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She is most famous for the title role she played in the 1979 Broadway adaptation of Peter Pan. Other credits include My One and Only and Chicago.

In 1970, she was named one of the most promising faces of tomorrow by TIME magazine. In 1971, she starred in the television series Funny FaceFunny Face is an American musical film released in 1957. It stars Audrey Hepburn as Jo, a shy, bookshop clerk-cum-amateur philosopher, who is discovered by a famous fashion photographer (played by Fred Astaire) and finds herself at a major fashion event i (later renamed The Sandy Duncan Show). Her performance as Missy Anne Reynolds in the miniseries RootsRoots was a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's work Roots: The Saga of an American Family his critically-acclaimed genealogical novel. Roots was a ground-breaking event in U. television history. It received unprecedented Nielsen Rat earned her an Emmy AwardThe Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci. It was then that she went back to Broadway for many years.

In the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends, she was treated for a tumor behind her left eye. Eventually, the eye had to be removed and was replaced with a glass eye . Her prosthetic was parodied by a punk rock group, who called themselves Sandy Duncan's Eye .

In 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train, she joined the cast of The Hogan Family after Valerie HarperValerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an American actress. Harper is best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking yet vulnerable Rhoda Morgenstern on two CBS television sitcoms of the 1970s: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda in whic left the show abruptly. She filled the role of mother as Sandy Hogan, the patriarch's sister.

Today, she has been in many traveling stage productions, including The King and IThe King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the autobiographical story of Anna Leonowens, who became governess to the children of King Mo.