Dana Delany


Born:		Mar 13, 1956 New York City, NY
Career:		1981-2009
Countries:		USA
Genre/Type:		Comedy Drama Thriller

Biography by Hal Erickson

American actress Dana Delany, a graduate of Phillips Academy and Wesleyan University, began making television appearances in the mid-1980s on such programs as Moonlighting and the movie A Winner Never Quits (1986). In 1988, she was cast as Army nurse Lt. Colleen McMurphy in the Vietnam-era TV drama China Beach, which ran until 1990. In her film appearances (Moon Over Parador [1988], Patty Hearst [1988], Light Sleeper [1992]), Delany has leaned toward characters governed by their neuroses and eccentricities. In 1994, Delany began showing up in publicity photos wearing a skimpy leather dominatrix outfit and brandishing a whip. No, she hadn't switched careers: it was all for a much-touted "bondage" comedy/mystery Exit to Eden (from a novel by Ann Rice). When the film showed less than successful results, Delany immediately recovered with a strong portrayal as birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger (whom she closely resembled) in a made-for-cable TV biopic. Dana Delany can thank the restrooms of America for her family's financial security; Delany's grandfather invented the Delany flush valve.

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Filmography

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Desperate Housewives: Season 06	2009		Actor [Starring]
A Beautiful Life	2008		Actor [Starring]
Desperate Housewives: Season 05	2008		Actor [Starring]
Route 30	2008		Actor [Starring]
Desperate Housewives: Season 04	2007		Actor [Starring]
Battlestar Galactica: Sacrifice	2006		Actor
Kidnapped [TV Series]	2006		Actor [Starring]
Superman: Brainiac Attacks	2006		Voice [Starring]
The Woman with the Hungry Eyes	2006		Voice [Starring]
Baby for Sale	2004		Actor [Starring]
Justice League Unlimited: For the Man Who Has Everything	2004		Voice [Starring]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Obscene	2004		Actor [Starring]
Spin	2004		Actor [Starring]
A Time to Remember	2003		Actor [Starring]
Intimate Portrait: Dana Delany	2003		Participant [Starring]
Justice League: A Better World, Part 1	2003		Voice [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Justice League: Hereafter, Part 1	2003		Voice [Starring]
Justice League: Only a Dream, Part 2	2003		Voice [Starring]
Conviction	2002		Actor [Starring]
Mother Ghost	2002		Actor [Starring]
Presidio Med [TV Series]	2002		Actor [Starring]
Final Jeopardy	2001		Actor [Starring]
Pasadena [TV Series]	2001		Actor [Starring]
The Right Temptation	2000		Actor [Starring]
Outfitters	1999		Actor [Starring]
Resurrection	1999		Actor [Starring]
Shake, Rattle & Roll	1999		Actor [Starring]
Sirens	1999		Actor [Starring]
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples	1998		Actor [Starring]
The Curve	1998		Actor [Starring]
The Patron Saint of Liars	1998		Actor [Starring]
Wide Awake	1998		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
The Batman Superman Movie	1997		Voice [Starring]
The Larry Sanders Show: The Book	1997		Actor [Starring]
True Women	1997		Actor [Starring]
Fly Away Home	1996		Actor [Starring]
For Hope	1996		Actor [Starring]
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton	1996		Voice [Starring]
The Adventures of Mowgli	1996		Voice [Starring]
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story	1995		Actor [Starring]
Live Nude Girls	1995		Actor [Starring]
Exit to Eden	1994		Actor [Starring]
The Enemy Within	1994		Actor [Starring]
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	1993		Voice [Starring]
Donato and Daughter	1993		Actor [Starring]
The Larry Sanders Show: The Breakdown, Part 2	1993		Actor [Starring]
The Wild West [TV Documentary Series]	1993		Voice [Starring]
Tombstone	1993		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Wild Palms	1993		Actor [Starring]
Cheers: Love Me, Love My Car	1992		Actor
Housesitter	1992		Actor [Starring]
Light Sleeper	1992		Actor [Starring]
The Larry Sanders Show: The Promise	1992		Actor [Starring]
A Promise to Keep	1990		Actor [Starring]
China Beach [TV Series]	1988		Actor [Starring]
Masquerade	1988		Actor [Starring]
Moon over Parador	1988		Actor [Starring]
Patty Hearst	1988		Actor [Starring]
Magnum, P.I.: Out of Sync	1987		Actor [Starring]
A Winner Never Quits	1986		Actor [Starring]
Magnum, P.I.: L.A., Part 1	1986		Actor [Starring]
Magnum, P.I.: L.A., Part 2	1986		Actor [Starring]
Where the River Runs Black	1986		Actor [Starring]
Moonlighting: Knowing Her	1985		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Almost You	1984		Actor [Starring]
Threesome	1984		Actor [Starring]
The Fan	1981		Actor [Starring]

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Are dana and kim delaney related

No. Dana Welles Delany was born on March 13, 1956, in New York City. Kim Delaney was born & raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Reveals the emotional story of the women whose lives were changed by the casualties of war. What they saw... more | add synopsis

Who is Dana Delany?

Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known especially for her two-time Emmy Award winning role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach (1988–91), in more rece...

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