Anna Sandor (March 4, 1949 – November 1, 2025) was a Hungarian-born Canadian-American film and television screenwriter.Tom McMahon, "A marriage made for TV". Windsor Star, December 20, 1986. Sandor began her career as an actress, becoming a writer in her mid-twenties. Her films garnered numerous major awards, including multiple Emmy nominations, three Humanitas Prizes, the Writers Guild of America Award and the Gemini Award. She also won the Margaret Collier Award for lifetime achievement in the Canadian industry."Awards honour contributions in TV". The Globe and Mail, February 21, 1996.
Life and career Sandor was born on March 4, 1949, in Budapest, Hungary, to Holocaust survivors Paul and Agnes Sandor. She was a graduate of Harbord Collegiate Institute and the School of Dramatic Art at the University of Windsor.
Her Canadian credits include the television films A Population of One (1980), The Running Man (1981),Rick Groen, "Running Man tires quickly after early sprint". The Globe and Mail, February 21, 1981. Charlie Grant's War (1985),Donald Martin, "A Canadian hero finally gets his due". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1985. The Marriage Bed (1986), Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (1987) and Two Men (1988),Hester Riches, "Two Men rooted in stepfather's memories of war". Vancouver Sun, November 17, 1988. and episodes of the television series King of Kensington, Flappers, Seeing Things and Hangin' In, a sitcom she co-created that ran for seven seasons."Sandor wins Gemini". Hamilton Spectator, February 22, 1996. She moved to the United States in 1989. Her American movies for television include Miss Rose White (Emmy winner); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (starring Diane Keaton); My Louisiana Sky (Emmy winner) and many other notable films.
Sandor married William Gough in 1982. They divorced in 1996. Sandor lived in San Diego, California. She died of complications from melanoma in La Jolla, California, on November 1, 2025, at the age of 76.
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