Anna Sandor, ‘Hangin’ In’ and ‘Miss Rose White’ TV Writer, Dies at 76

Anna Sandor, who co-created the long-running CBC series Hangin’ In and earned an Emmy nomination for writing the lauded 1992 NBC telefilm Miss Rose White, starring Kyra Sedgwick and Amanda Plummer, has died. She was 76.

Sandor died Nov. 1 of complications from melanoma at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California, her family announced.

“She was spunky and she was sharp,” her daughter, Rachel Sandor Stone, said. “She was strong-willed, warm and kind, but unfiltered. And she was selfless. One of the last things she said to the palliative care team before she passed was that everyone has a story; the vp of a bank and a homeless person both have stories worth learning.”

Hangin’ In, the CBC dramedy that starred Lally Cadeau as a social worker counseling teenagers, was a rare TV series created by a woman at the time (Sandor shared credit with Jack Humphrey and Joe Partington). The show…