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Dana Delany

Name in Native Language: "Dana Welles Delany" (English/EN)
Actress / Voice Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Film Producer | * 03/13/1956 (68) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Dana Delany (March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama China Beach (1988–1991), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1989 and 1992. She received further recognition for her appearances in the films Light Sleeper (1992), Tombstone (1993), Exit to Eden (1994), The Margaret Sanger Story (1995), Fly Away Home (1996), True Women (1997), and Wide Awake (1998). Delany also provided the voice of Lois Lane in Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League and <... ()
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Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is a multi-award winning American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach (1988–1991), Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (2007–2010), Megan Hunt on Body of Proof (2011–present) and, as a voice-actress, Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as the television series The Batman. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters". Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badg ...

Tombstone

R

1993 | 3.8/5 | 2h 10min
Western, Action
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When a powerful criminal, who is connected to Bruce Wayne's ex-girlfriend, blames the Dark Knight for killing a crime lord, Batman decides to fight against him. ...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

PG

1993 | 3.8/5 | 1h 16min
Action, Animation, Crime, Mystery
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Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen McMurp ...

China Beach

Certification unknown

1988 | 3.6/5 | 42min per episode
Drama, War & Politics
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Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's t ...

Desperate Housewives

TV-PG

2004 | 4.0/5
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Dana Delany

2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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Movies with Dana Delany as Actress(51)

as Dee2022 Troy
as Wendy2017 Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Lois Lane (voice)2013 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Lydia Vecchio2012 Freelancers
as Annie2010 Multiple Sarcasms
as Eileen2010 Drunkboat
as Margaret Rosenblatt (voice)2010 Firebreather
as Patricia Leary2010 Camp Hell
as herself2009 Annul Victory
as herself2009 PoliWood
as Anne2009 A Beautiful Life
as Amish Martha2008 Route 30
as herself2006 James Ellroy: American Dog
as Lois Lane (voice)2006 Superman: Brainiac Attacks
as Nathalie Johnson2004 Baby For Sale
as Britt Calhoun2003 A Time to Remember
as Margaret2003 Spin
as Karen Bennett2002 Mother Ghost
as Martha2002 Conviction
as Alexandra Cooper2001 Final Jeopardy
as Anthea Farrow-Smith2000 The Right Temptation
as Sally Rawlings1999 Sirens
as Clare Miller1999 Resurrection
as Herself - Actress1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Dr. Ashley1998 Dead Man's Curve
as Mrs. Beal1998 Wide Awake
as Rose Cleardon Abbott1998 The Patron Saint of Liars
as Lois Lane (voice)1997 The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest
as Hope Altman1996 For Hope
as Susan Barnes1996 Fly Away Home
as Lois Lane (voice)1996 Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
as Helen Fiske1995 Good Housekeeping
as Margaret Sanger1995 Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
as Jill1995 Live Nude Girls
as Betsy Corcoran1994 The Enemy Within
as Lisa Emerson1994 Exit to Eden
as Lt. Dena Donato1993 Donato and Daughter
as Josephine Marcus1993 Tombstone
as Andrea Beaumont (voice)1993 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
as Marianne Jost1992 Light Sleeper
as Becky Metcalf1992 Housesitter
as Doctor1990 The Earth Day Special
as Jane Goodrich1990 A Promise to Keep
as Anne Briscoe1988 Masquerade
as Gelina1988 Patty Hearst
as Jenny1988 Moon Over Parador
as Sister Ana1986 Where the River Runs Black
as Nora1986 A Winner Never Quits
as Susan McCall1985 Almost You
as Laura Shaper1984 Threesome
as Saleswoman in Record Store1981 The Fan

TV Shows/Series with Dana Delany as Actress(38)

as Margaret Devereaux2022 Tulsa King
as Colonel Eisa Turnbull2019 The Code
as Assistant US Attorney Sylvia Banner2016 Bull
as Crystal Harris2014 Hand of God
as Megan Hunt2011 Body of Proof
as Jordan Shaw2009 Castle
as Vilsi Vaylar (voice)2008 Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Ellie Cain2006 Kidnapped
as Francesca Sorelli2005 Related
2005 Kojak
as Senator Barbara Grisham2004 The L Word
as Samantha Fleming2004 Boston Legal
as Katherine Mayfair2004 Desperate Housewives
as Sesha Abinell2004 Battlestar Galactica
as Lois Lane (voice)2004 The Batman
as Loana (voice)2004 Justice League Unlimited
as Lois Lane (voice)2004 Justice League Unlimited
as Dr. Rae Brennan2002 Presidio Med
as Catherine McAllister2001 Pasadena
as Lois Lane (voice)2001 Justice League
as Lois Lane / Maggie Sawyer (voice)2001 Justice League
as Carolyn Spencer1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 Family Law
as Self - Guest1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as herself1997 The View
as Gwen 'Archer' Bowman1996 Wing Commander Academy
as Lois Lane (voice)1996 Superman: The Animated Series
1994 Duckman
as Grace Wyckoff1993 Wild Palms
as herself1992 The Larry Sanders Show
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Colleen McMurphy1988 China Beach
1987 thirtysomething
as Georgia Holden1987 Sweet Surrender
1985 Moonlighting
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Amy Russell??? Love of Life

Movies with Dana Delany as Crew(2)

Production/Co-Executive Producer2003 Open House
Production/Executive Producer2001 Final Jeopardy

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Full Name: Dana Welles Delany
Born: Tuesday, 03/13 1956 (March) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 68 years + 180 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language), American English
Educated at: Wesleyan University, Phillips Academy
Other names for Dana Delany (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dana Welles Delany"
Dana Delany frequently works together with these people:
Corey Burton (25x, Actor)
Jeff Bennett (25x, Actor)
Dee Bradley Baker (24x, Actor)
Jennifer Hale (21x, Actress)
John DiMaggio (20x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (18x, Actor)
James Arnold Taylor (17x, Actor)
Jason Marsden (15x, Actor)
Lex Lang (15x, Actor)
Clancy Brown (11x, Actor)
Greg Ellis (11x, Actor)
Alan Burnett (9x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:32926, Added: 05/13/2018, Last updated: 08/31/2024