At age 17, Theodore played the lead role in a local San Bernardino summer youth theatre musical production of Cinderella in 1974.
[3] She spent one year at college before heading west to Los Angeles in July 1976 to pursue a career in acting.
Sondra Theodore has made guest appearances on TV in The Bob Newhart Show, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Barnaby Jones, and Pink Lady.
[6] In 2021, she spoke out about her trauma during her time with Hefner and the difficulties she endured in the docuseries Secrets of Playboy on the A&E Network.
[7] In an interview with Fox News Digital in August 2022, Theodore claimed that Hefner manipulated her into participating in an orgy.