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Dana Delany
Dana Delany 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),…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1956) · actor · voice actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · film producer · also Dana Delany, Delany
Born 13 March 1956 · Q228925
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2022· 2 entries
Yahoo: Dana Delany visits the ER after suffering head injury: 'All I could think of was poor Bob Saget'
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2019· 2 entries
Yahoo: Dana Delany says Felicity Huffman will make a comeback after college admissions scandal
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Delany commented on her approach to acting:
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2012· 1 entry
And had a limited release in theaters in September
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2011· 1 entry
Delany came ninth in People magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list
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2010· 2 entries
Vowed she would never have plastic surgery
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Delany told Prevention that she prefers eating healthily, including vegetables, tofu, fish, gluten-free pasta, and bread
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2008· 1 entry
It was announced that Delany would reprise her role on Desperate Housewives for season five, having been promoted to the sixth lead
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2007· 2 entries
Delany appeared in the films A Beautiful Life, Camp Hope, and Multiple Sarcasms
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Was again offered a role by producer Marc Cherry, this time as a supporting housewife, and she joined the cast of the well-established series for the 2007–08 season
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2003· 1 entry
Tried having an injection of botox in her forehead, but the needle hit a nerve and created a bruise that affected the muscle in her right eye, causing it to droop slightly
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2001· 1 entry
2006 and 2009 to raise money for scleroderma research
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1998· 1 entry
Delany reportedly turned down the role of Carrie Bradshaw in the hit TV show Sex and the City
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1995· 1 entry
Delany appeared in the Broadway show Translations and in May 1997, she returned to her alma mater Phillips Academy to work with theater students as an artist-in-residence
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1993· 1 entry
The CBS television film Donato and Daughter, directed by Rod Holcomb, premiered
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for China Beach (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Delany was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for China Beach (1989).
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1983· 1 entry
In Nicholas Kazan's off-Broadway Blood Moon, where The New York Times cited her "skillful verisimilitude" handling a difficult part requiring two roles "and she does them both with authority"
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1974· 3 entries
“s first semesters of co-education.”
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With the academic honor of nomination to the school chapter of the Cum Laude Society, awarded that year to 80 out of 378 graduating seniors
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About her experience of being a one-year student during the school's first semesters of co-education
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-03-13.
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