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Sandy Dennis

Sandy Dennis

Highest Rated: 96% Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Lowest Rated: 15% 976-EVIL (1989)

Birthday: Apr 27, 1937

Birthplace: Hastings, Nebraska, USA

Method-trained critics' darling of the 1960s who first made her name on Broadway with Tony Award-winning performances in "A Thousand Clowns" (1962) and "Any Wednesday" (1964). Dennis' high-pitched, neurotic style lent itself to quirky, eccentric roles in films such as "Splendor in the Grass" (1961, her debut). Her memorable performance as the irritating yet vulnerable young faculty wife in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1967) earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and her portrayal of an idealistic teacher in an inner-city school in "Up the Down Staircase" (1967) won her a Best Actress accolade from the Moscow Film Festival.

Highest rated movies

96% Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
86% Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
80% God Told Me To
78% Up the Down Staircase
76% The Four Seasons
74% The Indian Runner
74% Splendor in the Grass
63% Parents

Photos

OUT-OF-TOWNERS, Jack Lemmon, Philip Bruns, Sandy Dennis, 1970 COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN, Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, 1982, (c) Cinecom Pictures THE FOX, (aka D.H LAWRENCE'S THE FOX, Sandy Dennis, 1968 THE FOX, (aka D.H LAWRENCE'S THE FOX), Sandy Dennis, 1968 SWEET NOVEMBER, Sandy Dennis, 1967 SWEET NOVEMBER, Sandy Dennis, 1967 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Sandy Dennis, 1966 THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS, Sandy Dennis, Jack Lemmon, 1970 THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS, Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, 1970 OUT-OF-TOWNERS, THE, Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, 1970 SWEET NOVEMBER, Sandy Dennis, 1968 SWEET NOVEMBER, Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, 1968 SWEET NOVEMBER, Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, 1968 THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK, Sandy Dennis, 1969 UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, Sandy Dennis, 1967 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Sandy Dennis, George Segal, 1966 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Sandy Dennis, 1966 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Sandy Dennis, 1966 WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Sandy Dennis, 1966 UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, from left, Sandy Dennis, Jeff Howard, 1967
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
74% 80% The Indian Runner Mrs. Roberts (Character) $152.9K 1991
15% 28% 976-EVIL Aunt Lucy (Character) $2.9M 1989
63% 54% Parents Millie Dew (Character) $464.2K 1989
59% 75% Another Woman Claire (Character) $499.5K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Execution Elsa Spahn (Character) - 1985
86% 81% Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Mona (Character) - 1982
76% 75% The Four Seasons Anne Callan (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perfect Gentlemen Sophie Rosenman (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Day of Terror, Night of Fear Sharon Bristol (Character) - 1978
40% 44% Nasty Habits Sister Winifred (Character) - 1976
80% 51% God Told Me To Martha Nicholas (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 33% Mr. Sycamore Jane Gwilt (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 20% Something Evil Marjorie Worden (Character) - 1971
63% 69% The Out-of-Towners Gwen Kellerman (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever Dr. Enid Bingham (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Only Way Out Is Dead Dr. Enid Bingham (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thank You All Very Much Rosamund Stacey (Character) - 1969
50% 48% That Cold Day in the Park Frances Austen (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet November Unknown (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 62% Sweet November Sara Deever (Character) - 1968
60% 45% The Fox Jill Banford (Character) - 1968
78% 68% Up the Down Staircase Sylvia Barrett (Character) - 1967
96% 90% Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Honey (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Sisters Irina (Character) - 1965
74% 90% Splendor in the Grass Kay (Character) - 1961

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forever Knight Unknown (Character) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Kay Wesley (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Sharon Bristol (Character) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Cassie Bolin (Guest Star) 1963