Biography
Actress Sara Botsford had to make do early in her career with such Canadian horror films as
Murder By Phone (1980) and Deadly Eyes (1982). A more prestigious assignment came her way in the A-budgeted mystery
Still of the Night (1982), in which, as Gail Philips, Botsford was billed fifth, after
Roy Scheider,
Meryl Streep,
Jessica Tandy, and
Joe Grifasi. She was later seen as Barbara in the
Robert Redford-
Debra Winger starrer
Legal Eagles (1986), and as Lady Sarah Phillips in the benighted
Whoopi Goldberg vehicle
Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986). On television, Sara Botsford starred as predatory producer Ann Hildebrandt in E.N.G., a Lifetime Network soap opera, set in a network newsroom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide