Sarah Moormann Scharper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion. This article has been tagged since August 2007.

Sarah Moormann Scharper, 1920-1922^{[citation needed]}; actress, director, teacher, writer and lecturer. Mrs. Scharper was born October 11, 1920, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a graduate of Schuster Martin School of Dramatic Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio, and earned her bachelor's of art degree in English and speech from the College of Mt. Saint Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1942. She received a master's in speech and drama from Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Scharper later taught speech and drama and directed at Georgetown Visitation and Catholic University.

Sarah Moormann and Philip Scharper were married June 11, 1049, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Scharper and her husband here the founders of the Bellarmine Players, a community theater in Cincinnati devoted to classic and experimental theater productions. Mrs. Scharper collaborated with her husband on more than 30 documentaries for network television on issues of religious, social and culture concerns. In 1979, she was the recipient of an Emmy Award, along with her husband, for her work on the television documentary, "Pope John Paul II in Poland."

As an author and editor, Mrs. Scharper worked closely with her husband, editor in chief of Orbis Books of Maryknoll, N.Y.