Cast & creator
Sandra Peabody
Best known for The Last House on the Left, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Sandra Peabody (born 11 January 1948) is an American film and stage actress, screenwriter, producer and acting coach. She is best known for her role as Mari Collingwood in Wes Craven's 1972 film The Last House on the Left (1972). A cult hit, the film established her as a prominent actress in horror, and she subsequently starred in Voices of Desire (1972), Massage Parlor Murders (1973), and Legacy of Satan (1974). Peabody's other notable role is Bird in the comedy film Teenage Hitchhikers (1975). Outside of film, she has starred in a variety of stage productions including Robert Kalfin's Tarot (1970). Peabody quit acting and has since became an acting coach and a screenwriter whose focus is on children orientated programming.
Also known as: Sandra Cassel, Liyda Cassell, Sandra Cassell, Sandy Peabody
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film credits
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television credits
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1965–2015 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 6.0The Last House on the Left
Mari Collingwood (as Sandra Cassell) · 1972
★ 7.8Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self · 2010
★ 7.8Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2010
★ 6.8Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self (archive footage) · 2006
★ 6.8The American Nightmare
Self · 2000
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
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The Last House on the Left
Mari Collingwood (as Sandra Cassell)
1972Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self (archive footage)
2006The American Nightmare
Self
2000
42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street
Self (archive footage)
2015
Sexy Susan Sins Again
1968
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self (archive footage)
2005
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Self (archive footage)
2010
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self (Mari) (archive footage) (uncredited) (The Last House on the Left)
2000
The Legend of Boggy Creek
Sandra (uncredited)
1972
Video Vixens!
Continuity
1975
The Case of the Smiling Stiffs
Strip Poker Girl
1973
Teenage Hitchhikers
Bird
1974
Celluloid Crime of the Century
Mari Collingwood (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Massage Parlor Murders
Gwen
1973
It's Only a Movie: The Making of 'Last House on the Left'
Self - Mari Collingwood (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Filthiest Show in Town
Olga
1973
Voices of Desire
Anna Reed (as Liyda Cassell)
1972
Fear, Panic & Censorship
Self (archive footage)
2000
Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2
Self (archive footage)
2006
Love-In '72
Joan Boyd (as Susan Sparling)
1970
Legacy of Satan
Cult Extra
1974
Wee Sing Under the Sea
Casting Director
1994Misfit
Actress (as Sandy Peabody)
1965The Horse Killer
Actress (as Sandy Peabody)
1966