Sandy Dennis

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Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American theater and film actress. In 1966, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

Early life

Dennis was born in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Yvonne, a secretary, and Jack Dennis, a postal clerk. She had a brother, Frank. A high school classmate of Dick Cavett, she attended the Nebraska Wesleyan University and University of Nebraska. Dennis grew up in Kenesaw and Lincoln, Nebraska, appearing in the Lincoln Community Theater Group and moving to New York City at the age of 19.

Career

Dennis made her television debut in 1956 in The Guiding Light and her film debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961). However, she was more committed to following a career in the theater. She won consecutive Tony Awards for her performances in A Thousand Clowns (1963) and Any Wednesday (1964). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Honey, the fragile, neurotic young wife of George Segal, in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). She followed this with well-received performances in Up the Down Staircase (1967), The Fox (1967), Sweet November (1968) and The Out-of-Towners (1970). In 1963, she appeared in the television episode "The Other Side of the Mountain" in The Fugitive which starred David Janssen. In 1964, she appeared in the television episode "Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan" of Craig Stevens's CBS drama, Mr. Broadway.

An advocate of method acting, Dennis was often described as neurotic and mannered in her performances; her signature style included running words together and oddly stopping and starting sentences, suddenly going up and down octaves as she spoke, and fluttering her hands. Walter Kerr famously remarked that she treated sentences as "weak, injured things" that needed to be slowly helped "across the street"; John Simon said that she acted with "a postnasal drip." Nonetheless, William Goldman, in his book The Season, referred to her as a quintessential "critics' darling" who got rave reviews no matter how unusual her acting and questionable her choice of material. During her stint in Any Wednesday, Kerr said the following: "Let me tell you about Sandy Dennis. There should be one in every home."

Sandy Dennis, along with Anne Bancroft, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Colleen Dewhurst, Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth are the only women who have won Tony Awards in both of the following categories: Best Actress in a Play and Best Featured Actress in a play.

Her last significant film role was in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). In 1991, she played a leading role in the film The Indian Runner, which marked Sean Penn's debut as a film director, and he also wrote the screenplay.

Personal life

Dennis lived with prominent jazz musician Gerry Mulligan from 1965 until they split up in 1976. Although Mulligan often referred to Dennis as his second wife, Dennis later revealed that they had never married. She also lived with actor Eric Roberts from 1980 to 1985.

Christopher Dennis, a Superman look-alike working on Hollywood Blvd and who resembles Ms. Dennis quite a bit,[citation needed] appears in Matthew Ogen's documentary Confessions of a Superhero claiming that Sandy Dennis is his mother. In the movie, her family questions these claims.

In an interview with People magazine in 1989, Dennis revealed she and Gerry Mulligan had suffered a miscarriage in 1965 and went on to say, "if I'd been a mother, I would have loved the child, but I just didn't have any connection with it when I was pregnant...I never ever wanted children. It would have been like having an elephant." There is no mention of any other pregnancies or children.

Sandy Dennis died from ovarian cancer in Westport, Connecticut, aged 54.

Filmography

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Sandy Dennis From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sandy Dennis Sandy Dennis.jpg Born Sandra Dale Dennis April 27, 1937 Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. Died March 2, 1992 (aged 54) Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1952–1991 Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis (April 27, 1937 – March 2, 1992) was an American theater and film actress. At the height of her career in the 1960s she won two Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for her performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Theater 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life[edit] Dennis was born in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Yvonne (née Hudson), a secretary, and Jack Dennis, a postal clerk.[1][2] She had a brother, Frank.[3] Dennis grew up in Kenesaw, Nebraska and Lincoln, Nebraska, graduating from Lincoln High School (Lincoln, Nebraska) in 1955.[4] She attended Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska, appearing in the Lincoln Community Theater Group before moving to New York City at the age of 19.[5]

Career[edit] Dennis made her television debut in 1956 in The Guiding Light. In 1963, she appeared in the The Fugitive, which starred David Janssen, in the episode "The Other Side of the Mountain." In 1964, she appeared in the television episode "Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan" of Craig Stevens's CBS drama, Mr. Broadway. Her film debut was the role of Kay in Splendor in the Grass (1961). However, she was more committed to following a career in the theater. She won consecutive Tony Awards for her performances in A Thousand Clowns (1963) and Any Wednesday (1964). She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Honey, the fragile, neurotic young wife of George Segal, in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). She followed this with well-received performances in Up the Down Staircase (1967), The Fox (1967), Sweet November (1968) and The Out-of-Towners (1970).

In 1963, she appeared in the "Naked City" episode "Carrier", as the bearer of a rare disease.

In 1974 she played Joan of Arc in the pilot of Witness to Yesterday, Canadian Patrick Watson's series of interviews with great figures out of the past.

In 1967 she was voted the 18th biggest star in the US.[6]

A life member of The Actors Studio[7] and an advocate of method acting, Dennis was often described as neurotic and mannered in her performances; her signature style included running words together and oddly stopping and starting sentences, suddenly going up and down octaves as she spoke, and fluttering her hands. Walter Kerr famously remarked that she treated sentences as "weak, injured things" that needed to be slowly helped "across the street"; Pauline Kael said that she "has made an acting style of postnasal drip." Nonetheless, William Goldman, in his book The Season, referred to her as a quintessential "critics' darling" who got rave reviews no matter how unusual her acting and questionable her choice of material. During her stint in Any Wednesday, Kerr said the following: "Let me tell you about Sandy Dennis. There should be one in every home."

Sandy Dennis, along with Anne Bancroft, Zoe Caldwell, Viola Davis, Colleen Dewhurst, Maureen Stapleton and Irene Worth are the only women who have won Tony Awards for both Best Actress in a Play and Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Her last significant film roles were in Alan Alda's The Four Seasons (1981) and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982). In 1991, she played a leading role in the film The Indian Runner, which marked Sean Penn's debut as a film director.

Personal life[edit] Dennis lived with prominent jazz musician Gerry Mulligan from 1965 until they split up in 1974. Although Mulligan often referred to Dennis as his second wife, Dennis later revealed that they had never married. She also lived with actor Eric Roberts from 1980 to 1985.

In an interview with People magazine in 1989, Dennis revealed she and Gerry Mulligan had suffered a miscarriage in 1965 and went on to say, "if I'd been a mother, I would have loved the child, but I just didn't have any connection with it when I was pregnant ... I never, ever wanted children. It would have been like having an elephant."[8]

Sandy Dennis died from ovarian cancer in Westport, Connecticut, at age 54.[8]

Filmography[edit] Film[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1961 Splendor in the Grass Kay 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance Laurel Award for Top Female New Face Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture The Three Sisters Irina 1967 Up the Down Staircase Sylvia Barrett Moscow International Film Festival Best Actress Award (tied with Grynet Molvig for A Time in the Sun) The Fox Jill Banford 1968 Sweet November Sara Deever 1969 That Cold Day in the Park Frances Austen A Touch of Love Rosamund Stacey 1970 The Out of Towners Gwen Kellerman Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated— Laurel Award for Top Female Comedic Performance 1975 Mr. Sycamore Jane Gwilt 1976 God Told Me To Martha Nicholas 1977 Nasty Habits Sister Winifred 1981 The Four Seasons Anne Callan 1982 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Mona 1988 Another Woman Claire 976-EVIL Aunt Lucy 1989 Parents Millie Dew 1991 The Indian Runner Mrs. Roberts Television[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1956 Guiding Light Alice Holden TV series 1962 Naked City Eleanor Ann Hubber episode: Idylls of a Running Back 1963 Naked City Lorraine episode: Carrier The Fugitive Cassie Bolin episode: The Other Side of the Mountain 1964 Arrest and Trial Molly White episode: Somewhat Lower Than the Angels Mr. Broadway Patricia Kelsey episode: Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan 1968 A Hatful of Rain Celia Pope (TV film) 1970 Only Way Out Is Dead Dr. Enid Bingham (TV film) 1972 Something Evil Marjorie Worden (TV film) 1978 Police Story Sharon Bristol episode: Day of Terror... Night of Fear Perfect Gentleman Sophie Rosenman (TV film) 1980 Wilson's Reward Martha James (TV film) 1985 The Execution Elsa Spahn (TV film) The Love Boat Gina Caldwell episode: Roommates/Heartbreakers/Out of the Blue Alfred Hitchcock Presents Helen episode: Arthur, or the Gigolo Young People's Specials Patricia Benson episode: The Trouble with Mother 1986 The Equalizer Kay Wesley episode: Out of the Past Theater[edit] Run Title Role Notes Dec. 5, 1957 – Jan. 17, 1959 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Reenie Flood Flirt Conroy Understudy Oct. 20, 1960 – Nov. 19, 1960 Face of a Hero Millicent Bishop Theatre World Award Nov. 1, 1961 − Jan. 27, 1962 The Complaisant Lover Ann Howard Apr. 5, 1962 − Apr. 13, 1963 A Thousand Clowns Sandra Markowitz Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Feb. 18, 1964 − Jun. 26, 1966 Any Wednesday Ellen Gordon Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Oct. 15, 1967 – Nov. 18, 1967 Daphne in Cottage D Daphne Mar. 29, 1971 – Jun. 26, 1971 How the Other Half Loves Teresa Phillips Jan. 16, 1973 Let Me Hear You Smile Hannah Heywood Oct. 8, 1974 − Mar. 6, 1976 Absurd Person Singular Eva Mar. 14, 1975 – Sept. 3, 1978 Same Time, Next Year Doris Replacement Aug. 6, 1981 – Sept. 5, 1981 The Supporting Cast Sally Feb. 18, 1982 – Apr. 4, 1982 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Mona See also[edit] P vip.svgBiography portal References[edit] Jump up ^ Sandy Dennis Biography (1937-1992) Jump up ^ [1] Jump up ^ Sandy Dennis Foundation Jump up ^ Lincoln High School (1955). The Links, vol. 39. Lincoln, NE: Lincoln High School. p. 38. Jump up ^ Sandy Dennis. Yahoo Movies. Jump up ^ 'Star Glitter Is Catching' By Richard L. Coe. The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973) [Washington, D.C] 07 Jan 1968: H1. Jump up ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8. ^ Jump up to: a b Hutchings, David. "The Queen of Artfully Oddball Roles Finds Peace as a Cat-Crazed Recluse". People Magazine. Time, Inc. Retrieved 2011-08-29. External links[edit] Sandy Dennis at the Internet Broadway Database Sandy Dennis at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Sandy Dennis at the Internet Movie Database Sandy Dennis Foundation Sandy Dennis at Find a Grave Sandy Dennis, Veteran Actress And Prize Winner, Is Dead at 54, New York Times, 5 March 1992 [hide] Awards for Sandy Dennis [hide] v t e Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1936–1940 Gale Sondergaard (1936) Alice Brady (1937) Fay Bainter (1938) Hattie McDaniel (1939) Jane Darwell (1940) 1941–1960 Mary Astor (1941) Teresa Wright (1942) Katina Paxinou (1943) Ethel Barrymore (1944) Anne Revere (1945) Anne Baxter (1946) Celeste Holm (1947) Claire Trevor (1948) Mercedes McCambridge (1949) Josephine Hull (1950) Kim Hunter (1951) Gloria Grahame (1952) Donna Reed (1953) Eva Marie Saint (1954) Jo Van Fleet (1955) Dorothy Malone (1956) Miyoshi Umeki (1957) Wendy Hiller (1958) Shelley Winters (1959) Shirley Jones (1960) 1961–1980 Rita Moreno (1961) Patty Duke (1962) Margaret Rutherford (1963) Lila Kedrova (1964) Shelley Winters (1965) Sandy Dennis (1966) Estelle Parsons (1967) Ruth Gordon (1968) Goldie Hawn (1969) Helen Hayes (1970) Cloris Leachman (1971) Eileen Heckart (1972) Tatum O'Neal (1973) Ingrid Bergman (1974) Lee Grant (1975) Beatrice Straight (1976) Vanessa Redgrave (1977) Maggie Smith (1978) Meryl Streep (1979) Mary Steenburgen (1980) 1981–2000 Maureen Stapleton (1981) Jessica Lange (1982) Linda Hunt (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Anjelica Huston (1985) Dianne Wiest (1986) Olympia Dukakis (1987) Geena Davis (1988) Brenda Fricker (1989) Whoopi Goldberg (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Marisa Tomei (1992) Anna Paquin (1993) Dianne Wiest (1994) Mira Sorvino (1995) Juliette Binoche (1996) Kim Basinger (1997) Judi Dench (1998) Angelina Jolie (1999) Marcia Gay Harden (2000) 2001–present Jennifer Connelly (2001) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2002) Renée Zellweger (2003) Cate Blanchett (2004) Rachel Weisz (2005) Jennifer Hudson (2006) Tilda Swinton (2007) Penélope Cruz (2008) Mo'Nique (2009) Melissa Leo (2010) Octavia Spencer (2011) Anne Hathaway (2012) Lupita Nyong'o (2013) [hide] v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (1947–1975) Ingrid Bergman / Helen Hayes (1947) Judith Anderson / Katharine Cornell / Jessica Tandy (1948) Martita Hunt (1949) Shirley Booth (1950) Uta Hagen (1951) Julie Harris (1952) Shirley Booth (1953) Audrey Hepburn (1954) Nancy Kelly (1955) Julie Harris (1956) Margaret Leighton (1957) Helen Hayes (1958) Gertrude Berg (1959) Anne Bancroft (1960) Joan Plowright (1961) Margaret Leighton (1962) Uta Hagen (1963) Sandy Dennis (1964) Irene Worth (1965) Rosemary Harris (1966) Beryl Reid (1967) Zoe Caldwell (1968) Julie Harris (1969) Tammy Grimes (1970) Maureen Stapleton (1971) Sada Thompson (1972) Julie Harris (1973) Colleen Dewhurst (1974) Ellen Burstyn (1975) Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025) [hide] v t e Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (1947–1975) Patricia Neal (1947) Shirley Booth (1949) Maureen Stapleton (1951) Marian Winters (1952) Beatrice Straight (1953) Jo Van Fleet (1954) Patricia Jessel (1955) Una Merkel (1956) Peggy Cass (1957) Anne Bancroft (1958) Julie Newmar (1959) Anne Revere (1960) Colleen Dewhurst (1961) Elizabeth Ashley (1962) Sandy Dennis (1963) Barbara Loden (1964) Alice Ghostley (1965) Zoe Caldwell (1966) Marian Seldes (1967) Zena Walker (1968) Jane Alexander (1969) Blythe Danner (1970) Rae Allen (1971) Elizabeth Wilson (1972) Leora Dana (1973) Frances Sternhagen (1974) Rita Moreno (1975) Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025) Authority control VIAF: 39566261 ISNI: 0000 0001 1400 9944 GND: 12031648X SUDOC: 168890534 Categories: 1937 births1992 deaths20th-century American actressesActors Studio membersActresses from NebraskaAmerican film actressesAmerican stage actressesAmerican television actressesBest Supporting Actress Academy Award winnersCancer deaths in ConnecticutDeaths from ovarian cancerPeople from Hastings, NebraskaPeople from Westport, ConnecticutTony Award winners

Sandy Dennis Biography Showing all 19 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (11) | Personal Quotes (3) Overview (4) Date of Birth 27 April 1937 , Hastings, Nebraska, USA Date of Death 2 March 1992 , Westport, Connecticut, USA (ovarian cancer) Birth Name Sandra Dale Dennis Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Mini Bio (1) It would not be easy for anyone to out-do one of American theater's finest thespians, but somehow actress Sandy Dennis managed to even out-quirk the legendary Geraldine Page when it came to affecting nervous ticks and offbeat mannerisms on stage and in film. She and Page had few peers when it came to the neurotic-dispensing department. The two Actor's Studio disciples developed fascinating characterizations that seemed to manifest themselves outwardly to such physical extremes and, like a bad car accident, their overt stylings were capable of both drawing in, and repelling audiences. There was no grey area. Either way, both had a searing emotional range and were undeniably transfixing figures who held up Oscar trophies to prove there was a "Method" to their respective madness. Sandy's signature quirks - her stuttering, fluttering, throat gulps, eye twitches, nervous giggles, hysterical flailing - are all a part of what made her so distinctive and unforgettable. Her untimely death of cancer at age 54 robbed the entertainment industry of a remarkable talent.

The Nebraska-born-and-bred actress was born Sandra Dale Dennis in Hastings, on April 27, 1937, the daughter of postal clerk Jack Dennis and his secretary wife Yvonne. Living in both Kenesaw (1942) and Lincoln (1946) while growing up, she and brother Frank went to Lincoln High School with TV host Dick Cavett. Her passion for acting grew and grew while still at home. A college student at both Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska, she eventually found her career direction after appearing with the Lincoln Community Theater Group.

The toothy actress left Nebraska and towards the Big Apple at age 19 just to try her luck. An intense student of acting guru Uta Hagen, Sandy made her New York stage debut in a Tempo Theatre production of "The Lady from the Sea" in 1956 and that same year won her first TV role as that of Alice Holden in the daytime series The Guiding Light (1952). A year later she made it to Broadway as an understudy (and eventual replacement) for the roles of Flirt and Reenie in the William Inge drama "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," directed by Elia Kazan at the Music Box Theatre. She toured with that production and also found regional work in the plays "Bus Stop" and "Motel" while continuing to shine as a budding New York fixture in "Burning Bright," "Face of a Hero" and "Port Royal".

Along with fellow newcomers Gary Lockwood and Phyllis Diller, Sandy made her movie debut in playwright Inge's Zohar B'Deshe (1961), a movie quite welcoming of Sandy's neurotic tendencies. In the minor but instrumental role of Kay, she is an unwitting instigator of friend Deanie's (played by an ambitiously unbalanced Natalie Wood) mental collapse. Despite this worthy little turn, Sandy would not make another film for five years.

Instead, the actress set her sites strongly on the stage and for this she was handsomely rewarded, most notably in comedy. After appearing in a two-month run of the Graham Greene drama "The Complaisant Lover" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1961, stardom would be hers the very next year with her outstanding social worker role in the lighter-weight "A Thousand Clowns". Winning the Theatre World as well as the coveted Tony Award for her performance, she continue her run of prizes with a second consecutive Tony for her sexy turn in the comedy "Any Wednesday" (1964). Having made only one picture at this juncture, Sandy was not in a good position to transfer her award-winning characters to film and when they did, they went to Barbara Harris and Jane Fonda, respectively.

TV was also a viable medium for Sandy and she appeared sporadically on such programs as "The Fugitive," "Naked City" and "Arrest and Trial". In 1965, she appeared in London as Irina in a heralded Actor's Studio production of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" with fellow devotees Geraldine Page, Kim Stanley, Shelley Winters, Luther Adler and Kevin McCarthy. The play was subsequently videotaped and directed by Paul Bogart, and is valuable today for the studied "Method" performances of its cast. It, however, received mixed reviews upon its release.

Returning to film in 1966, Sandy seemed to embellish every physical and emotional peculiarity she could muster for the role of the mousy wife Honey in the four-character powerhouse play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) by Edward Albee. It is a mouth-dropping, emotionally shattering performance, and both she and a more even-keeled George Segal as the dropover guests of the skewering cutthroat couple George and Martha (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) more than held their own. While the distaff cast won Oscars for this (Taylor for "Best Actress" and Dennis for "Best Supporting Actress"), this ferocious landmark film blew open the "Production Code" doors once and for all and a wave of counterculture filming tackling formerly taboo subjects came to be.

Firmly established now with her Oscar win, Sandy found highly affecting lead showcases for herself. She was quite memorable and won the New York Film Critics Award for her young, naive British teacher challenged by a New York "Blackboard Jungle"-like school system in Up the Down Staircase (1967). She also stirred up some controversy along with Anne Heywood playing brittle lesbian lovers whose relationship is threatened by a sexy male visitor (Keir Dullea) in another ground-breaking film The Fox (1967). Sandy remained intriguingly off-kiltered in the odd-couple romantic story Sweet November (1968) opposite Anthony Newley, the bizarre Robert Altman thriller Oto Yom Kar B'Park (1969), and the gloomy British melodrama A Touch of Love (1969) [aka Thank You All Very Much].

Off-camera, Sandy lived for over a decade with jazz musician and saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, which began in 1965 following his devoted relationship with actress Judy Holliday who had died of cancer earlier in the year. They eventually parted ways in 1976. Rumors that they had married at some point were eventually negated by Sandy herself. Sandy also went on to have a May-December relationship with the equally quirky actor Eric Roberts from 1980 to 1985. She had no children.

At the peak of her film popularity, Sandy began the 1970s in more mainstream fashion. She and Jack Lemmon were another odd-couple hit in Neil Simon's The Out of Towners (1970) as married George and Gwen Kellerman visiting an unmerciful Big Apple. Sandy is at her whiny, plain-Jane best ("Oh, my God...I think we're being kidnapped!") as disaster upon disaster befalls the miserable twosome. Both she and Lemmon were nominated for Golden Globes. Following this, however, Sandy again refocused on the stage with an avalanche of fine performances in "How the Other Half Loves," "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," "A Streetcar Named Desire" (as Blanche), "Born Yesterday" (as Billie Dawn), "Absurd Person Singular," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (as Maggie the Cat), "Same Time, Next Year," "The Little Foxes," "Eccentricities of a Nightingale," "The Supporting Cast" and even the title role in "Peter Pan".

A few TV and movie roles came Sandy's way in unspectacular fashion but it wasn't until the next decade that she again stole some thunder. After a moving support turn as a cast-off wife in the finely-tuned ensemble drama The Four Seasons (1981), Sandy proved terrific as a James Dean extremist in another ensemble film Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982), which she played first to fine acclaim on Broadway. Reunited with director Robert Altman as well as her stage compatriots Cher, Karen Black, Kathy Bates, Sudie Bond and Marta Heflin, the film version was equally praised. Her last films included Isha Aheret (1988), 976-EVIL (1988) and Parents (1989).

Seen less and less in later years, she gave in to her eccentric tendencies as time went on. A notorious cat lover (at one point there was a count of 33 residing in her Westport, Connecticut home), close friends included actresses Brenda Vaccaro and Jessica Walter. Her father Jack died in 1990 and around that same time Sandy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Undergoing chemotherapy at the time she filmed the part of a beaten-down mother in Sean Penn's The Indian Runner (1991), the role proved to be her last.

Sandy died in Westport on March 3, 1992. Her ashes were placed at the Lincoln Memorial Park in Lincoln, Nebraska. A foundation in her home state was set up to "memorialize the accomplishments of Sandy Dennis, to perpetuate her commitment to education and the performing arts, to promote cultural activities, and to encourage theatrical education, performance, and professionals". A book, "Sandy Dennis: A Personal Memoir," was published posthumously in 1997. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

Trivia (11) A well-known cat lover. A dedicated exponent of the 'Method' technique via the Actor's Studio, her physical neuroticisms could either captivate or repel audiences. Although she and Gerry Mulligan referred to each other as husband and wife for years, she eventually said that they had never married. She won two consecutive Tony awards, in 1963 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "A Thousand Clowns" and in 1964 as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "Any Wednesday," which eventually led to her Oscar-winning film performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Awarded the coveted Theatre World Award for best Broadway debut in 1961. Involved with actor Eric Roberts in 1981. Her dog was riding with Roberts when he crashed his jeep into a tree in Los Angeles. Roberts was in a coma for two weeks. She declined to appear at the Oscar ceremonies the year she won her award for "Virginia Woolf". She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. Became pregnant during the filming of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) but suffered a miscarriage. Appeared in a stage production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" as Maggie the Cat, a role previously played by her "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" co-star Elizabeth Taylor in the film version. Was the 63rd actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967) on April 10, 1967. Personal Quotes (3) [on acting]: It isn't like painting a picture, or writing a book. When you finish an acting stint, there's nothing except money. You have to keep going, giving the best you've got, to get something intangible. I should have kept myself blonder and thinner, but I just didn't care enough. I don't really like people much. I mean, I know I should develop this passion for other people and, like, get to know them, but I couldn't care less. - on her relationship with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during the filming of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

סנדי דניס סנדרה דייל "סנדי" דניס (באנגלית: Sandra Dale “Sandy” Dennis; ‏27 באפריל 1937 - 2 במרץ 1992) הייתה שחקנית קולנוע ותיאטרון אמריקאית. דניס זכתה בשני פרסי טוני ובפרס אוסקר לשחקנית המשנה הטובה ביותר בשנת 1966 על הופעתה בסרט "מי מפחד מוירג'יניה וולף?".

תוכן עניינים [%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%94] 1 ביוגרפיה 2 קריית משחק 2.1 קולנוע 2.2 תיאטרון 3 חיים אישיים 4 מוות 5 פילמוגרפיה נבחרת 6 קישורים חיצוניים ביוגרפיה[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] דניס נולדה בעיר האסטינגס וגדלה בעיר לינקולן שבנברסקה. הייתה בתם של יאבון, מזכירה וג'ק דניס, פקיד דואר. למדה ביחד עם אחיה פרנק ב"תיכון לינקולן" ולאחר מכן ב"אוניברסיטת נברסקה" וב"אוניברסיטת נברסקה ווסליאן".

קריית משחק[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] קולנוע[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] דניס החלה את דרכה בהוליווד בתפקיד קטן בסרטו של איליה קאזאן "זוהר בדשא". בשנת 1966 חזרה דניס לקולנוע עם ניסיון משחק רב יותר לאחר שהות של מספר שנים על בימות ברודוויי. דניס זכתה בפרס אוסקר לשחקנית המשנה הטובה ביותר והועמדה לפרס גלובוס הזהב לשחקנית המשנה הטובה ביותר על הופעתה הקולנועית השנייה בסך הכול בדרמה של מייק ניקולס "מי מפחד מוירג'יניה וולף?" בתפקיד האני, אשתו המופנמת של הפרופסור הצעיר לביולוגיה ניק (ג'ורג' סגל). ב-1967 שיחקה דניס בדרמה של מרק ריידל "השועל" בתפקיד הצעירה ג'יל בנפורד וקיבלה שבחים רבים על הופעתה בסרטו של רוברט מאליגן "במעלי המדרגות". ב-1971 הופיעה דניס לצידו של כוכב הקולנוע ג'ק למון בקומדיה של ארתור הילר "אבודים בניו יורק" , על תפקידה בסרט הועמדה דניס לפרס גלובוס הזהב לשחקנית הטובה ביותר בתפקיד קומי.

ב-1981 השתתפה דניס בקומדיה "ארבע העונות" בבימויו של אלן אלדה בתפקיד עקרת הבית אן קלאן. ב-1982 שיחקה בסרטו של רוברט אלטמן Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean לצידן של שר וקארן בלק. את תפקידייה האחרונים בקולנוע עשתה דניס בקומדיית האימה "הורים", בסרט הביכורים של שון פן כבמאי "הרץ האינדיאני" ובסרטו של וודי אלן "אשה אחרת".

תיאטרון[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] בשנת 1961 זכתה דניס בפרס התיאטרון העולמי לפריצת השנה בברודוויי. ב-1963 זכתה דניס בפרס טוני לשחקנית הטובה ביותר בתפקיד דרמטי על הופעתה בתפקיד ד"ר סנדרה מרקוביץ במחזה "אלף ליצנים". ב-1964 זכתה בפרס טוני שני על תפקידה במחזה "כל יום רביעי" בתור בעלת הבית אלן גורדון.

חיים אישיים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] דניס חיה במשך 11 שנים עם סקסופוניסט הג'אז הנודע ג'רי מאליגן, אולם הזוג מעולם לא נישא. בנוסף חייה במשך כחמש שנים עם השחקן אריק רוברטס.

מוות[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] דניס נפטרה ב-2 במרץ 1992 בגיל 54 ממחלת סרטן השחלה בעיירה ווסטפורט, קונטיקט. נקברה ב"פארק הזיכרון לינקולן" שבעיר לינקולן.

פילמוגרפיה נבחרת[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] זוהר בדשא (1961) מי מפחד מוירג'יניה וולף? (1966) במעלי המדרגות (1967) השועל (1967) נובמבר המתוק (1968) היום הקר בפארק (1969) מגע של אהבה (1969) אבודים בניו יורק (1970) ה' אמר לי (1976) ארבע העונות (1981) אשה אחרת (1988) 976-רוע (1988) הורים (1989) הרץ האינדיאני (1991) קישורים חיצוניים[%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%AA קוד מקור | עריכה] סנדי דניס, במסד הנתונים הקולנועיים IMDb (באנגלית)

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