Sonya Wilde (born November 2, 1937) is an American former actress, best known for her starring role in the 1960 film I Passed for White.
She started her career as Maria on Broadway with the original cast of West Side Story.
[1][2] On Broadway, Wilde was an understudy and replacement in the role of Maria in West Side Story (1957).
[3] In 1962, Wilde married the banker Jake Butcher, having met him on New Year's Eve 1961 on a blind date.
[6] Following her husband's 1985 20-year jail term for bank fraud (he served seven years), Wilde went to court in 1986 to try to keep the family's $675,000 home in the exclusive Sweetwater Club subdivision just outside Orlando.