Sarah Rush

Sarah Rush
Born	Sarah Kathleen Rush (1955-09-20) September 20, 1955 Waynesburg, PA, U.S.
Education	Waynesburg Central High School
Alma mater	Pennsylvania State University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978–present
Known for	Battlestar Galactica Catch Me If You Can
Spouse	Fred Bova (divorced)
Children	Amanda Grace
Website	no longer active

Sarah Kathleen Rush is an American actress, best known in television for her work in the original Battlestar Galactica. She narrated and starred in the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, produced by Patricia Heaton and directed by David Hunt, which won the 2006 Heartland Film Festival Award. Rush was herself crowned Coal Queen in 1972.

Rush was born on September 20, 1955, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1973. She is a member of the Actors Studio, an acting student of Uta Hagen and Milton Katselas, and is a BFA in theatre summa cum laude graduate from the Pennsylvania State University. She was married to Fred Bova and has one daughter, Amanda Grace from her previous marriage.

Theatre

• Our Town directed by Gower Champion and also starring Eddie Albert,
• As You Like It directed by Sir Tony Richardson and also starring Stockard Channing,
• The Glass Menagerie directed by Lee Shallot,
• Toyer at the Kennedy Center directed by Sir Tony Richardson and also starring Kathleen Turner, Brad Davis, and Kevin Spacey,
• She Stoops to Conquer in the title role,
• The Belle of Amherst, a one-woman show on the life of Emily Dickinson,
• Alma in Summer and Smoke,
• Angel in When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? starring Christopher McDonald.

Television

• The Incredible Hulk (1978) — Young Woman (1 episode)
• Dr. Strange (1978) — Nurse (1 episode)
• Sword of Justice (1978) — Cathy (1 episode)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979) — Flight Cpl. Rigel (11 episodes)
• Happy Days (1979) — Fern (1 episode) (episode "Fonzie and the She-Devils")
• The Seekers (1979) — Amanda Kent
• Roughecks (1980) — Carol McBride
• Quincy, M.E. (1978–1980) — Trish Granby, Dr. Harriett Bowlin (3 episodes)
• Modesty Blaise (1982) — Emma Woodhouse
• For Love of Angela (1982) — Angela Tanner
• Bret Maverick (1982) — Princess Athena (1 episode)
• Tales from the Darkside (1986) — Laura Burns (1 episode)
• Monty — Psychic (1 episode)
• Crossroads Cafe (1996) — Anna Brashov (2 episodes)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1998) — Woman (1 episode)
• Chicken Soup for the Soul (2000) — Mrs. Calloway (1 episode)
• Friends (2002) — Nurse #3 (1 episode)
• The Megan Mullally Show (2006) — Herself (1 episode)
• Monk (2009) — Nurse Judy Fitzgerald (1 episode)

Filmography

• Joni (1979) — Kathy Eareckson
• The Nude Bomb (1980) — Pam Krovney
• Years of the Beast (1981) — Cindy
• The Prodigal (1983) — Laura
• Talking to Strangers (1988) — Potter
• Fangs (2001) — Lois Bostwick
• Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) — Ms. Lane
• Destiny (2002) — Diane
• Catch Me If You Can (2002) — Secretary
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
• The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania (2005) — Narrator

External links

• Sarah Rush at IMDb
• Sarah Rush at AllMovie
• Sarah Rush at Rotten Tomatoes