Sandy at the house in Hastings.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
Sandy and her mother, Yvonne.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
This photo of Sandy at a young age was taken in Kenesaw.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
This photo of Sandy and her Uncle George Maul was taken on the front porch of her house on the south side of Hastings.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
Brother Frank, Sandy, and a neighbor boy.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
Sandy’s graduation photo from Lincoln High School in 1955.
-Submitted by Bill Treish
Sandy and Grandma Hopp with cats Gaby and Dusa.
-Submitted by Pam Dennis
Sandy’s grandparents, Frank and Fannie Dennis.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
Sandy and her mother, Yvonne, at Sandy’s house in Connecticut.
-Submitted by Frank Dennis
In the winter of 1954, Sandy visited her Aunt Adrienne and Uncle George Maul in Hastings, Nebraska. During visits such as these, she also maintained her friendships with childhood playmates, Kay Schmidt Anstine and Suzie Parsons Smith. These two friends also occasionally visited Sandy in Lincoln and later attended her shows in Denver and Kansas City.
-Submitted by Suzie Parsons Smith
In the winter of 1954, Sandy visited her Aunt Adrienne and Uncle George Maul in Hastings, Nebraska. During visits such as these, she also maintained her friendships with childhood playmates, Kay Schmidt Anstine and Suzie Parsons Smith. These two friends also occasionally visited Sandy in Lincoln and later attended her shows in Denver and Kansas City.
-Submitted by Suzie Parsons Smith
Sandy is pictured at the far left as part of the wedding party for Marlys (Nelson) Ballard and Jack Ballard in 1956 at the First Methodist Church in Lincoln. Marlys and Sandy were acquainted through Willard sorority at Wesleyan University.
-Submitted by Marlys Ballard
Actor Eric Roberts and Sandy in her Westport, Connecticut home in the summer of 1982.
-Taken by Millie Dew, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sandy and her manager, Bill Tresch, and actor and friend, Luke Reilly, in her living room in Westport, Connecticut in 1988.
-Taken by Millie Dew, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sandy in her kitchen in Connecticut.
-Submitted by Yvonne Dennis
Sandy models her new sable coat after a shopping trip.
-Submitted by Pam Dennis
This photo of Elsie Pavelka and Sandy was taken in Hastings in March of 1974 when Sandy toured with the University of Nebraska Orchestra as part of the Willa Cather Centennial Festival. Sandy narrated selected poems and passages written by Cather. Elsie had a particular interest in Cather history because her husband’s family was related to the central character in the Cather novel, My Antonia.
-Submitted by Elsie Pavelka
“This picture was taken in the winter of 1986 at the backstage door of the Golden Theatre after my performance in Odd Couple with Sally Struthers. I played "Olive" and Sally, "Florence." Sandy loved it. She was my best friend, and I was proud she was there to see the play. Love, Brenda.”
-Submitted by Brenda Vacarro
This photo was taken in September of 1983. Pictured are Ruby Birman, Sandy Dennis, Jessica Walter, and Brenda Vaccaro. The group of friends gathered informally at Brenda’s home in Hollywood because Sandy was in town. The picture was taken in the garden.
-Submitted by Ruby Birman
Julie Roberts, Millie Dew, and Lisa Roberts at dinner with Sandy in her Westport, Connecticut home in 1984.
-Taken by Sandy and submitted by Millie Dew, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sandy with Jeanne McCarthy, Millie Dew, and Geraldine Page in Dennis, Connecticut. They were performing in Agnes of God at the Dennis Playhouse in the summer of 1984.
-Submitted by Millie Dew, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sandy and Len Birman in Len’s Hollywood Hills home in 1987.
-Submitted by Ruby Birman
Sandy with Ruby Birman’s cat, Minou, 1987.
-Submitted by Ruby Birman
Sandy and her brother, Frank, in front of their hotel in England. They took the trip together after she was diagnosed with cancer.
-Submitted by Yvonne Dennis
Sandy playing game with her great niece, Deyhdra, Pam's daughter, at Sandy's Westport, Connecticut home in the summer of 1990.
-Taken by Millie Dew, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sandy died March 2, 1992, in Westport, Connecticut. It was her wish to be cremated. Her remains were placed at the Lincoln Memorial Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.