Sandy Duncan

Duncan was born in Henderson, Texas, to Sylvia (1922–1997) and Mancil Ray Duncan (1921–1994), on February 20, 1946. She and her sister Robyn were raised in Tyler, Texas, near Henderson.[citation needed]\n', '

She started her entertainment career at age 12, working in a local production of The King and I for $150 a week. In the late 1960s, Duncan was an unknown actress in Los Angeles when she was selected for a part in a commercial for United California Bank (later First Interstate Bank and subsequently merged with Wells Fargo), portraying a bank teller who finds it impossible to pronounce the Greek name of customer "Nicholas H. Janopaparopoulos", despite several tries. She then apologetically asks, "Do you mind if I just call you \'Nick\'?" In 1968, she spent a brief time acting in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.\n', '

In 1970, she was named one of the "most promising faces of tomo…