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FILMS - Crew Member* and Acting TOMBSTONE* (Specific scenes filmed at Old Tucson) Worked on Set - Props and Lighting Cinergi Pictures SONGS OF THE DESERT* (BYU Dance Department) Production Assistant Brigham Young University (BYU) REQUITED* Supplied Additional Wardrobe & Jewelry; Saloon Girl (Finalist for the 2012 Student Academy Awards) Point Park University, Madeline Puzzo Director ON THE THIRD DATE (SAG Points) Stella Cinebrau Productions PATTERN: RESPONSE (Several Film Festival Winners) Lead Scientist Synthetic Human Pictures ATTACK OF THE MOTHER (Webisode 2) Mother - Mr. E Comics A Thin Line Between Productions THE LAST DANCE (Shown at Cannes Film Festival) Vocalist and Harmonizer (Supporting) Future Legend Productions 600 MILES Mother and Gun Shopper Tucson AZ BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE Ensemble Orion Pictures & Nelson Entertainment DRIVING TO PHOENIX All Four Different Waitresses jDavid Productions LETTERS TO THE SKY Grandmother of Rachel Portledge Pictures LAUGH-IN (Industrial) Joanne Worley USAA CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO (Industrial) Vocalist and Dancer CMV SEARLE PHARMACY (Industrial) Ensemble Searle PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL (Advertisement) Ensemble Phoenix Film Festival SEA WORLD Roller Coaster Rider Sea World
MODELING FRAMESI Hair Scottsdale AZ SEMLER SCIENTIFIC Hand and Foot Phoenix AZ
TELEVISION OUTRAGEOUS ARIZONA (Episode 1) Madam; Housewife True West Magazine; PBS, Phoenix, AZ OUTRAGEOUS ARIZONA (Episode 2) Pearl Hart True West Magazine; PBS, Phoenix, AZ INK MASTER: ANGELS Observer and Voter Paramount Network (Formerly Spike) MANEATER Wedding Attendant Lifetime Miniseries HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN Restaurant Patron NBC
COMMERCIALS THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (Tribute) Jingle KPHO, Phoenix Station #1 WILD WEST CARDS Poker Player; Cowgirl Channel 3, Phoenix Station THE FLUTIE GANG Christina Jay Advertising DINE 4 AZ Restaurant Patron Shamrock Foods ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE Ensemble APS
RADIO VOICEOVERS KMLE Matilda Rawhide Steakhouse KFYI Therese Subway Sandwich KLZI Customer Pepsi KJ97 Attorney Salas Studio
PLAYS NIGHTFALL - Halloween Shows Two-Faced Mutant; Haunted House Player Old Tucson Studios Tucson AZ WHO’S ON FIRST Lou Costello Theatres, Resorts, Clubs Phoenix AZ THE ODD COUPLE - Female Version Sylvie Copperstate Dinner Theatre Glendale AZ LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Bobbi Michelle Metro Playhouse Phoenix AZ THE NERD Tansy McGinnis Stone Soup Players Phoenix AZ CSI MORGUE DOOMTOWN Helga Rawhide - Halloween Show Chandler AZ MELODRAMAS AND VAUDEVILLE SKITS Matilda Rawhide, LV Convention Center AZ and NV DEATH & LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES Wiggins (Comic Relief) Commerce Street Stage San Antonio TX NUTS Recorder Theater Works Glendale AZ
MUSICALS FROM GUMM TO GARLAND: JUDY THE MUSICAL Judy Garland Mesa Arts Center Mesa AZ JUDY THE MUSICAL: FROM GUMM TO GARLAND Ethel Gumm (Judy’s mother) Tempe Center For The Arts Tempe AZ ANYTHING GOES Reno Sweeney Arizona Broadway Theatre Peoria AZ THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN Molly Brown Theater Works Glendale AZ OLIVER Nancy Solid Rock Theatre Phoenix AZ LES MISERABLES - Shortened Version Fantine Theatres, Resorts, Clubs Phoenix AZ OKLAHOMA Ado Annie Theater Works Glendale AZ WILLY WONKA Mrs. Teavee Commerce Street Stage San Antonio TX THE HONEYBUNS: ANDREWS SISTERS TRIO Entrepreneur, Performer, Booking Agent, Choreographer Phoenix and Tucson AZ ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Winnifred Stagebrush Theatre Scottsdale AZ SWEET & HOT (Harold Arlen Revue) Mona (Judy Garland Role) Desert Foothills Theater Carefree AZ MUSICAL HISTORY OF THE SILVER SCREEN Ensemble Old Tucson Studios Tucson AZ SAPPHIRE SUE REVUE Sue Old Tucson Studios Tucson AZ GRAND PALACE MUSICAL REVUE Madam Lillian Mae Old Tucson Studios Tucson AZ
VALERIE SAUNDERS 480-577-8552 [email protected]
VOCALS VOCAL IMPRESSIONIST Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Patsy Cline, Doris Day, Barbra Streisand AZ and TX CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA CHORUS Mahler’s 8th Symphony of 1000 - 2nd Alto Carnegie Hall New York City NY SWING MEMORIES ORCHESTRA Big Band Vocalist Phoenix AZ SWING FEVER ORCHESTRA Big Band Vocalist Phoenix AZ SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY ORCHESTRA Big Band Vocalist Statewide TX PIZZAZZ Trio - Alto 1930 - 1950 Phoenix AZ TRIO 380 Vocalist: 1930 - 1950 Phoenix and Mesa AZ DIAMONDBACKS, SUNS, COYOTES, CUBS, AZ ARMY NATIONAL GUARD National Anthem Field, Center, Arena, Stadium, Phoenix Airport Phoenix and Mesa AZ
ONE-WOMAN SHOWS COWGAL VAL (900 shows) Comedienne, Storyteller, Yodeler, AZ History Rawhide and Statewide AZ TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE Impressionist & Monologist Spirit of the West at Rawhide Chandler AZ MOVIE MUSICAL WESTERNS Vocal Impressionist, Comedienne Rawhide and Old Tucson Studios Chandler and Tucson AZ WESTERN SONGS OF YESTERYEAR Singer Spirit of the West at Rawhide Chandler AZ PATRIOTIC MEDLEY Singer Spirit of the West at Rawhide Chandler AZ
IMPROVISATION STREETMOSPHERE Matilda - Western Character Rawhide, Geauga Lake AZ and OH
REPERTORY COMPANIES GUNS FOR HIRE - Arizona Games and Shows Blackjack Dealer, Saloon Girl Statewide AZ FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN CLOGGERS Clogger Statewide TX THOSE FUNNY LITTLE PEOPLE Dancer - Costumed Character Cities of Chicago, Phoenix, Cleveland
MURDER MYSTERIES DEATH & TAXES Governor’s Wife; French Maid Pronto’s Phoenix AZ BOARDWALK MELODY HOUR Bunny; Trixie Swingo’s Cleveland OH
IMPRESSIONIST Scenes from The Wizard of Oz
SPECIAL SKILLS 1. Hair & Makeup Artist 4. Sightread 7. CPR Adult Certified 2. Choreographer 5. Instant Harmonizer 8. Stunts - Stage Combat 3. Blackjack Dealer 6. Pistols 9. Dream Interpreter 10. Entrepreneur of the Honeybuns - Female Vocal Trio
HAIR AND MAKEUP ARTIST - Starting Years Films 2009 TV Shows 2009 Commercials 2007 Web 2009 Headshots 2018
DANCES Ballroom Swing, Waltz, Cha Cha, Fox Trot, Polka Tap, Clogging, Jazz, Ballet Country Two Step, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Different Line Dances, Waltz
DIALECTS British, Cockney, Irish, Western Pennsylvanian, Southern
AWARDS Best Female Performance at Desert Foothills Theater in Carefree AZ 2002-03 Sweet & Hot: The Songs Of Harold Arlen “Alto Valerie Saunders would hit a resonant note of “Stormy Weather” and raise chills.” Sue Crouse, reporter and columnist for the Sonoran News
“Der Fuehrer’s Face” named “The funniest choreographed number on any Phoenix stage in 1990.” Max McQueen, theatre critic for The Arizona Republic
Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Parade 2012 - True West Magazine Participant
TRAINING DK Darlins: Western Horseback Riding Faith Hibbs-Clark: Commercial Technique Jonathan Mincks: On-Camera Scene Study, Commercial Technique, Improvisation
SELF-CONTAINED 1. Wardrobe 1880s - Cowgirl, Townswoman, Madam, Saloon Girl, Matching Cape and Reticule (large purse) 1920s - 1960s, Modern Cowgirl, Christmas 2. Accessories Jewelry, Shoes, Stockings, Evening Purses, Hats 3. Makeup Current, 1940s, Halloween
EDUCATION University of AZ: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) - Theater Major, Graduate
TOUR GUIDE - All in Arizona Goldfield Ghost Town - Gold Mine, Bordello, Mystery Shack Taliesin West - Frank Lloyd Wright Home, School, and Studio Arizona History Titanic Exhibit Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park Exhibit