Sandy Dennis
Sign in to saveAmerican actress (1937–1992)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1937-04-27
- Died
- 1992-03-02
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sandy Dennis, a personal memoir
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Hastings, Nebraska, USA
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
- Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk — Self – Mona (archive footage)2014
- The Indian Runner — Mrs. Roberts1991
- Parents — Millie Dew1989
- 976-EVIL — Aunt Lucy1988
- Another Woman — Claire1988
- The Execution — Elsa Spahn1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Helen1985
- The Equalizer — Kay Wesley1985
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean — Mona1982
- The Four Seasons — Anne Callan1981
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 166,488
- Total plays
- 2,054,418
Tags
folksinger-songwriterfemale vocalistsbritish folkfolk rock
Sandy Denny (Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny, 6 January, 1947 – 21 April, 1978) was an English singer and songwriter, perhaps best known as the lead singer for the folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer". After briefly working with British folk band the Strawbs, Denny joined Fairport Convention in 1968, remaining with that band until the end of 1969. She formed the short-lived band Fotheringay in 1970 <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,759x
- Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Lineage Specification
· 2006 · cited 12,362x
- Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects
· 1986 · cited 11,890x
- The Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Problems on the Road to Therapeutics
· 2002 · cited 11,530x
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Key facts
- Born
- Sandra Dale Dennis , ( 1937-04-27 ) April 27, 1937, Hastings, Nebraska , U.S.
- Died
- March 2, 1992 (1992-03-02) (aged 54), Westport, Connecticut , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1956–1991
- Partners
- Gerry Mulligan (1965–1974) Eric Roberts (1980–1985)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 27 April 1937
- Died
- 2 March 1992
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hastings
- Place of death
- Westport
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Sandy Dennis 1967 (frontside) (cropped).jpg
Article
Sandra Dale 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 Up the Down Staircase (1967), The Fox (1967), Sweet November (1968), 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).
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1937 births1992 deaths20th-century American actresses20th-century American LGBTQ peopleActresses from Lincoln, NebraskaActresses from Westport, ConnecticutAmerican bisexual actressesAmerican film actressesAmerican stage actressesAmerican television actressesBest Supporting Actress Academy Award winnersDeaths from ovarian cancer in Connecticut