jody, who was the narrator, and Mike Road, as

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Tom Sellers. ''Buckskin'' ran for 39 episodes from 1958 to 1959. Brophy and Nolan also appeared together in the March 5, 1959, episode of ''The Ford Show.'' After ''Buckskin'', Brophy had several additional guest roles; her last was in 1965 on Richard Crenna's CBS drama, ''

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''.

Family

In 1961, Brophy married George Goodman, an investment manager and financial reporter, who later became a best-selling economics author and TV personality under the

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of "Adam Smith". The couple had two children. When Brophy retired from acting, the couple moved to

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Teaching career

Brophy joined the faculty of

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(then Rider College) in nearby Lawrenceville, where she taught theater arts. She also directed student productions at

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Death

She died in

, aged 78, of

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References

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