Sarah Rush

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Sarah Rush
Born
Sarah Kathleen Rush

(1955-09-20) September 20, 1955 (age 68)
Education Waynesburg Central High School
Alma mater Pennsylvania State University
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
Known for Battlestar Galactica
Catch Me If You Can
SpouseFred Bova (divorced)
ChildrenAmanda Grace
Websiteno 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. [1]

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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.

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  1. Bituminous Coal Queens Production - Sarah Rush