Great Actress!
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ekentb — 21 years ago(October 05, 2004 02:22 PM)
Yes, her autobiography is a short, yet extremely well written tome, mostly written in a type of prose. It makes you long to read other manuscripts she may have written, it simply gives you a small glimpse into the mind of one of the greatest actresses of our generation. You can find it on Amazon usually relatively inexpensive.
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Ddey65 — 21 years ago(November 30, 2004 09:09 AM)
Up the Down Staircase
made me a fan of hers, as well as everyone else involved in the making of the movie. When I rented
That Cold Day in the Park,
I
did
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ken_floyd1 — 20 years ago(August 01, 2005 02:37 AM)
i loved her in a movie called " thankyou all very much " where shes having a baby,it was made in the late sixties but sandys character is certainly not having a very swinging time at all ,its quite a melancholy movie but beautifully played by sandy and indeed everyone in it,she was a one of a kind actress ,always worth seeing.
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jkinoz — 20 years ago(August 11, 2005 09:31 AM)
Another good movie she made around that same time was "Sweet November". I would love to see this one on dvd someday. It was later remade with Charlize Theron but the new version had none of the original's charm.
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InVaDeR_Lizzy89 — 20 years ago(November 06, 2005 04:25 PM)
I've only seen her in "Up the Down Staircase", but I loved it! I could watch that over and over again. When my high school put on this show, I desperately wanted to play Sylvia Barrett, but the director played favourites. She picked a senior who had worked with her for the past 4 years and I got the part of Fran. I just brought in announcements and sh!t like that.
I haven't gotten around to watching the rest of Sandy's moviesI've had a hard time finding some of them to rent, but I already know she's fabulous!
~Liz
"That was our parking spot, you mother f&6%ing c*ck-sucking butt-pirate!&2000quot; -
huweyjenkins — 19 years ago(July 23, 2006 01:27 PM)
Yes she was one of a kind - a very interesting actress to watchso sad that she is no longer with us. I love her in "Virginia Woolf", "Up the Down Staircase" and 2Come Back To the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"
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duked — 19 years ago(July 25, 2006 11:04 AM)
I too am a huge Sandy Dennis fan. She was one of the best actresses to emerge from the 1960's. She always chose extremely interesting parts and films regardless of box office potential. I wish more of these films would be released on dvd so new generations could discover this exceptional star.
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csu16387 — 19 years ago(October 05, 2006 05:06 AM)
I've only seen Sandy in a few films:
Splendor in the Grass
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
The Out-of-Towners
She's great in all of these, and I would really love to see more of her work. Two films especially stand out: Up the Down Staircase and That Cold Day in the Park. Both movies seem very interesting.
"Dry your eyes baby, it's out of character." -
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Edwardslcn — 19 years ago(November 05, 2006 04:37 PM)
In addition to UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE and THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK, try to see THE FOX, the original SWEET NOVEMBER, and COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN. Truthfully anything with Sandy is worth a look. She brought distinction to every film in which she appeared.
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lqualls-dchin — 18 years ago(June 19, 2007 02:06 AM)
Why do people never look further? Kael's comment was made about Sandy Dennis's performance in "The Fox" (where Kael mentions how courageous it was for a rising star to take such a part, but then makes the crack about making a style out of post-nasal drip, and she admits that her comment is ungenerous) but Kael loved Sandy Dennis in "Nasty Habits", in "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", in "Another Woman" (she panned the film, but Dennis was one of the only things she admired in it), in "Parents". When Kael reviewed "Nasty Habits", she wrote: "When Sandy Dennis appeared in 'The Out-of-Towners', she rang so many sad-sack variations on 'Oh, my God' that it was apparent that the movies had been wasting her in sniveling, suffering roles. This is her first real crack at screen farce, and she parodies her own mannerisms. It's bliss watching her" And in her review of "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", she wrote: "Sometimes it may seem that not much separates a superb Sandy Dennis performnace from an irritating one, since she uses some of the same mannerisms in both. But when her tics are right for a role she can zoom off and come up with things no one else would have dreamt of. I found her impossible in her starring vehicles (the 1967 'Up the Down Staircase' and the 1968 'Sweet November') but a droopy joy in the 1970 'The Out-of-Towners' and unfailingly funny in the 1977 'Nasty Habits'. And she brought something weirdly human to last year's 'The Four Seasons.' (She was the only person in it I could have any feeling for.)"