AKA Sandra Dale Dennis

Born: 27-Apr-1937
Birthplace: Hastings, NE
Died: 2-Mar-1992
Location of death: Westport, CT
Cause of death: Cancer - Ovarian
Remains: Buried, Lincoln Memorial Park, Lincoln, NE

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Boyfriend: Gerald O'Loughlin (actor, cohabited seven years)
Husband: Gerry Mulligan (jazz musician, div. 1976)
Boyfriend: Eric Roberts (1980-85)

    High School: Lincoln High School, Lincoln, NE (1955)
    University: Wesleyan College (dropped out)

    Oscar for Best Supporting Actress 1967 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Tony for A Thousand Clowns
    Tony for Any Wednesday
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    TELEVISION
    The Guiding Light Alice Holden (1956)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Indian Runner (7-Sep-1991)
    976-EVIL (22-Mar-1989)
    Parents (27-Jan-1989) · Millie Dew
    Another Woman (18-Nov-1988) · Claire
    The Execution (14-Jan-1985)
    Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (12-Nov-1982)
    The Four Seasons (22-May-1981) · Anne Callan
    Nasty Habits (10-Oct-1977)
    God Told Me To (Nov-1976)
    Mr. Sycamore (12-Dec-1975)
    Something Evil (21-Jan-1972)
    The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (20-Nov-1970)
    The Out-of-Towners (28-May-1970)
    That Cold Day in the Park (8-Jun-1969)
    Thank You All Very Much (Jun-1969) · Rosamund Stacey
    Sweet November (8-Feb-1968) · Sara Deever
    The Fox (13-Dec-1967) · Jill Banford
    Up the Down Staircase (19-Jul-1967) · Sylvia Barrett
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (21-Jun-1966) · Honey
    The Three Sisters (1966)
    Splendor in the Grass (10-Oct-1961) · Kay

Author of books:
Sandy Dennis: A Personal Memoir (1997, memoir)

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