
Sandy Dennis
Biography
Sandra Dale "Sandy" Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American actress. She made her film debut in the drama Splendor in the Grass (1961). For her performance in the comedy-drama film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Dennis appeared in the films The Three Sisters (1966), Up the Down Staircase (1967), That Cold Day in the Park (1969), The Out-of-Towners (1970), God Told Me To (1976), The Four Seasons (1981), Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), and Another Woman (1988). Her final film appearance came in the crime drama film The Indian Runner (1991).
Dennis had a successful career on stage, appearing in the original stage production of Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. For her performance in the play A Thousand Clowns, she received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. For her performance in the play Any Wednesday, she received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
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Acting History
1991
The Indian Runner as Mrs. Roberts
1989Parents as Millie Dew
1988976-EVIL as Aunt Lucy
1988Another Woman as Claire
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Helen
1985The Equalizer as Kay Wesley
1985The Execution as Elsa Spahn
1982Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean as Mona
1981The Animals Film
1981The Four Seasons as Anne Callan
1980Wilson's Reward as Martha James
1978Perfect Gentlemen as Sophie Rosenman
1977Nasty Habits as Sister Winifred
1976God Told Me To as Martha Nicholas
1975Mr. Sycamore as Jane Gwilt
1973Police Story
1972Something Evil as Marjorie Worden
1970The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever as Dr. Enid Bingham
1970The Out-of-Towners as Gwen Kellerman
1969A Touch of Love as Rosamund
1969That Cold Day in the Park as Frances Austen
1968A Hatful of Rain as Celia Pope
1968Sweet November as Sara Deever
1967The Fox as Jill Banford
1967Up the Down Staircase as Sylvia Barrett
1966Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Honey
1966The Three Sisters as Irina
1963The Fugitive as Cassie Bolin
1963Arrest and Trial
1961Splendor in the Grass as Kay
1958Naked City as Eleanor Ann Hubber
1958Naked City as Lorraine Kershwood
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter








