Work : Prize 1963 (Tony award)
Work : Prize 1964 (Tony award)
Other Relationship 1965 (Companion with Gerry Mulligan ten years)
Work : Prize 1966 (Oscar for Best Supporting Actress)
Family : Change residence 1967 (Rented home in CT.)
Health : Medical procedure 1989 (Surgery, chemo for ovarian cancer)
Death:Death by Disease 1 March 1992 (Ovarian cancer, age 54) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American actress, onstage from the early 60s; on-screen from 1961. She was awarded two Tony awards, for "A Thousand Clowns," 1963 and "Any Wednesday," 1964, and an Oscar for her first major film role in "Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Other films include "Up the Down Staircase" and "The Out-of-Towners." Dennis had a relationship with jazzman Gerry Mulligan 1965-1975; one miscarriage. In 1967 she rented a seven-bedroom house in Connecticut where she lived with her mom, three dogs and 37 cats. Eric Roberts, almost 20 years younger, was her companion for five years. She had surgery and chemotherapy for cancer in 1989, and died of ovarian cancer 3/01/1992, Westport, CT. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: Tue Apr 27 1937 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Birthplace: Hastings , United States