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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.
Filmography
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2014
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
Movie Self – Mona (archive footage)
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1991
The Indian Runner
Movie Mrs. Roberts
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1989
Parents
Movie Millie Dew
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1988
976-EVIL
Movie Aunt Lucy
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1988
Another Woman
Movie Claire
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1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Helen
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1985
The Equalizer
TV show Kay Wesley
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1985
The Execution
Movie Elsa Spahn
- 1982
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1981
The Animals Film
Movie
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1981
The Four Seasons
Movie Anne Callan
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1980
Wilson's Reward
Movie Martha James
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1978
Perfect Gentlemen
Movie Sophie Rosenman
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1977
Nasty Habits
Movie Sister Winifred
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1976
God Told Me To
Movie Martha Nicholas
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1975
Mr. Sycamore
Movie Jane Gwilt
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1973
Police Story
TV show
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1972
Something Evil
Movie Marjorie Worden
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1970
The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
Movie Dr. Enid Bingham
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1970
The Out-of-Towners
Movie Gwen Kellerman
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1969
A Touch of Love
Movie Rosamund
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1969
That Cold Day in the Park
Movie Frances Austen
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1968
A Hatful of Rain
Movie Celia Pope
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1968
Sweet November
Movie Sara Deever
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1967
The Fox
Movie Jill Banford
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1967
Up the Down Staircase
Movie Sylvia Barrett
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1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Movie Honey
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1966
The Three Sisters
Movie Irina
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1963
The Fugitive
TV show Cassie Bolin
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1963
Arrest and Trial
TV show
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1961
Splendor in the Grass
Movie Kay
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1958
Naked City
TV show Eleanor Ann Hubber
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1956
Tony Awards
TV show Self - Presenter