Dana Delany
Milestones
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
- Birthday: March 13, 1956
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2006
Guest-starred on an episode of "Battlestar Galactica" (Sci Fi)
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2004
Appeared on an episode of ABC's freshman drama "Boston Legal" as a friend of Alan Shore (James Spader)
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2004
Cast in Lifetime's "Baby for Sale"
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2002
Co-Starred in the CBS drama series "Presidio Med," which also co-starred Blythe Danner
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2001
Made guest appearance on the CBS drama "Family Law"; received Emmy nomination
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2000
Joined cast of the Pulitzer-winning Off-Broadway play "Dinner With Friends"
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1999
Had lead in the small screen remake of "Resurrection"; played a woman who develops healing powers after surviving an automobile accident
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1998
Played opposite Martin Donovan in the Showtime original drama "Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples"
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1997
Starred in the CBS miniseries "True Women"
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1996
Appeared in "Fly Away Home"
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1996
Starred in the ABC TV-movie "For Hope", playing a schoolteacher stricken with schleroderma
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1996
Voiced the character of Lois Lane on the animated series "Superman" (The WB)
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1995
Portrayed birth control advocate Margaret Sanger in the Lifetime TV biopic "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story"
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1995
Returned to Broadway as co-star of the short-lived "Translations"
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1994
Played first leading role in a feature, cast as a leather-clad dominatrix in the comedy-drama "Exit to Eden"
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1993
Cast as actress Josephine Marcus in the feature Western "Tombstone"
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1993
Had featured role as James Belushi's wife in the ABC miniseries "Wild Palms"
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1992
Returned to feature films after a four-year absence to play prominent supporting roles in "Housesitter" and Schrader's "Light Sleeper"
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1988 to 1991
Breakthrough TV role as Nurse Coleen McMurphy on the ABC drama "China Beach"; won two Emmy Awards for the role
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1988
First film with Paul Schrader, "Patty Hearst"
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1987
TV series debut in NBC's "Sweet Surrender"
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1984
Primetime TV debut in the busted NBC pilot "The Streets"
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1981
Briefly acted on the CBS daytime serial "As the World Turns"
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1981
Feature debut, small role in "The Fan", starring Lauren Bacall
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1980
Performed in the Broadway play "A Life"
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1979 to 1980
Appeared in the CBS soap opera "Love of Life"
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After college, moved to NYC to pursue an acting career
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Appeared in the Off-Broadway and L.A. stagings of "Bloodmoon" by Nicholas Kazan
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Began appearing in TV commercials
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Raised in Stamford, Connecticut