Sandy Dennis

Acting

Sandy Dennis

Born April 27, 1937 · Hastings, Nebraska, USA

Died March 2, 1992 · aged 54

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 …

Known For

Splendor in the GrassSplendor in the Grass · 1961
Splendor in the Grass
★ 7.51961
MovieDramaRomance
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · 1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
★ 7.71966
MovieDrama
A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.
Another WomanAnother Woman · 1988
Another Woman
★ 6.81988
MovieDrama
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.
The Out-of-TownersThe Out-of-Towners · 1970
The Out-of-Towners
★ 6.81970
MovieComedy
A trip to New York for a job interview turns into a trip to hell for a small town couple.
Something EvilSomething Evil · 1972
Something Evil
★ 5.41972
MovieHorrorTV Movie
A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
The Four SeasonsThe Four Seasons · 1981
The Four Seasons
★ 6.31981
MovieComedyDrama
Three middle-aged wealthy couples take vacations together in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Along the way we are treated to mid-life, marital, parental and other crises.
A Touch of LoveA Touch of Love · 1969
A Touch of Love
★ 6.61969
MovieDrama
Intellectually driven doctoral student Rosamund Stacey, while undertaking graduate work at the British Museum, becomes pregnant after a brief affair with a television newsreader. Against the advice of her best friend, Lydia, Rosamund chooses to keep the baby and adjusts her life to include both her studies and her pregnancy. However, when the baby is born, an unforeseen complication threatens the self-sufficient life Rosamund plans for herself.
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy DeanCome Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean · 1982
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
★ 5.91982
MovieDrama
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.

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The Three SistersThe Three Sisters · 1966
The Three Sisters
★ 7.51966
MovieDrama
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

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