Sandy Dennis

Born: 1937-04-27

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandy Dennis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Splendor in the Grass

as Kay
Released: 1961-10-10

A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's...

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

as Honey
Released: 1966-06-22

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's...

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The Indian Runner

as Mrs. Roberts
Released: 1991-09-20

Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad...

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The Out-of-Towners

as Gwen Kellerman
Released: 1970-05-28

George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it...

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Another Woman

as Claire
Released: 1988-10-13

Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to...

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Parents

as Millie Dew
Released: 1989-01-27

Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950s suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and...

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976-EVIL

as Aunt Lucy
Released: 1988-12-09

A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that...

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The Four Seasons

as Anne Callan
Released: 1981-05-22

Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter....

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That Cold Day in the Park

as Frances Austen
Released: 1969-06-08

Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after...

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God Told Me To

as Martha Nicholas
Released: 1976-10-22

A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination...

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Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

as Mona
Released: 1982-11-12

On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fanclub gather at a...

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The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever

as Dr. Enid Bingham
Released: 1970-12-16

A famous heart surgeon finds out that a medical research foundation is being used for shady and...

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Something Evil

as Marjorie Worden
Released: 1972-01-21

A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there...

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The Fox

as Jill Banford
Released: 1967-12-13

Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm....

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Mr. Sycamore

as Jane Gwilt
Released: 1975-12-12

Jason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.

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The Execution

as Elsa Spahn
Released: 1985-01-14

The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi...

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Up the Down Staircase

as Sylvia Barrett
Released: 1967-06-28

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with...

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The Three Sisters

as Irina
Released: 1966-01-01

In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but...

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A Touch of Love

as Rosamund
Released: 1969-09-01

Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the...

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Nasty Habits

as Sister Winifred
Released: 1977-01-28

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess,...

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Sweet November

as Sara Deever
Released: 1968-02-08

A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.

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The Animals Film

as uncredited
Released: 1981-10-01

The film offers a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society.

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A Hatful of Rain

as Celia Pope
Released: 1968-03-03

A 1968 made-for-television remake of the 1957 film, based on the disturbing 1956 Michael V....

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Perfect Gentlemen

as Sophie Rosenman
Released: 1978-03-14

Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.

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The Fugitive

as Cassie Bolin
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Equalizer

as Kay Wesley
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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Naked City

as Eleanor Ann Hubber
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Naked City

as Lorraine Kershwood
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Helen
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Arrest and Trial

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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