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| birthname = Dana Welles Delany | |||
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'''Dana Delany''' (born March 13, 1956)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Brown defends her shifting accent|author=|date=March 13, 2024|work=South Florida Sun - Sentinel|page=B6|quote=March 13 birthdays: Drummer Roy Haynes is 99. Singer Neil Sedaka is 85. Singer Candi Staton is 84. Actor William H. Macy is 74. Comedian Robin Duke is 70. '''Actor Dana Delaney is 68.''' Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is 62. Actor Annabeth Gish is 53. Rapper Common is 52.|id={{ProQuest|2956041732}}}} See also: | |||
*{{Cite news|title=People: Today's Birthdays|author=|date=March 13, 1994|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|page=2A|quote=Singer Neil Sedaka 55 Actress Deborah Raffin 41 Golfer Andy Bean 41 '''Actress Dana Delaney 38'''|id={{ProQuest|303855415}}}}</ref> is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as ] on the ] television drama '']'' (1988–1991), for which she received the ] in 1989 and 1992.<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Zoglin|title=War As Family Entertainment|magazine=Time|date=February 20, 1989|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957090,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081207081004/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957090,00.html|archive-date= December 7, 2008|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Tom O'Neil|author2=The Envelope|title=Prospects for Emmy acting awards|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=June 4, 2008|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-en-contention4-2008jun04,0,1024469.htmlstory|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161107/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-en-contention4-2008jun04,0,1024469.htmlstory|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref> She received further recognition for her appearances in the films '']'' (1992), '']'' (1993), '']'' (1994), '']'' (1995), '']'' (1996), '']'' (1997), and '']'' (1998). Delany also provided the voice of ] in '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
In the 2000s, Delany appeared in main roles on several short-lived television series, including '']'' (2001), '']'' (2002–2003), and '']'' (2006–2007). From 2007 to 2010, she starred as ] on the ABC television series '']'', for which she received a ] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|author=Diane Holloway|title=Desperate Housewives rolls out the welcome wagon|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=July 31, 2007|url=http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/07/index.html|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=January 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108222017/http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/07/index.html/}}</ref> Delany then starred as ] on the ABC medical drama '']'' (2011–2013), and as Crystal Harris on the ] drama series '']'' (2014–2017).<ref>{{cite news |first=Hilary |last=Lewis |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amazon-picks-up-full-series-737874 |title=Amazon Picks Up Full Series of 'Hand of God' and Steven Soderbergh's 'Red Oaks' |work=] |date=October 3, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | |||
'''Dana Welles Delany''' (born March 13, 1956) is a multi-award winning American ], ], and ] actress. She is known for her role as ] on the ] television show '']'' (1988–1991),<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Zoglin|title=War As Family Entertainment|publisher=Time|date=1989-02-20|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957090,00.html|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Tom O'Neil, The Envelope|title=Prospects for Emmy acting awards|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|date=2008-06-04|url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-en-contention4-2008jun04,0,1024469.htmlstory|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> ] on '']'' (2007–2010),<ref>{{cite news|author=Diane Holloway|title=Desperate Housewives rolls out the welcome wagon|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=2007-07-31|url= http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/07/index.html|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> ] on '']'' (2011–present)<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/30/abcs-body-of-proof-to-get-tuesday-10pm-timeslot-premieres-march-29/73738</ref><ref>http://www.spoilertv.com/2010/10/body-of-proof-moved-to-midseason.html</ref> and, as a voice-actress, ] in the ] as well as the television series '']''. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters."<ref name=twsOctQX12c/> Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s. | |||
Delany was born in New York City, the daughter of interior designer Mary Burnett Welles and John Joseph Delany, CEO of Coyne & Delany Co., a plumbing manufacturing firm.{{Citation needed |date=August 2024}} She has a sister, Corey, and a brother, Sean.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DB173AF931A35750C0A9609D8B63 |title=Paid Notice: Deaths Delany, Mary Welles |work=]|date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58189908/|title=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York on May 24, 1953 · Page 18|date=May 24, 1953 |via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/60070071/|title=The Troy Record from Troy, New York on May 30, 1953 · Page 3|date=May 30, 1953 |via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> She was raised ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieline.com/1994/08/dana-matrix.php?page=3 |title=Dana Delany: Dana-matrix |publisher=] |date=August 1, 1994 |access-date=October 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722191127/http://www.movieline.com/1994/08/dana-matrix.php?page=3 |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref> April 14, 2014</ref> She has stated that, even as a little girl, she always wanted to go into acting.{{Citation needed |date=March 2021}} "The reason a person first gets into acting is because you want attention from your parents as a little girl," she told a reporter.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> In her childhood, she went with her family to many ] shows and was fascinated by films.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> | |||
After growing up in ], she attended ] in ], for her senior year and was a member of the school's first co-educational class.<ref name=twsGentry44>Sloane Citron, Gentry Magazine, , Retrieved May 8, 2020</ref> Then-senior Delany wrote an ] in 1974<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pdf.phillipian.net/1974/05301974.pdf|title=The Phillipian Archives: 1974-05-30 |date=May 30, 1974|website=archives.phillipian.net|access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref> about her experience of being a one-year student during the school's first year of co-education. "Andover was the best time of my life," she recalled.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> She played the lead role of Nellie Forbush in the school's spring musical production of '']'' opposite ] as Emile.<ref name="Tana Sherman 2009"/> She commented: "It was just a little awkward to be Nellie at first because she hesitates to marry Emile since he had once lived with a Polynesian woman – I don't agree with her reasoning so that made things a bit hard at the beginning."<ref>{{cite web|author=Laura Liberman|author2=Jonathan Alter|title= Behind the Scenes: The Making of 'South Pacific' (page 3)|publisher=The Phillipian (Andover student newspaper) |date=May 16, 1974|access-date=July 28, 2009|url= http://pdf.phillipian.net/1974/05161974.pdf}}</ref> She appeared in a student video directed by classmate ] in a film class taught by Steve Marx. She graduated in 1974 with the academic honor of nomination to the school chapter of the ], awarded that year to 80 out of 378 graduating seniors.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jonathan Alter|title=80 Seniors Graduate Cum Laude (page 4)|publisher=The Phillipian (Andover student newspaper)|date=June 7, 1974|access-date=July 28, 2009|url= http://pdf.phillipian.net/1974/06071974.pdf}}</ref> | |||
==Biography== | |||
=== Early life === | |||
Delany was born in ] to parents of ] descent<ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Delany -- Full Biography|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-07-20|url= http://movies.nytimes.com/person/18381/Dana-Delany/biography|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> and was raised ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movieline.com/1994/08/dana-matrix.php?page=3 |title=Dana Delany: Dana-matrix |publisher=] |date=1994-08-01 |accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref> She has remarked that, even as a child, she always wanted to go into acting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dana Delany: Summary|publisher=tv.com|accessdate=2009-07-24|url= http://www.tv.com/dana-delany/person/1428/summary.html}}</ref> "The reason a person first gets into acting is because you want attention from your parents as a child," she told a reporter.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> In her childhood, she went with her family to many Broadway shows, and was fascinated by films.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> | |||
She majored in theater at ], where (among other productions) she appeared in one of the first performances of ] feminist play ''].'' Delany also worked ] productions during vacations before graduating in 1978.<ref name="Monika Guttman"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Notable Alumni|publisher=Wesleyan University|year=2009|url= http://www.wesleyan.edu/about/alumni.html|access-date= July 24, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=About This Person|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/person/18381/Dana-Delany/biography|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131008030716/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/18381/Dana-Delany/biography|archive-date= October 8, 2013|access-date= October 14, 2009 | first=Dave |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|author-link=Dave Kehr|date=2013| last=Kehr}}</ref> Later, in an interview, she reported that she sometimes had eating disorders during this time of her life.<ref name=twsOctcc/> She said: "I binged... I starved ... I was one step from ] – a piece of toast and an apple would be all I would eat in a day."<ref name=twsOctcc/> | |||
==Career== | |||
===1980s: Stage, television, ''China Beach''=== | ===1980s: Stage, television, ''China Beach''=== | ||
After college, she found acting work in New York City in daytime soap operas including '']'' and '']'', and supported herself by acting in commercials such as for ] laundry detergent. She starred in the Broadway show '']'' and won critical acclaim in 1983 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."<ref name=MelGussow>{{cite news|author=Mel Gussow|title=Theater: Blood Moon, Of Crime and Revenge|work=The New York Times|date=January 14, 1993|url= http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F03E7DB1038F937A25752C0A965948260|access-date= July 24, 2009}}</ref> Delany moved to Hollywood and during the next few years found work guest starring in TV shows like '']'' and '']'' and '']''. | |||
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After college, she found acting work in ] in daytime soap operas. She starred in the Broadway show '']'' and won critical acclaim in 1983 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."<ref name=MelGussow>{{cite news|author=Mel Gussow|title=Theater: Blood Moon, Of Crime and Revenge|publisher=The New York Times|date=1993-01-14|url= http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F03E7DB1038F937A25752C0A965948260|accessdate= 2009-07-24}}</ref> Delany moved to Hollywood and during the next few years found work guest starring in TV shows like '']'' and '']''. | |||
Delany's first audition for the lead role of nurse ] was unsuccessful. "They thought I wasn't pretty enough", she said in an interview. She finally won the role after she showed up to her next audition with her "long tresses cut into a bob" after the producers lost their first choice (Delany had cut her hair at the request of director ] who had cast her in the film '']'').<ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Delany: Actress 35|work=People|date=July 18, 1991|access-date=July 24, 2009|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063419,00.html|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910144031/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063419,00.html}}</ref> '']'' aired weekly from 1988 to 1991 and brought intense media attention to the actress.<ref name="autogenerated1988"/> This role not only garnered two ]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/dana-delany|title=Dana Delany Emmy Award Winner|work=Television Academy|access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> but two additional ] nominations<ref name=alanlight>{{cite news |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/2086964308/ |title=Dana Delaney 1989 Emmy Awards |work=Photo by Alan Light|last=Light |first=Alan |date=September 1989 |access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> and two ] nominations.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Emmy Awards for Roe v Wade and Day One|work=The New York Times|date=September 19, 1989|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/19/arts/emmy-awards-for-roe-v-wade-and-day-one.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Northern Exposure Leads Emmy Nominations With 16|work=The New York Times|date=July 17, 1992|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/17/news/northern-exposure-leads-emmy-nominations-with-16.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> The show ended after four seasons in 1991.<ref name="autogenerated1988"/> | |||
===1990s: Movies, television, voice=== | ===1990s: Movies, television, voice=== | ||
], holding the award she won in 1992.]] | |||
In 1991, Dana Delany was chosen by '']'' magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world."<ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Delany: Actress 35|publisher=People Magazine|accessdate=2009-07-21|date=1991-07-18|url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063419,00.html}}</ref> In the years following '']'', Delany worked steadily in television, movies, theater. In addition, she established herself as a significant voice talent. | |||
In 1991, Delany was chosen by '']'' magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dana Delany: Actress 35|work=People|access-date=July 21, 2009|date=July 18, 1991|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063419,00.html|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910144031/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20063419,00.html}}</ref> In the years following '']'', Delany worked steadily in television, movies and theater. In addition, she established herself as a significant voice talent. | |||
Delany won leading roles in a string of feature films such as the TV movie ''A Promise to Keep'', '']'', '']'' and '']'' as well as appearing in the TV mini-series '']''. She also took on controversial roles, such as Mistress Lisa in '']'', where one film critic commented "The script was awful—Dana looked great."<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuck in the '80s|work=Tampa Bay Times |date=March 13, 2006|access-date=July 26, 2009|url= http://blogs.tampabay.com/80s/2006/03/lyrics_challeng.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061115021018/http://blogs.tampabay.com/80s/2006/03/lyrics_challeng.html|archive-date=November 15, 2006}}</ref> | |||
Delany won leading roles in a string of feature films such as the TV movie ''A Promise to Keep'', '']'', '']'', '']'' as well as appearing in the TV mini-series '']''. She also took on controversial roles, such as Mistress Lisa in '']'', where one film critic commented "The script was awful -- Dana looked great."<ref>{{cite news|title=Stuck in the '80s|publisher=tampabay.com |date=2006-03-13|accessdate=2009-07-26|url= http://blogs.tampabay.com/80s/2006/03/lyrics_challeng.html}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Delany commented in a 2008 interview about the audience reaction: "I had already got pilloried for playing the ''Exit to Eden'' dominatrix after '']'' because audiences had a certain image of me as Colleen and didn’t want to see it change."<ref>{{cite web|author=Maureen Paton|title=Actress Dana Delany: 'I've tried hard all my life not to be a desperate housewife'|publisher=dailymail.co.uk|date=2008-10-16|accessdate=2009-07-26|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1073291/8216-I-8217-ve-tried-hard-life-desperate-housewife-8217.html}}</ref> The provocatively titled '']'' included frank discussion by women of their sexual fantasies at a bachelorette party using a low-budget improvisational comedy format with strong chemistry between the actors.<ref>{{cite news|author=Leonard Klady|title='Live Nude Girls' Dramatic comedy -- Color|publisher=Variety|date=1995-006-19|accessdate=2009-07-25|url= http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117904202.html?categoryid=31&cs=1}}</ref> Reviews were mixed: ''Los Angeles Times'' critic Richard Natale liked the film but wrote older male film executives believed it to be "uncommercial"; another critic agreed it was "genuine girl talk" but "didn't have a lot of substance" and viewers "don't get to know the characters in the film".<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Natale|title='Live Nude Girls' but No Takers|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|date=1995-07-30|accessdate=2009-07-25|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1995-07-30/entertainment/ca-29331_1_live-nude-girls}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy)|title='Live Nude Girls' (1995) from Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy)|publisher=scoopy.com|year=1995|accessdate=2009-07-26|url= http://www.scoopy.com/livenudegirls.htm}}</ref> She also starred as ] in the TV movie '']'' (1995), about a controversial nurse who crusaded for women's reproductive rights in the early 1900s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story|publisher=The New York Times|date=2009-07-18|url= http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/251947/Choices-of-the-Heart-The-Margaret-Sanger-Story/overview|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Liza Mundy|title=The Hillary Dilemma|publisher=The Washington Post|date=1999-03-21|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary032199b.htm|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> | |||
On September 21, 1993, the ] television film '']'', directed by ], premiered. In it Delany is paired with ] to play the leads. Delany plays Bronson's daughter, and are both cops assigned to investigate a serial killer. Delany pointed to several reason to why she wanted to do the project. She said the story was appealing because "it was the relationship between the two that interested me. We see so many movies now about serial killers, it's really being overdone, so I wanted to emphasize the relationship between father and daughter." Also she liked that they were no romantic subplot by saying "why is it that in every movie, there has to be a male female thing going on? Why can't it be about a woman and her family and her work? That was the challenge because you want her to be strong and capable, but you also don't want her to be one-dimensional." Another reason she accepted is because she wanted to work with Charles Bronson.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Bornfeld |first=Steve |date=September 21, 1993 |title=Delany's dream: being Bronson's boss |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |pages=4E}}</ref> In Kay Gardella's review published in ] she says "Delany and Bronson work well together. Bronson shows a warmer, more caring side than his usual tough-guy image allows. And Delany, as attractive as ever, is crisp and efficient as cop."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gardella |first=Kay |date=September 21, 1993 |title=Donato and daughter: Delany, Bronson work well together. |journal=The Gazette |pages=F7}}</ref> | |||
In 1995, Delany appeared in the Broadway show '']'' and in May 1997, Delany returned to her alma mater ] to work with theater students as an artist-in-residence.<ref name="Tana Sherman 2009"/> She appeared in TV movies such as ''True Women'' (1997) and '']'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news|author=Caryn James|title=Wild West Supermoms, Waging the Right Wars|publisher=The New York Times|date=1997-05-16|accessdate=2009-07-22|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/16/arts/wild-west-supermoms-waging-the-right-wars.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Resurrection|publisher=IMDb (Internet Movie Database)|year=1999|accessdate=2009-07-22|url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193462/}}</ref> | |||
On December 25, '']'' premiered in cinemas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/59687-TOMBSTONE?sid=d4301826-cf44-4d5c-91f1-c86bf50303dc&sr=11.004944&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> She turned in her best known performance of the decade alongside ]'s ], playing his love interest and future bride ]. | |||
In 1998, Delany reportedly turned down the role of ] in the hit TV show '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sarah O'Meara|title=Desperate times ahead for Dana|publisher=Herald.ie|date=2008-08-26|accessdate=2009-07-26|url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/desperate-times-ahead-for-dana-1463298.html}}</ref> She commented in a subsequent interview: "The show’s creator ] asked me to play Carrie ... Darren got the idea of televising Candace Bushnell’s ''Sex and the City'' from seeing me and Kim (]) in ''Live Nude Girls''."<ref name="Maureen Paton"/> Delany declined the role partly after remembering the negative audience reaction she received with a similar film, ''Exit to Eden'', a few years back.<ref name="Maureen Paton"/> ''Sex and the City'' became a successful series, and the role of ''Carrie'' made ] world-famous. | |||
Now a box office draw in her own right, the stage was set for the success she would encounter later in her career. '']'' included frank discussion by women of their sexual fantasies at a bachelorette party using a low-budget improvisational comedy format with strong chemistry between the actors.<ref>{{cite news|author=Leonard Klady|title='Live Nude Girls' Dramatic comedy—Color|work=Variety|date=June 19, 1995|access-date=July 25, 2009|url= https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117904202.html?categoryid=31&cs=1}}</ref> Reviews were mixed: '']'' critic Richard Natale liked the film but wrote older male film executives believed it to be "uncommercial"; another critic agreed it was "genuine girl talk" but "didn't have a lot of substance" and viewers "don't get to know the characters in the film".<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Natale|title='Live Nude Girls' but No Takers|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 30, 1995|access-date=July 25, 2009|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-30-ca-29331-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy)|title='Live Nude Girls' (1995) from Johnny Web (Uncle Scoopy)|publisher=scoopy.com|year=1995|access-date=July 26, 2009|url= http://www.scoopy.com/livenudegirls.htm}}</ref> She also starred as ] in the TV movie '']'' (1995), about the controversial nurse who crusaded for women's reproductive rights in the early 1900s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/251947/Choices-of-the-Heart-The-Margaret-Sanger-Story/overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071108233837/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/251947/Choices-of-the-Heart-The-Margaret-Sanger-Story/overview|archive-date= November 8, 2007|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|author=Mark Deming|date=2007|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Liza Mundy|title=The Hillary Dilemma|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 21, 1999|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces2000/stories/hillary032199b.htm|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> | |||
Delany played a gun-toting mother in an episode of the TV series '']'' (1999) for which she earned an Emmy nomination, but the series was not rerun due to sponsorship withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bill Carter|title=The Media Business: Advertising; CBS Pulls Show Over Concern From P&G|publisher=The New York Times|date=2001-08-17|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/17/business/the-media-business-advertising-cbs-pulls-show-over-concern-from-p-g.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> | |||
In 1995, Delany appeared in the Broadway show ''Translations'' and in May 1997, she returned to her alma mater ] to work with theater students as an artist-in-residence.<ref name="Tana Sherman 2009"/> She appeared in TV movies such as '']'' (1997) and '']'' (1999).<ref>{{cite news|author=Caryn James|title=Wild West Supermoms, Waging the Right Wars|work=The New York Times|date=May 16, 1997|access-date=July 22, 2009|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/16/arts/wild-west-supermoms-waging-the-right-wars.html}}</ref> In 1998, Delany reportedly turned down the role of ] in the hit TV show '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sarah O'Meara|title=Desperate times ahead for Dana|publisher=Herald.ie|date=August 26, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2009|url= http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/desperate-times-ahead-for-dana-1463298.html}}</ref> She declined the role partly because of the negative audience reaction she received with a similar film, ''Exit to Eden'', a few years prior. ''Sex and the City'' became a successful series, and the role of Carrie made ] world-famous. Delany played a gun-toting mother in an episode of the TV series '']'' (1999) for which she earned a ] nomination, but the series was not rerun due to sponsorship withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bill Carter|title=The Media Business: Advertising; CBS Pulls Show Over Concern From P&G|work=The New York Times|date=August 17, 2001|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/17/business/the-media-business-advertising-cbs-pulls-show-over-concern-from-p-g.html?pagewanted=all|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> | |||
====Work as Lois Lane==== | |||
Dana Delany has performed substantial voice work periodically. She portrayed ] in the 1993 animated feature film '']'' based on the popular TV show '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Harrington|title=Batman: Mask of the Phantasm|publisher=The Washington Post|date=1993-12-27|url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/batmanmaskofthephantasmpgharrington_a0aba0.htm|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> Delany's voice performance in the film impressed filmmakers and led to her being cast as ] in '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Barry Freiman|title=Exclusive Interview with Dana Delany|publisher=Superman Homepage|date=2005-06-14|url= http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=interviews/dana-delany|accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref> She was also mentioned by name in the theme song of '']'', another Warner Bros. production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Animaniacs Theme Lyrics|publisher=Lyrics On Demand|year=2009|url= http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/animaniacslyrics.html|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> She reprised her role as Lois Lane for the character's guest appearances in '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite web|author=unknown|title=The Batman/Superman Story (2)|publisher=tv.com|date=2007-09-29|url= http://www.tv.com/the-batman/the-batman-superman-story-2/episode/1133061/summary.html?tag=main;info_block|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> She returned to the DC Universe in an episode of '']'' as Vilsi, an alternate universe variation of Lois Lane. Coincidentally, Delany's future '']'' co-star, ], also portrayed Lois Lane on the live-action TV series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Teri Hatcher|publisher=The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)|year=2009|url= http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000159/|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=John J. O'Connor|title=Review/Television; NBC and ABC Take On CBS and Lansbury|publisher=The New York Times|date=1993-10-09|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/09/arts/review-television-nbc-and-abc-take-on-cbs-and-lansbury.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate= 2009-10-14}}</ref> | |||
Delany's first voice work was the character ] in the 1993 animated feature film '']'' based on the popular TV show '']''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Harrington|title=Batman: Mask of the Phantasm|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 27, 1993|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/batmanmaskofthephantasmpgharrington_a0aba0.htm|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Barry Freiman|title=Exclusive Interview with Dana Delany|publisher=Superman Homepage|date=June 14, 2005|url= http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=interviews/dana-delany|access-date=January 28, 2008}}</ref> She was also mentioned by name in one variation of the theme song of '']'', another Warner Bros. production.<ref>{{cite web|title=Animaniacs Theme Lyrics|publisher=Lyrics On Demand|year=2009|url= http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/animaniacslyrics.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> She then voiced Lois Lane in '']'', reprised her role as Lois Lane for the character's guest appearances in '']'', '']''. She also voiced the character in '']''.{{Citation needed |date=March 2021}} She returned to the ] in an episode of '']'' as Vilsi, an alternate universe variation of Lois Lane. She reprised her role in the 2013 animated movie, '']''. | |||
===2000s: Television, movies, stage, ''Desperate Housewives''=== | ===2000s: Television, movies, stage, ''Desperate Housewives''=== | ||
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Delany continued to find work in a variety of projects, doing pilots, TV series, made-for-TV movies, and feature films. |
Delany continued to find work in a variety of projects, doing pilots, TV series, made-for-TV movies, and feature films. She appeared in the NBC drama ''Good Guys/Bad Guys'' (2000), which '']'' termed a "Sopranos knock-off".<ref>{{cite news|author1=Devin Gordon |author2=Seth Stevenson |author3=Marc Peyser |title=Don't Rip Off The Mob|work=Newsweek|date=April 3, 2000|url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/83561|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> She appeared in the short-lived '']'' (2001), a Fox production which was described as a "twisted rich-family saga" with a "great cast".<ref>{{cite news|title=Best+Worst 2001|magazine=Time|year=2001|url= http://www.time.com/time/bestworst2001/tv.html|access-date= October 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020223145403/http://www.time.com/time/bestworst2001/tv.html|archive-date=February 23, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Television—Pasadena|magazine=Time|date=December 24, 2001|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001505,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080307214544/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001505,00.html|archive-date= March 7, 2008|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=James Poniewozik|title=What To See|magazine=Time|date=October 8, 2001|access-date=July 23, 2009|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000956-2,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100302013939/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000956-2,00.html|archive-date= March 2, 2010}}</ref> Delany commented in an interview: "You can see '']'' as a black comedy or see it as really tragic. A lot of soaps on television now don't have that layer of tragedy to them."<ref>{{cite news|author=Rob Owen|title=Prime-time soap 'Pasadena' deserves another look|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=September 25, 2005|access-date=July 25, 2009|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05268/576193-237.stm}}</ref> She was an actor and co-executive producer of the film '']'' (2001).<ref>{{cite news |work=Variety |title=Dana Delany |date=September 25, 2005 |access-date=July 27, 2009 |url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/34273/Dana%20Delany.html?dataSet=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102143843/http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/34273/Dana%2BDelany.html?dataSet=1 |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref> '']'' TV critic David Bianculli gave a positive review to both her performance as an actor—"Delany, as always, does pensive and independent better than most actresses"—and as a producer.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Bianculli|title=Dana Delivers as D.A. Brings smarts to 'Jeopardy' telepic|work=The Daily News|date=April 9, 2001|access-date=July 27, 2009|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2001/04/09/2001-04-09_dana_delivers_as_d_a__brings.html|location=New York}} {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She played a doctor in the TV series '']'' (2002), described as a "conventional but pleasant drama populated by characters dedicated to medicine who also have messy personal lives."<ref>{{cite news|author=Rob Owen|title=New prime-time lineup may test viewers patience|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=September 15, 2002|access-date=July 25, 2009|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20020915owenp2.asp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Tim Goodman|title=CBS Makes stronger case for Letterman|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=May 16, 2002|url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/05/16/DD153633.DTL|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ron Wertheimer|title=Television Review; Hunky, Wise, Romantic or Kooky. Just Like Your Doctor|work=The New York Times|date=September 24, 2002|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/24/arts/television-review-hunky-wise-romantic-or-kooky-just-like-your-doctor.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> She appeared in TV movies such as '']'' (2003), and '']'' (2004).<ref>{{cite news|title=Baby for Sale|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/317590/Baby-for-Sale/overview|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071114114616/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/317590/Baby-for-Sale/overview|archive-date= November 14, 2007|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|author=Mark Deming|date=2007|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> She appeared in feature films by ] producers, such as ''The Outfitters'' (1999), ''Mother Ghost'' (2002), and '']'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Outfitters|publisher=Flixster|year=1999|url=http://www.flixster.com/movie/the-outfitters|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130101328/http://www.flixster.com/movie/the-outfitters|archive-date=November 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mother Ghost|publisher=Fandango|year=2002|url= http://www.fandango.com/motherghost_103783/movieoverview|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> | ||
Returning to theater, she played an artsy and incompetent woman who questions the "imposed conventions of society" after discovering her husband's affair in the Pulitzer-prize winning '']'' (2000, |
Returning to theater, she played an artsy and incompetent woman who questions the "imposed conventions of society" after discovering her husband's affair in the Pulitzer-prize winning '']'' (2000, New York City, Los Angeles, ]); her performance earned positive reviews generally.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brendan Schaefer|title=When polite conversation turns sour|work=The Tufts Daily|date=September 1, 2000|url= http://www.tuftsdaily.com/2.5541/when-polite-conversation-turns-sour-1.608103|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Jesse McKinley|title=Big Women Little Women|work=The New York Times|date=June 2, 2000|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/02/movies/on-stage-and-off-big-women-little-women.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> She played ] in Shakespeare's '']'' (2003, ]); one critic described the "verbal sparring" between Delany and actor ] as a "joy".<ref>{{cite news|author=Jim Trageser|title=Sense of fun pervades Globe's Much Ado|publisher=Turbula|year=2003|url= http://turbula.net/2003-summer/theater-globe-muchado.php|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> | ||
From 2004 to 2006, Delany played many guest roles on TV shows, such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. |
From 2004 to 2006, Delany played many guest roles on TV shows, such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. She also starred in the short-lived TV series '']'' (2006).<ref>{{cite news|author=Tom Shales|title=Kidnapped Holds Viewers for Ransom|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 20, 2006|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/19/AR2006091901781.html|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kyrie O'Connor|title=Kinky. Dogs. Kidnapped.|work=The Houston Chronicle|date=September 21, 2006|url=http://blogs.chron.com/memo/archives/2006/09/|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=September 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926150046/http://blogs.chron.com/memo/archives/2006/09/}}</ref> One critic wrote "Delany is alternately furious and despondent as Ellie, and she and Hutton (]) can do more without words than other actors can do with pages of dialogue. They're absolutely convincing as rich, complicated Manhattanites and as parents who come face to face with the scary reality that they can't always protect their kids."<ref>{{cite news|author=Maureen Ryan|title='Kidnapped': A top-notch thriller with a killer cast|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=September 19, 2006|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/09/kidnapped_a_top.html|access-date=July 26, 2009|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610025004/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/09/kidnapped_a_top.html}}</ref> | ||
Delany appeared as herself in the TV documentary ''Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany'' which explored their lives and treatment after returning to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|author=Anita Gates|title=Television Review: Nurses and the Daily Horrors of Vietnam|work=The New York Times|date=August 18, 2006|url= http://tv.nytimes.com/show/200837/Vietnam-Nurses-with-Dana-Delany/overview|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> Delany has become "something of a heroine to the nurses who served in Vietnam", according to ''Los Angeles Times'' writer Susan King, who noted that the actress worked on a nationwide nurse recruitment program in 1990 called the McMurphy project.<ref name="latimes1990"/> | |||
In 2007, Delany appeared in the films ''A Beautiful Life'', ''Camp Hope'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exotic Dancer Role Sways Richards| |
In 2007, Delany appeared in the films '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Exotic Dancer Role Sways Richards|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=June 1, 2007|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/zap-richardsabeautifullifecasting,0,2503609.story|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161035/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/zap-richardsabeautifullifecasting,0,2503609.story}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Camp Hope – Acting Credits|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/451012/Camp-Hope/details|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022011031/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/451012/Camp-Hope/details|archive-date= October 22, 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|date=2012|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Multiple Sarcasms – Acting Credits|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/393226/Multiple-Sarcasms/cast|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021148/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/393226/Multiple-Sarcasms/cast|archive-date= October 22, 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=]|date=2012|access-date= October 14, 2009}}</ref> | ||
Delany initially declined the offer to play one of the four '']'' principal characters, ], saying it was too similar to her role on '']''.<ref name=twsSREFdeclineddesperate/> The show became a popular prime-time soap opera with substantial ratings. |
Delany initially declined the offer to play one of the four '']'' principal characters, ], saying it was too similar to her role on '']''.<ref name=twsSREFdeclineddesperate/> The show became a popular prime-time soap opera with substantial ratings. But in 2007 she was again offered a role by producer ], this time as a supporting housewife, and she joined the cast of the well-established series for the 2007–08 season.<ref>, ''TV Squad'', July 27, 2007</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Tom O'Neil|title=Sopranos Emmy winner Drea De Matteo joins Desperate Housewives|work=Los Angeles Times|date=June 30, 2009|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/desperate_housewives/|access-date=October 14, 2009|archive-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027090254/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/desperate_housewives/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why We Watched in '07|work=Newsweek|year=2007|url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/81010/page/2}}</ref> Reaction to the addition of Delany was positive; one critic wrote "...casting Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair in Season 4 is one of the smartest things Cherry has ever done. Not many actors can deftly deliver both comedy and drama, but Delany makes it look easy."<ref>{{cite news|author=Maureen Ryan|title='Housewives' desperate no more|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 29, 2008|access-date=July 25, 2009|url= http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/29/entertainment/chi-housewives-watcher-0929sep29}}</ref> She commented about playing housewife Katherine Mayfair: "The hardest thing for me was figuring out the tone of the piece because it's such a specific tone – so it was more of an acting challenge than anything else."<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Katherine Mayfair|publisher=Channel 4|date=March 4, 2009|url= http://www.channel4.com/programmes/desperate-housewives/articles/interview-katherine-mayfair|access-date= July 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090405081724/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/desperate-housewives/articles/interview-katherine-mayfair|archive-date=April 5, 2009}}</ref> She commented in 2008: "I hope that she doesn't lose her snarkiness, because that's always fun to play."<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Wilkes|title=Q&A: Dana Delany ('Desperate Housewives')|work=Digital Spy|date=June 11, 2008|url= http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a99340/qa-dana-delany-desperate-housewives.html|access-date= July 26, 2009}}</ref> On May 13, 2008, it was announced that Delany would reprise her role on ''Desperate Housewives'' for season five, having been promoted to the sixth lead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/05/14/dana-delany-back-on-wisteria-lane-next-season/ |title=Dana Delany back on Wisteria Lane next season |publisher=TV Squad |access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Mike Ausiello|title=TV Guide's Mike Ausiello reveals his dream Emmy ballot: Dana Delany, Jim Parsons...|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 19, 2008|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/05/tv-guides-mike.html|access-date=July 24, 2009|archive-date=March 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302021609/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/05/tv-guides-mike.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Joshua Alston|title=Emmys: Special Victims Unit—Best Comedy Series: Desperate Housewives|work=Newsweek|date=July 16, 2008|url= http://www.newsweek.com/id/146630|access-date= July 24, 2009}}</ref> | ||
===2010s: |
===2010s: Television series and movies=== | ||
In March 2010, Delany appeared as FBI agent Jordan Shaw in a two-part story on the TV series '']'', which stars ], who played her character's second husband on ''Desperate Housewives''.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430010916/http://www.etonline.com/news/2010/03/85144/ |date=April 30, 2010 }}", ''ET Online'', March 22, 2010</ref> Delany also voiced a character ''Margaret Rosenblatt'' in the film '']'' in 2010.<ref name=twsNovUfdde>{{cite news|title= Cartoon Network Ignites World Premiere of "Firebreather"|publisher= The Futon Critic|quote= Firebreather is written by Jim Krieg (Ben 10: Alien Swarm) and executive produced by Julia Pistor (Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events). The Firebreather voice cast includes: Jesse Head as Duncan—Dana Delany as Margaret|date= November 3, 2010|url= http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/03/cartoon-network-ignites-world-premiere-of-firebreather-networks-first-ever-original-cgi-movie-airs-wednesday-november-24-at-7-pm-et-pt-980000/20101103cartoon01/|access-date= November 21, 2010}}</ref> Delany left ''Desperate Housewives'' to star in the new ABC series '']'' originally slated to begin airing in late 2010.<ref name=drama> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516153815/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/05/14/abc-picks-up-off-the-map/ |date=May 16, 2010 }}, ''Entertainment Weekly'', May 14, 2010</ref> In the series, Delany played a brilliant ] turned ] after a car accident causes her to lose dexterity in her hands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/30/abcs-body-of-proof-to-get-tuesday-10pm-timeslot-premieres-march-29/73738|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202012056/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/30/abcs-body-of-proof-to-get-tuesday-10pm-timeslot-premieres-march-29/73738|archive-date=December 2, 2010|title=ABC's 'Body Of Proof' Gets Tuesday 10 pm Timeslot, Premieres March 29|author=Bill Gorman|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2013/05/12/cancelled-or-renewed-networks-prepare-to-announce-fall-shows/|title=Cancelled or Renewed? Networks Prepare to Announce Fall Shows|author=Adam Buckman|publisher=xfinity|date=May 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=twsOctQXfarw>{{cite news|author= James Poniewozik|title= ABC's Fall Sked: Lots of New Shows for the Post-Lost Era|magazine= Time|date= May 18, 2010|url= https://entertainment.time.com/2010/05/18/abcs-fall-sked-lots-of-new-shows-for-the-post-lost-era/|access-date= October 9, 2010}}</ref> Delany in real life had an experience similar to her character of Dr. Megan Hunt. Two weeks before filming the pilot episode, Delany's car was hit by a bus in ]; two fingers of her hand were broken and her car was totaled.<ref name=twsOctQX12c>{{cite news|author= Rob Owen|title= Tuned In: 'Lone Star' brings cable-like edge to network TV|work= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= August 3, 2010|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10215/1077128-67.stm|access-date= October 8, 2010}}</ref> Delany describes her character in ''Body of Proof'' as being "complicated, smart, and definitely complex."<ref name=twsOctQX12c/> | |||
In March 2010, Delany appeared as FBI agent Jordan Shaw in a two-part story on the TV series '']'', which stars ], who played her character's second husband on ''Desperate Housewives''.<ref>", ''ET Online'', March 22, 2010</ref> | |||
In May 2011, Delany was the host of the fourth annual '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/articles/actress-dana-delany-host-2011-tv-academy-honors|title=Dana Delany to Host the Fourth Television Academy Honors|work=Television Academy|access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2011, Delany came ninth in '']'' magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list.<ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite web|url=http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/beauty/mature-women-named-'most-beautiful'-in-2011-list-blog-64-yahoo-lifestyles.html|title=Mature women named 'Most Beautiful' in 2011 list|publisher=Yahoo!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418011406/http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/beauty/mature-women-named-%E2%80%98most-beautiful%E2%80%99-in-2011-list-blog-64-yahoo-lifestyles.html|archive-date=April 18, 2011}}</ref> Delany appeared in the crime drama '']'' with director ]. The film also stars ], ], and ]. It was released to DVD on August 21, 2012, and had a limited release in theatres in September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/freelancers/ |title=Freelancers |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=May 27, 2013}}</ref> | |||
Delany is leaving ''Desperate Housewives'' to star in the new ABC series ''Body of Proof'' in the Fall of 2010.<ref name=drama>, ''Entertainment Weekly'', May 14, 2010</ref> | |||
In December 2016, Delany was the primetime guest host on ]. She appeared in dozens of ] on the channel, filling in for ].{{cn|date=January 2024}} Delany was cast for CBS's Drama ] in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/%E2%80%98the-code%E2%80%99-dana-delany-to-co-star-on-cbs-drama-series-in-recasting/ar-BBMiAvh|title='The Code': Dana Delany To Co-Star On CBS Drama Series in Recasting|publisher=MSN|access-date=August 23, 2018}}</ref> | |||
In 2010 in '']'', Delany plays a brilliant ] turned ] after a car accident causes her to lose dexterity in her hands.<ref name=twsOctQXfarw>{{cite news | |||
|author= James Poniewozik | |||
|title= ABC's Fall Sked: Lots of New Shows for the Post-Lost Era | |||
|publisher= Time Magazine | |||
|date= May 18, 2010 | |||
|url= http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/05/18/abcs-fall-sked-lots-of-new-shows-for-the-post-lost-era/ | |||
|accessdate= 2010-10-09 | |||
}}</ref> Ironically, Delany in real life had an experience similar to her character of Dr. Megan Hunt. Two weeks before filming the pilot episode, Delany's car was hit by a bus in ]; two fingers of her hand were broken and her car was totaled.<ref name=twsOctQX12c>{{cite news | |||
|author= Rob Owen | |||
|title= Tuned In: 'Lone Star' brings cable-like edge to network TV | |||
|publisher= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | |||
|date= August 3, 2010 | |||
|url= http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10215/1077128-67.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml | |||
|accessdate= 2010-10-08 | |||
}}</ref> Delany describes her character in '']'' as being "complicated, smart, and definitely complex."<ref name=twsOctQX12c/> | |||
==Personal life and public image== | |||
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Since the mid-1990s, Delany has served on the board of the ], and with her friend ], she helped campaign for support in finding a cure for ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Scleroderma Research Foundation|publisher=Scleroderma Research Foundation|date=2009-07-17|url=http://www.srfcure.org/srf/home.htm|accessdate=2009-10-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071226104013/http://www.srfcure.org/srf/home.htm |archivedate = December 26, 2007}}</ref> Working with director ], she starred in the TV movie '']'' (1996), based on Saget's sister Gay, who had died as a result of the disease.<ref>{{cite news|author=Anne Bergman|title=Delany Shines in ABC's For Hope|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|date=1996-11-16|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-11-16/entertainment/ca-65102_1|accessdate=2009-07-24}}</ref> She appeared as a contestant on '']'' in 2001, 2006 and 2009 to raise money for scleroderma research.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dana Delany|publisher=The Internet Movie Database|year=2001|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001127/|accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref> Scleroderma "robs these women of not only their own lives in many cases, but robs their families which include countless children," she explained in 2002.<ref name=twsSEP0202/> | |||
Delany was a member of the ].<ref name=Crowley1996>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/134506169/ |last=Crowley |first=Brian E. |date=June 2, 1996 |title=Stars, and their money, come out for Democratic candidates, causes |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> Since the mid-1990s, Delany has served on the board of the ], and with her friend ], she helped campaign for support in finding a cure for ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Scleroderma Research Foundation|publisher=Scleroderma Research Foundation|date=July 17, 2009|url=http://www.srfcure.org/srf/home.htm|access-date=2009-10-14 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071226104013/http://www.srfcure.org/srf/home.htm |archive-date = December 26, 2007}}</ref> Working with director ], she starred in the TV movie '']'' (1996) based on Saget's sister Gay, who had died as a result of the disease.<ref>{{cite news|author=Anne Bergman|title=Delany Shines in ABC's For Hope|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 16, 1996|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-16-ca-65102-story.html|access-date=July 24, 2009}}</ref> She appeared as a contestant on '']'' in 2001, 2006 and 2009 to raise money for scleroderma research. Scleroderma "robs these women of not only their own lives in many cases, but robs their families which include countless children," she explained in 2002.<ref name=twsSEP0202/> | |||
Delany is a board member of the arts advocacy organization ].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Creative Coalition |
Delany is a board member of the arts advocacy organization ].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Creative Coalition – 2009 Inaugural Ball|publisher=TCC (The Creative Coalition)|access-date=July 23, 2009|date=January 20, 2009|url=http://www.thecreativecoalition.org/secure/2009InGala.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081225002539/http://www.thecreativecoalition.org/secure/2009InGala.html|archive-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Creative Coalition Urges Congress to Support Funding for the Arts in the U.S.|work=Reuters|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=July 23, 2009|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS280744+07-May-2009+MW20090507|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912040724/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS280744+07-May-2009+MW20090507|archive-date=September 12, 2012}}</ref> She appeared in June 2009 in an onstage meeting in New York alongside White House social secretary ] to discuss ways to promote American cinematic creativity.<ref>{{cite news|author=Robin Givhan|title=White House Door Wide Open to Arts|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 19, 2009|access-date=July 23, 2009|url=http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/detail.jsp?key=401595&rc=fa_al&p=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Sharon Barbour|title=White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers Wows The Creative Coalition|work=The New York Observer|date=June 19, 2009|access-date=July 23, 2009|url= http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/white-house-social-secretary-desiree-rogers-wows-creative-coalition|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090620230944/http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/white-house-social-secretary-desiree-rogers-wows-creative-coalition|archive-date= June 20, 2009}}</ref> In August 2009, Delany was named co-president of the Creative Coalition, joining ] in the leadership of the organization.<ref name=tws505/> Delany explained her support for the arts in an interview: "I just think it's so important for children and the future of the country and people's general happiness. I'm one of those people who, whenever I feel cut off spiritually or emotionally, I go to a museum or a play or a movie, and I'm just transported."<ref name=twsSEP0101/> She participated as a celebrity guest in fundraising events that support the rights of same-sex couples to marry.<ref>{{cite web|author=Albert|title=Love Honor Cherish|publisher=obliquity65.com|date=October 12, 2008|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.obliquity65.com/?cat=7|archive-date=December 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216110155/http://www.obliquity65.com/?cat=7}}</ref> | ||
In addition, she has supported ]. She attended the organization's 90th birthday celebration in New York City in 2006. Delany said: "It's hard to imagine where we'd be in this country had ] not founded that first clinic here in New York, 90 years ago." She attended events sponsored by the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Carpet – The People – Dana Delany|publisher=DayLife.com|access-date=July 28, 2009|date=March 26, 2007|url=http://redcarpet.daylife.com/people.php?id=204000000000604931|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825195651/http://redcarpet.daylife.com/people.php?id=204000000000604931|archive-date=August 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards – Arrivals |publisher=zimbio.com|access-date=July 28, 2009|date=April 18, 2009|url= http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/q-UPKQlzgz8/20th+Annual+GLAAD+Media+Awards+Arrivals/0v_RM29dOHd/Dana+Delany}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Press release: In & Out, Cher, K.D. Lang, Oprah, Miami Herald, Time and many others honored at GLAAD Media Awards|publisher=Widmeyer Baker Group|access-date=July 28, 2009|date=April 20, 1998|url= http://www.qrd.org/qrd/orgs/GLAAD/1998/media.awards-04.20.98}}</ref> She is a ] who campaigned for ] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/actress-dana-delany-campaigns-for-clinton/article_a68e190a-ea66-5972-884c-356dcda4016b.html|title = Actress Dana Delany campaigns for Clinton| date=September 12, 2016 }}</ref> | |||
Delany commented about her personal life in an interview in 2006: "I turned 50 and I'm ready to get married ... I don't know who he is yet but I'm ready ... He has to be smart, funny and kind."<ref>{{cite web|title=Delany Holding Out for a Husband|publisher= superiorpics.com|date= 2006-09-02|accessdate= 2010-03-17|url= http://news.superiorpics.com/2006/09/02/DELANY_HOLDING_OUT_FOR_A_HUSBAND.html}}</ref> She added a year later: "Marriage has never been a big deal for me ... But I think I’m ready now ... I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people and figure out what I really like."<ref>{{cite web|title=Dana Delany Looking for Her Own Househubby!|publisher= tvwatch.com|accessdate= 2009-07-22|date= 2007-11-25|url= http://tvwatch.people.com/2007/11/25/dana-delany-looking-for-her-own-househubby/}}</ref> Delany (in 1988) said she doesn't find being a celebrity to be that appealing: "I'm not a 'personality'. I am never recognized, which I take as a compliment. I have a love-hate thing with publicity."<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> | |||
Delany has never been married nor had any children. She commented about her personal life in an interview in 2006: "I turned 50 and I'm ready to get married... I don't know who he is yet but I'm ready... He has to be smart, funny and kind."<ref>{{cite web|title= Delany Holding Out for a Husband|publisher= superiorpics.com|date= September 2, 2006|access-date= March 17, 2010|url= http://news.superiorpics.com/2006/09/02/DELANY_HOLDING_OUT_FOR_A_HUSBAND.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20091211230308/http://news.superiorpics.com/2006/09/02/DELANY_HOLDING_OUT_FOR_A_HUSBAND.html|archive-date= December 11, 2009}}</ref> She added a year later: "Marriage has never been a big deal for me... But I think I'm ready now... I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people and figure out what I really like."<ref>{{cite web|title= Dana Delany Looking for Her Own Househubby!|publisher= tvwatch.com|access-date= July 22, 2009|date= November 25, 2007|url= http://tvwatch.people.com/2007/11/25/dana-delany-looking-for-her-own-househubby/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922174717/http://tvwatch.people.com/2007/11/25/dana-delany-looking-for-her-own-househubby/|archive-date= September 22, 2008}}</ref> Delany (in 1988) said she doesn't find being a celebrity to be that appealing: "I'm not a 'personality'. I am never recognized, which I take as a compliment. I have a love-hate thing with publicity."<ref name="Monika Guttman"/> | |||
Since the mid-1990s, she has had a notable Internet presence. She has participated in several online chat events<ref>{{cite web|title=Dana Delany - Trivia|publisher=Movietome|date=2009-07-20|url=http://www.movietome.com/people/1428/dana-delany/trivia.html|accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref> promoting various projects. Her official web site, online since 1996, includes a guestbook in which she participates. | |||
Delany, in 2003, tried having an injection of botox in her forehead, but the needle hit a nerve and created a |
Delany, in 2003, 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. In 2010, she vowed she would never have plastic surgery.<ref name=twsOctcc>{{cite news | ||
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|quote= Seven years ago ... My dermatologist ... injected my forehead, hit a nerve, and created a huge hematoma. The nerve has been dead ever since. It affected the muscle in my right eye, so my eye has started to droop a little bit. | |quote= Seven years ago ... My dermatologist ... injected my forehead, hit a nerve, and created a huge hematoma. The nerve has been dead ever since. It affected the muscle in my right eye, so my eye has started to droop a little bit. | ||
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}}</ref> She told ] in 2010 that she prefers eating healthily, including vegetables, tofu, fish, gluten-free pasta and bread.<ref name=twsOctbb>{{cite news | |||
|author= David W Freeman | |||
In 2010, Delany told '']'' that she prefers eating healthily, including vegetables, tofu, fish, gluten-free pasta, and bread.<ref name=twsOctbb>{{cite news | |||
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}}</ref> Since she plays a neurosurgeon in her new ABC drama '']'', she refuses to eat turkey sausage because of a perceived similarity with intestines seen on the set.<ref name=twsOctbb/> | |||
In April 2011, Delany came 9th in '']'' magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list.<ref name="Yahoo!"/> | |||
== Filmography == | |||
] | |||
In 2019, Delany commented on her approach to acting: | |||
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{{quote|"The whole ''non sibi'' thing really informs my work ... Every role that I choose ... has to give back to the audience or say something about the world that has resonance and is reflective of the times we're in ... It also has to be able to make people think, or look at something differently ... Otherwise, why do it? It can't be about self-gratification. It can't be about ego. It can't be about money or being famous. I really believe that if you do the things that have meaning for you, the rest will come."|Dana Delany (2019)<ref name=tws49990>{{cite web |first1=Neal |last1=Evans |first2=Dana |last2=Delany |first3=Jonathan |last3=Meath |title=Episode 31: Dana Delany '74 & Jonathan Meath '74 |work=Apple Podcasts |date=2019-09-20 |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-31-dana-delany-74-jonathan-meath-74/id1178749997?i=1000450506576 |accessdate=2019-09-30 |time=46:11+ }}</ref>}} | |||
==Filmography== | |||
] in 1991]] | |||
] | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|+ Film | |||
! Year | ! Year | ||
! Title | |||
! Film/Play/TV/Other | |||
! Role | ! Role | ||
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| |
| 1981 | ||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Saleswoman in record store | |||
| Nellie Forbush | |||
| | |||
| musical at Phillips Academy | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1984 | ||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Susan McCall | |||
| Ryan's bar patron | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1986 | ||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Sister Ana | |||
| Amy Russell | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1988 | ||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Anne Briscoe | |||
| | | | ||
| Broadway play | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988 | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1981 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Gelina | |||
| Saleswoman in record store | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1988 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Hayley Wilson Hollister | |||
| Jenny | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1992 | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1983 | |||
| '' |
| '']'' | ||
| Marianne | |||
| lady in an elevator | |||
| | |||
| TV commercial (opposite Tom McBride) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1992 | |||
| ''Blood Moon'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Innocent pre-med student | |||
| Becky Metcalf | |||
| Off-broadway production by Nicholas Kazan | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1993 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1984 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Almost You'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Susan McCall | |||
| | | | ||
|-'']'' | |||
| 1993 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Voice<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=Dana Delany (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dana-Delany/ |access-date=October 1, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1994 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Laura Shaper | |||
| Lisa Emerson | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1995 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jeannie | |||
| Jill | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|1996 | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1985 | |||
| |
|'']'' | ||
|] | |||
| Jillian Armstrong | |||
|Voice, English dub<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
| "Knowing Her," Episode 206 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1996 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Cynthia Farrell | |||
| Susan Barnes | |||
| Episodes ] | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1998 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1986 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Rose Cleardon Abbott | |||
| Nora | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1998 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Sister Ana | |||
| Dr. Ashley | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1998 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Moya Trevor | |||
| Mrs. Beal | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1999 | ||
| ''Outfitters'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Cat Bonfaim | |||
| Georgia Holden | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2000 | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1988 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Anthea Farrow-Smith | |||
| Gelina | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2002 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Mother Ghost'' | |||
| Anne Briscoe | |||
| Karen Bennett | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2003 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jenny | |||
| Margaret Swift-Bejarano | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2005 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Getting to Know You'' | |||
| Eve | |||
| Marla | |||
| South by Southeast season 1, episode 10 | |||
| Short | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2006 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Colleen McMurphy | |||
| Lois Lane | |||
| 62 episodes 1988–1991 | |||
| Voice<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 2007 | ||
| '' |
| '']'' | ||
| Amish Martha | |||
| Jane Goodrich | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2008 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1992 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Anne | |||
| Marianne | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2008 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Flying Lessons'' | |||
| Becky Metcalf | |||
| Jeanne | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Susan Metheny | |||
| Annie | |||
| Season 11, Episode 11 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1993 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Grace Wyckoff | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lieutenant Dena Donato | |||
| Patricia | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Eileen | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2012 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Lydia Vecchio | |||
| voice | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2013 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1994 | |||
| ''] |
| '']'' | ||
| Lois Lane | |||
| Betsy Corcoran | |||
| Voice<ref name="btva2" /><ref>{{cite web |title=UPDATE: FLASHPOINT PARADOX Reveals Reverse Flash, Director |url=http://www.newsarama.com/film/dc-animated-flashpoint-paradox-news.html |access-date=May 27, 2013 |publisher=Newsarama.com}}</ref> | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2017 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lisa Emerson | |||
| Wendy | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2020 | |||
| '']{{dn}}'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| | |||
| Pub Band | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2024 | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1995 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Nicole | |||
| ] | |||
| | | | ||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|+ Television | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1978 | |||
| '']' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jill | |||
| Ryan's bar patron | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1978–79 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Helen Fiske | |||
| Amy Russell | |||
| | |||
| Series regular | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1981 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Maire | |||
| Hayley Wilson Hollister | |||
| Broadway play (short-lived) | |||
| Series regular, role from January 2, 1981, to December 1, 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/atwt/whoswho/hayley.php|title=About ATWT: Who's Who in Oakdale - Hayley Wilson Hollister - As The World Turns @ soapcentral.com|work=]|access-date=October 4, 2014}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1984 | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1996 | |||
| ''Threesome'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Laura Shaper | |||
| ] | |||
| TV film | |||
| voice (43 episodes 1996–2000) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1984 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''The Streets'' | |||
| Susan Barnes | |||
| Jeannie | |||
| | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1985 | |||
| ''The Adventures of Mowgli'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Jillian Armstrong | |||
| (voice) English version | |||
| Episode: "Knowing Her" | |||
|- | |||
| 1986 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Nora | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |||
| 1986 | |||
| ''Liberty'' | |||
| Moya Trevor | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |||
| 1986–87 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Cynthia Farrell | |||
| Episodes: "]" and "]" | |||
|- | |||
| 1987 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Georgia Holden | |||
| Series regular, 6 episodes | |||
|- | |||
| 1988 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Eve | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |||
| 1988–91 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Series regular, 62 episodes | |||
|- | |||
| 1990 | |||
| ''A Promise to Keep'' | |||
| Jane Goodrich | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |||
| 1992 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Susan Metheny | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |||
| 1993 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Grace Wyckoff | |||
| TV miniseries, 5 episodes | |||
|- | |||
| 1993 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lieutenant Dena Donato | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |||
| 1994 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Betsy Corcoran | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |||
| 1994 | |||
| ''Texan'' | |||
| Anne Williams | |||
| TV short | |||
|- | |||
| 1995 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Helen Fiske | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |||
| 1995 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1996 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Hope Altman | | Hope Altman | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1996 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Gwen Archer Bowman | | Gwen Archer Bowman | ||
| |
| Voice, 13 episodes | ||
|- | |||
| 1996–2000 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Voice, 44 episodes<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |||
| 1997 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Dr. Susan Fox | |||
| Voice, episode: "Role with It" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1997 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Sarah Ashby McClure | | Sarah Ashby McClure | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1997 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Honey Trapp | | Honey Trapp | ||
| Episode: "Dead and Gone, Honey" | |||
| Season 1, episode 4 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1998 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Dr. Susan Fox | |||
| Rose Cleardon Abbott | |||
| (voice) | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1998 | |||
| ''Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mrs. Beal | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Dr. Ashley | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| ''Rescuers: Stories of Courage — Two Couples'' | |||
| Johtje Vos | | Johtje Vos | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1999 | |||
| ''The Patron Saint of Liars'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Rose Cleardon Abbott | |||
| Clare Miller | |||
| | |||
| TV film | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1999 | |||
| ''The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lois Lane | |||
| voice | |||
|- | |||
| ''Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1999 | |||
| ''Outfitters'' | |||
| Cat Bonfaim | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Sally Rawlings | | Sally Rawlings | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Clare Miller | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1999 | |||
| ''Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story'' | | ''Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story'' | ||
| Elaine Gunn | | Elaine Gunn | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2001 | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2000 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Mary Sullivan | |||
| Anthea Farrow-Smith | |||
| Episode: "Safe At Home" | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2001 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Beth | |||
| Stage; Pulitzer-prize script | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2001 | |||
| ''Final Jeopardy'' | |||
| Alexandra Cooper | | Alexandra Cooper | ||
| |
| TV film, also co-executive producer | ||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mary Sullivan | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2001–02 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Catherine McAllister | | Catherine McAllister | ||
| 13 episodes |
| Series regular, 13 episodes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2002 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Martha | | Martha | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| ''Mother Ghost'' | |||
| Karen Bennett | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lois Lane | |||
| (voice) | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2002–03 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Dr. Rae Brennan | | Dr. Rae Brennan | ||
| |
| Series regular, 13 episodes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2003 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']: Dana Delany'' | |||
| Britt Calhoun | |||
| Herself | |||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2003–05 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Lois Lane | | Lois Lane, Loana | ||
| |
| Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva2" /> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2004 | |||
| '']{{dn}}'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Margaret Swift-Bejarano | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Britt Calhoun | |||
| aka "Turning Homeward" | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Beatrice | |||
| stage, San Diego | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4" | 2004 | |||
| ''Baby for Sale'' | |||
| Nathalie Johnson | | Nathalie Johnson | ||
| TV film | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2004 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Carolyn Spencer | | Carolyn Spencer | ||
| Episode: "]" | |||
| "Obscene," Episode 603 | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Loana | |||
| (voice) "]" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2004 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Samantha Fleming | | Samantha Fleming | ||
| Episode: "]" | |||
| 1 episode | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2005 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Kate McNeil | |||
| Episodes: "]" | |||
|- | |||
| 2005–06 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Francesca Sorelli | | Francesca Sorelli | ||
| Episodes: "]" and "]" | |||
| Season 1, episodes 7,18 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2006 | |||
| ''Getting to Know You'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Marla | |||
| Senator Barbara Grisham | |||
| | |||
| Episode: "]" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2006 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Kate McNeil | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="6" | 2006 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Sesha Abinell | | Sesha Abinell | ||
| Episode: "]" | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Lois Lane | |||
| voice | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2006 | |||
| ''The Woman with the Hungry Eyes'' | | ''The Woman with the Hungry Eyes'' | ||
| ] | | ] | ||
| |
| Voice | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | | 2006 | ||
| '']'' | |||
| Ellie Cain | | Ellie Cain | ||
| 13 episodes |
| Series regular, 13 episodes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2007 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Senator Barbara Grisham | |||
| Lois Lane | |||
| | |||
| Voice, episode: "The Batman/Superman Story"<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2007–10, 2012 | |||
| ''Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Host | |||
| ] | |||
| Documentary | |||
| Series regular (Seasons 4–6), Special guest star (Season 8)<br />55 episodes | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2007 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Vilsi Vaylar | |||
| Eileen | |||
| Voice, episode: "The Super-Batman of Planet X!"<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ] | |||
| Special Agent Jordan Shaw | |||
| voice (2 episodes) | |||
| Episodes: "]" and "Boom!" | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2010 | |||
| ''Life on the Refrigerator Door'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Narrator | |||
| Margaret Rosenblatt | |||
| audio book by Alice Kuipers | |||
| Voice, TV film<ref name="twsNovUfdde"/><ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2011–13 | |||
| 2007–2010 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| ] | | ] | ||
| Series |
| Series regular, 42 episodes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2014–17 | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2008 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Route 30'' | |||
| Crystal Harris | |||
| Amish Martha | |||
| Series regular, 20 episodes | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2015 | |||
| ''Flying Lessons'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Jeanne | |||
| Julie | |||
| | |||
| Recurring role, 5 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2014/10/01/dana-delany-the-comedians-fx-billy-crystals-wife/|title=Dana Delany Cast in FX's 'The Comedians' as Billy Crystal's Wife – TVLine|date=October 1, 2014|work=TVLine|access-date=October 4, 2014|archive-date=March 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331043550/http://tvline.com/2014/10/01/dana-delany-the-comedians-fx-billy-crystals-wife/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2015 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2009 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Loraine Tansmore | |||
| Annie | |||
| French miniseries, 4 episodes<ref name="larep1">{{cite web |author=La République du Centre |url=http://www.larep.fr/loiret/mag/tv/actu-medias/2014/10/16/alexandra-lamy-bascule-dans-l-univers-d-harlan-coben-pour-tf1_11185029.html |title=Actu Médias – Alexandra Lamy bascule dans l'univers d'Harlan Coben pour TF1 |publisher=larep.fr |date=October 16, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203031338/http://www.larep.fr/loiret/mag/tv/actu-medias/2014/10/16/alexandra-lamy-bascule-dans-l-univers-d-harlan-coben-pour-tf1_11185029.html |archive-date=February 3, 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2018 | |||
| ''A Beautiful Life'' | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Anne | |||
| Assistant US Attorney Banner | |||
| Episode: "Bad Medicine"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2018/02/27/bull-season-2-dana-delany-federal-prosecutor-photos/|title=Bull Casts Dana Delany as Tenacious Federal Prosecutor – See First Photos|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820160845/https://tvline.com/2018/02/27/bull-season-2-dana-delany-federal-prosecutor-photos/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2019 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Colonel Glenn Turnbull, USMC | |||
| JAG Premier April 9, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbs.com/shows/the-code/cast/|title=The Code Cast|website=]}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2021 | |||
| ''The American Guest'' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] miniseries<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1410238749670211584|user=DanaDelany|title=Sim! THE AMERICAN GUEST will soon be on #hbomax! When Theodore Roosevelt & Cândido Rondon explored the River of Dou…|date=June 30, 2021}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2022–present | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Margaret Devereaux | |||
| Main role | |||
|- | |||
| 2023 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Emily Overruled | |||
| Episode: "Brooke Gets Her Hands Dirty" | |||
|- | |||
| 2023 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Deputy Patricia Devlin | |||
| Final season; 5 episodes | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|+ Other work | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 1974 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Nellie Forbush | |||
| Musical at Phillips Academy | |||
|- | |||
| 1980 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| | | | ||
| Broadway play | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1983 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| ''Wisk detergent'' | |||
| Patricia | |||
| Lady in an elevator | |||
| TV commercial (opposite Tom McBride) | |||
|- | |||
| 1983 | |||
| ''Blood Moon'' | |||
| Innocent pre-med student | |||
| Off-broadway production by Nicholas Kazan | |||
|- | |||
| 1995 | |||
| ''Translations'' | |||
| Maire | |||
| Broadway play (short-lived) | |||
|- | |||
| 1998 | |||
| ''Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu'' | |||
| | | | ||
| Documentary | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2000 | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2010 | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| Beth | |||
| Agent Jordan Shaw | |||
| Stage; Pulitzer-prize script | |||
| 2 episodes; Season 2, Episodes 17–18 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|2002 | |||
| '']''<ref name=drama/> | |||
|'']'' | |||
| ] | |||
|Lois Lane | |||
| TV Series Fall 2010- | |||
|Video game<ref name="btva2" /> | |||
|- | |||
| 2003 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Beatrice | |||
| Stage, San Diego | |||
|- | |||
| 2006 | |||
| ''Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany'' | |||
| Host | |||
| Documentary | |||
|- | |||
| 2007 | |||
| ''Life on the Refrigerator Door'' | |||
| Narrator | |||
| Audio book by ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2009 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Herself | |||
| Documentary | |||
|- | |||
| 2009 | |||
| ''Annul Victory'' | |||
| Herself | |||
| Documentary | |||
|- | |||
| 2013 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Chloe | |||
| Play | |||
|- | |||
| 2017 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Maxine Faulk | |||
| Play | |||
|- | |||
| 2018 | |||
| ''Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties'' | |||
| Betty No. 1 | |||
| Off-Broadway production written by ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2024 | |||
| ''Highway Patrol'' | |||
| Herself | |||
| Play | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '']'' | |||
| Margaret | |||
| voice<ref name=twsNovUfdde>{{cite news | |||
|title= Cartoon Network Ignites World Premiere of "Firebreather" | |||
|publisher= The Futon Critic | |||
|quote= Firebreather is written by Jim Krieg (Ben 10: Alien Swarm) and executive produced by Julia Pistor (Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events). The Firebreather voice cast includes: Jesse Head as Duncan -- Dana Delany as Margaret | |||
|date= 2010-11-03 | |||
|url= http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/03/cartoon-network-ignites-world-premiere-of-firebreather-networks-first-ever-original-cgi-movie-airs-wednesday-november-24-at-7-pm-et-pt-980000/20101103cartoon01/ | |||
|accessdate= 2010-11-21 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Awards and nominations== | ==Awards and nominations== | ||
] | ], holding the award she won in 1989.<ref name=alanlight />]] | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|- | |||
|- style="text-align:center;" | |||
! Year | ! Year | ||
! Result | |||
! Award | ! Award | ||
! Category | ! Category | ||
! Film or series | ! Film or series | ||
! Result | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1989 | | 1989 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1989 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | |||
| ] | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1990 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1990 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |||
| 2001 | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| ] | |||
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1990 | | 1990 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-series drama | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1991 | | 1991 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-series drama | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1991 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1991 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | | Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | ||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1992 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series | |||
| '']'' | | '']'' | ||
| {{won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| |
| 1998 | ||
| Lone Star Film & Television | |||
| '''Won''' | |||
| Best TV Actress | |||
| ] | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Best Performance in a Comedy Series | |||
| {{won}} | |||
| '']'' | |||
|- | |||
| 2001 | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| '']'' | |||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |||
| 2007 | |||
| TV Land Award | |||
| Lady You Love to Watch Fight for Her Life in a Movie of the Week | |||
| Movie of the Week | |||
| {{nom}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 2008 | | 2008 | ||
| ] | |||
| '''Nominated''' | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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American actress (born 1956)
Dana Delany | |
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Delany at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 | |
Born | (1956-03-13) March 13, 1956 (age 68) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1974–present |
Known for | China Beach Desperate Housewives Body of Proof |
Dana Delany (born 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 Justice League Unlimited.
In the 2000s, Delany appeared in main roles on several short-lived television series, including Pasadena (2001), Presidio Med (2002–2003), and Kidnapped (2006–2007). From 2007 to 2010, she starred as Katherine Mayfair on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives, for which she received a Prism Award in 2009. Delany then starred as Megan Hunt on the ABC medical drama Body of Proof (2011–2013), and as Crystal Harris on the Amazon Prime Video drama series Hand of God (2014–2017).
Early life
Delany was born in New York City, the daughter of interior designer Mary Burnett Welles and John Joseph Delany, CEO of Coyne & Delany Co., a plumbing manufacturing firm. She has a sister, Corey, and a brother, Sean. She was raised Roman Catholic. She has stated that, even as a little girl, she always wanted to go into acting. "The reason a person first gets into acting is because you want attention from your parents as a little girl," she told a reporter. In her childhood, she went with her family to many Broadway shows and was fascinated by films.
After growing up in Stamford, Connecticut, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for her senior year and was a member of the school's first co-educational class. Then-senior Delany wrote an op-ed in 1974 about her experience of being a one-year student during the school's first year of co-education. "Andover was the best time of my life," she recalled. She played the lead role of Nellie Forbush in the school's spring musical production of South Pacific opposite Peter Kapetan as Emile. She commented: "It was just a little awkward to be Nellie at first because she hesitates to marry Emile since he had once lived with a Polynesian woman – I don't agree with her reasoning so that made things a bit hard at the beginning." She appeared in a student video directed by classmate Jonathan Meath in a film class taught by Steve Marx. She graduated in 1974 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.
She majored in theater at Wesleyan University, where (among other productions) she appeared in one of the first performances of María Irene Fornés feminist play Fefu and Her Friends. Delany also worked summer stock productions during vacations before graduating in 1978. Later, in an interview, she reported that she sometimes had eating disorders during this time of her life. She said: "I binged... I starved ... I was one step from anorexia – a piece of toast and an apple would be all I would eat in a day."
Career
1980s: Stage, television, China Beach
After college, she found acting work in New York City in daytime soap operas including Love of Life and As the World Turns, and supported herself by acting in commercials such as for Wisk laundry detergent. She starred in the Broadway show A Life and won critical acclaim in 1983 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." Delany moved to Hollywood and during the next few years found work guest starring in TV shows like Moonlighting and Magnum, P.I. and Thirtysomething.
Delany's first audition for the lead role of nurse Colleen McMurphy was unsuccessful. "They thought I wasn't pretty enough", she said in an interview. She finally won the role after she showed up to her next audition with her "long tresses cut into a bob" after the producers lost their first choice (Delany had cut her hair at the request of director Paul Schrader who had cast her in the film Patty Hearst). China Beach aired weekly from 1988 to 1991 and brought intense media attention to the actress. This role not only garnered two Primetime Emmy Awards, but two additional Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award nominations. The show ended after four seasons in 1991.
1990s: Movies, television, voice
In 1991, Delany was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In the years following China Beach, Delany worked steadily in television, movies and theater. In addition, she established herself as a significant voice talent.
Delany won leading roles in a string of feature films such as the TV movie A Promise to Keep, Light Sleeper, Housesitter and Fly Away Home as well as appearing in the TV mini-series Wild Palms. She also took on controversial roles, such as Mistress Lisa in Exit to Eden, where one film critic commented "The script was awful—Dana looked great."
On September 21, 1993, the CBS television film Donato and Daughter, directed by Rod Holcomb, premiered. In it Delany is paired with Charles Bronson to play the leads. Delany plays Bronson's daughter, and are both cops assigned to investigate a serial killer. Delany pointed to several reason to why she wanted to do the project. She said the story was appealing because "it was the relationship between the two that interested me. We see so many movies now about serial killers, it's really being overdone, so I wanted to emphasize the relationship between father and daughter." Also she liked that they were no romantic subplot by saying "why is it that in every movie, there has to be a male female thing going on? Why can't it be about a woman and her family and her work? That was the challenge because you want her to be strong and capable, but you also don't want her to be one-dimensional." Another reason she accepted is because she wanted to work with Charles Bronson. In Kay Gardella's review published in The Gazette she says "Delany and Bronson work well together. Bronson shows a warmer, more caring side than his usual tough-guy image allows. And Delany, as attractive as ever, is crisp and efficient as cop."
On December 25, Tombstone premiered in cinemas. She turned in her best known performance of the decade alongside Kurt Russell's Wyatt Earp, playing his love interest and future bride Josephine Marcus.
Now a box office draw in her own right, the stage was set for the success she would encounter later in her career. Live Nude Girls included frank discussion by women of their sexual fantasies at a bachelorette party using a low-budget improvisational comedy format with strong chemistry between the actors. Reviews were mixed: Los Angeles Times critic Richard Natale liked the film but wrote older male film executives believed it to be "uncommercial"; another critic agreed it was "genuine girl talk" but "didn't have a lot of substance" and viewers "don't get to know the characters in the film". She also starred as Margaret Sanger in the TV movie Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995), about the controversial nurse who crusaded for women's reproductive rights in the early 1900s.
In 1995, 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. She appeared in TV movies such as True Women (1997) and Resurrection (1999). In 1998, Delany reportedly turned down the role of Carrie Bradshaw in the hit TV show Sex and the City. She declined the role partly because of the negative audience reaction she received with a similar film, Exit to Eden, a few years prior. Sex and the City became a successful series, and the role of Carrie made Sarah Jessica Parker world-famous. Delany played a gun-toting mother in an episode of the TV series Family Law (1999) for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, but the series was not rerun due to sponsorship withdrawal.
Delany's first voice work was the character Andrea Beaumont in the 1993 animated feature film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm based on the popular TV show Batman: The Animated Series. She was also mentioned by name in one variation of the theme song of Animaniacs, another Warner Bros. production. She then voiced Lois Lane in Superman: The Animated Series, reprised her role as Lois Lane for the character's guest appearances in Justice League, Justice League Unlimited. She also voiced the character in The Batman. She returned to the DC Universe in an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Vilsi, an alternate universe variation of Lois Lane. She reprised her role in the 2013 animated movie, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
2000s: Television, movies, stage, Desperate Housewives
Delany continued to find work in a variety of projects, doing pilots, TV series, made-for-TV movies, and feature films. She appeared in the NBC drama Good Guys/Bad Guys (2000), which Newsweek termed a "Sopranos knock-off". She appeared in the short-lived Pasadena (2001), a Fox production which was described as a "twisted rich-family saga" with a "great cast". Delany commented in an interview: "You can see Pasadena as a black comedy or see it as really tragic. A lot of soaps on television now don't have that layer of tragedy to them." She was an actor and co-executive producer of the film Final Jeopardy (2001). New York Daily News TV critic David Bianculli gave a positive review to both her performance as an actor—"Delany, as always, does pensive and independent better than most actresses"—and as a producer. She played a doctor in the TV series Presidio Med (2002), described as a "conventional but pleasant drama populated by characters dedicated to medicine who also have messy personal lives." She appeared in TV movies such as A Time to Remember (2003), and Baby for Sale (2004). She appeared in feature films by indie film producers, such as The Outfitters (1999), Mother Ghost (2002), and Spin (2003).
Returning to theater, she played an artsy and incompetent woman who questions the "imposed conventions of society" after discovering her husband's affair in the Pulitzer-prize winning Dinner With Friends (2000, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston); her performance earned positive reviews generally. She played Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (2003, San Diego); one critic described the "verbal sparring" between Delany and actor Billy Campbell as a "joy".
From 2004 to 2006, Delany played many guest roles on TV shows, such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Boston Legal, Kojak, Related, The L Word, and Battlestar Galactica. She also starred in the short-lived TV series Kidnapped (2006). One critic wrote "Delany is alternately furious and despondent as Ellie, and she and Hutton (Timothy Hutton) can do more without words than other actors can do with pages of dialogue. They're absolutely convincing as rich, complicated Manhattanites and as parents who come face to face with the scary reality that they can't always protect their kids."
Delany appeared as herself in the TV documentary Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany which explored their lives and treatment after returning to the United States. Delany has become "something of a heroine to the nurses who served in Vietnam", according to Los Angeles Times writer Susan King, who noted that the actress worked on a nationwide nurse recruitment program in 1990 called the McMurphy project.
In 2007, Delany appeared in the films A Beautiful Life, Camp Hope, and Multiple Sarcasms.
Delany initially declined the offer to play one of the four Desperate Housewives principal characters, Bree Van De Kamp, saying it was too similar to her role on Pasadena. The show became a popular prime-time soap opera with substantial ratings. But in 2007 she 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. Reaction to the addition of Delany was positive; one critic wrote "...casting Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair in Season 4 is one of the smartest things Cherry has ever done. Not many actors can deftly deliver both comedy and drama, but Delany makes it look easy." She commented about playing housewife Katherine Mayfair: "The hardest thing for me was figuring out the tone of the piece because it's such a specific tone – so it was more of an acting challenge than anything else." She commented in 2008: "I hope that she doesn't lose her snarkiness, because that's always fun to play." On May 13, 2008, it was announced that Delany would reprise her role on Desperate Housewives for season five, having been promoted to the sixth lead.
2010s: Television series and movies
In March 2010, Delany appeared as FBI agent Jordan Shaw in a two-part story on the TV series Castle, which stars Nathan Fillion, who played her character's second husband on Desperate Housewives. Delany also voiced a character Margaret Rosenblatt in the film Firebreather in 2010. Delany left Desperate Housewives to star in the new ABC series Body of Proof originally slated to begin airing in late 2010. In the series, Delany played a brilliant neurosurgeon turned medical examiner after a car accident causes her to lose dexterity in her hands. Delany in real life had an experience similar to her character of Dr. Megan Hunt. Two weeks before filming the pilot episode, Delany's car was hit by a bus in Santa Monica; two fingers of her hand were broken and her car was totaled. Delany describes her character in Body of Proof as being "complicated, smart, and definitely complex."
In May 2011, Delany was the host of the fourth annual Television Academy Honors. In 2011, Delany came ninth in People magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list. Delany appeared in the crime drama Freelancers with director Jessy Terrero. The film also stars Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, and 50 Cent. It was released to DVD on August 21, 2012, and had a limited release in theatres in September.
In December 2016, Delany was the primetime guest host on Turner Classic Movies. She appeared in dozens of wraparounds on the channel, filling in for Robert Osborne. Delany was cast for CBS's Drama The Code in August 2018.
Personal life and public image
Delany was a member of the Hollywood Women's Political Committee. Since the mid-1990s, Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, and with her friend Sharon Monsky, she helped campaign for support in finding a cure for scleroderma. Working with director Bob Saget, she starred in the TV movie For Hope (1996) based on Saget's sister Gay, who had died as a result of the disease. She appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy in 2001, 2006 and 2009 to raise money for scleroderma research. Scleroderma "robs these women of not only their own lives in many cases, but robs their families which include countless children," she explained in 2002.
Delany is a board member of the arts advocacy organization Creative Coalition. She appeared in June 2009 in an onstage meeting in New York alongside White House social secretary Desiree Rogers to discuss ways to promote American cinematic creativity. In August 2009, Delany was named co-president of the Creative Coalition, joining Tim Daly in the leadership of the organization. Delany explained her support for the arts in an interview: "I just think it's so important for children and the future of the country and people's general happiness. I'm one of those people who, whenever I feel cut off spiritually or emotionally, I go to a museum or a play or a movie, and I'm just transported." She participated as a celebrity guest in fundraising events that support the rights of same-sex couples to marry.
In addition, she has supported Planned Parenthood. She attended the organization's 90th birthday celebration in New York City in 2006. Delany said: "It's hard to imagine where we'd be in this country had Margaret Sanger not founded that first clinic here in New York, 90 years ago." She attended events sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. She is a Democrat who campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Delany has never been married nor had any children. She commented about her personal life in an interview in 2006: "I turned 50 and I'm ready to get married... I don't know who he is yet but I'm ready... He has to be smart, funny and kind." She added a year later: "Marriage has never been a big deal for me... But I think I'm ready now... I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people and figure out what I really like." Delany (in 1988) said she doesn't find being a celebrity to be that appealing: "I'm not a 'personality'. I am never recognized, which I take as a compliment. I have a love-hate thing with publicity."
Delany, in 2003, 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. In 2010, she vowed she would never have plastic surgery.
In 2010, Delany told Prevention that she prefers eating healthily, including vegetables, tofu, fish, gluten-free pasta, and bread.
In April 2011, Delany came 9th in People magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list.
In 2019, Delany commented on her approach to acting:
"The whole non sibi thing really informs my work ... Every role that I choose ... has to give back to the audience or say something about the world that has resonance and is reflective of the times we're in ... It also has to be able to make people think, or look at something differently ... Otherwise, why do it? It can't be about self-gratification. It can't be about ego. It can't be about money or being famous. I really believe that if you do the things that have meaning for you, the rest will come."
— Dana Delany (2019)
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | The Fan | Saleswoman in record store | |
1984 | Almost You | Susan McCall | |
1986 | Where the River Runs Black | Sister Ana | |
1988 | Masquerade | Anne Briscoe | |
1988 | Patty Hearst | Gelina | |
1988 | Moon over Parador | Jenny | |
1992 | Light Sleeper | Marianne | |
1992 | Housesitter | Becky Metcalf | |
1993 | Tombstone | Josephine Marcus | |
1993 | Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Andrea Beaumont | Voice |
1994 | Exit to Eden | Lisa Emerson | |
1995 | Live Nude Girls | Jill | |
1996 | Adventures of Mowgli | Bagheera | Voice, English dub |
1996 | Fly Away Home | Susan Barnes | |
1998 | The Patron Saint of Liars | Rose Cleardon Abbott | |
1998 | The Curve | Dr. Ashley | |
1998 | Wide Awake | Mrs. Beal | |
1999 | Outfitters | Cat Bonfaim | |
2000 | The Right Temptation | Anthea Farrow-Smith | |
2002 | Mother Ghost | Karen Bennett | |
2003 | Spin | Margaret Swift-Bejarano | |
2005 | Getting to Know You | Marla | Short |
2006 | Superman: Brainiac Attacks | Lois Lane | Voice |
2007 | Route 30 | Amish Martha | |
2008 | A Beautiful Life | Anne | |
2008 | Flying Lessons | Jeanne | |
2010 | Multiple Sarcasms | Annie | |
2010 | Camp Hope | Patricia | |
2010 | Drunkboat | Eileen | |
2012 | Freelancers | Lydia Vecchio | |
2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Lois Lane | Voice |
2017 | Literally, Right Before Aaron | Wendy | |
2020 | Wild Mountain Thyme | Pub Band | |
2024 | The Union | Nicole |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | Ryan's Hope | Ryan's bar patron | |
1978–79 | Love of Life | Amy Russell | Series regular |
1981 | As the World Turns | Hayley Wilson Hollister | Series regular, role from January 2, 1981, to December 1, 1981 |
1984 | Threesome | Laura Shaper | TV film |
1984 | The Streets | Jeannie | TV film |
1985 | Moonlighting | Jillian Armstrong | Episode: "Knowing Her" |
1986 | A Winner Never Quits | Nora | TV film |
1986 | Liberty | Moya Trevor | TV film |
1986–87 | Magnum, P.I. | Cynthia Farrell | Episodes: "L.A." and "Out of Sync" |
1987 | Sweet Surrender | Georgia Holden | Series regular, 6 episodes |
1988 | Thirtysomething | Eve | Episode: "South by Southeast" |
1988–91 | China Beach | Colleen McMurphy | Series regular, 62 episodes |
1990 | A Promise to Keep | Jane Goodrich | TV film |
1992 | Cheers | Susan Metheny | Episode: "Love Me, Love My Car" |
1993 | Wild Palms | Grace Wyckoff | TV miniseries, 5 episodes |
1993 | Donato and Daughter | Lieutenant Dena Donato | TV film |
1994 | The Enemy Within | Betsy Corcoran | TV film |
1994 | Texan | Anne Williams | TV short |
1995 | Fallen Angels | Helen Fiske | Episode: "Good Housekeeping" |
1995 | Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story | Margaret Sanger | TV film |
1996 | For Hope | Hope Altman | TV film |
1996 | Wing Commander Academy | Gwen Archer Bowman | Voice, 13 episodes |
1996–2000 | Superman: The Animated Series | Lois Lane | Voice, 44 episodes |
1997 | Duckman | Dr. Susan Fox | Voice, episode: "Role with It" |
1997 | True Women | Sarah Ashby McClure | TV film |
1997 | Spy Game | Honey Trapp | Episode: "Dead and Gone, Honey" |
1998 | The Patron Saint of Liars | Rose Cleardon Abbott | TV film |
1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples | Johtje Vos | TV film |
1999 | Resurrection | Clare Miller | TV film |
1999 | Sirens | Sally Rawlings | TV film |
1999 | Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story | Elaine Gunn | TV film |
2001 | Family Law | Mary Sullivan | Episode: "Safe At Home" |
2001 | Final Jeopardy | Alexandra Cooper | TV film, also co-executive producer |
2001–02 | Pasadena | Catherine McAllister | Series regular, 13 episodes |
2002 | Conviction | Martha | TV film |
2002–03 | Presidio Med | Dr. Rae Brennan | Series regular, 13 episodes |
2003 | A Time to Remember | Britt Calhoun | TV film |
2003–05 | Justice League | Lois Lane, Loana | Voice, 7 episodes |
2004 | Baby for Sale | Nathalie Johnson | TV film |
2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carolyn Spencer | Episode: "Obscene" |
2004 | Boston Legal | Samantha Fleming | Episode: "Truth Be Told" |
2005 | Kojak | Kate McNeil | Episodes: "All Bets Are Off, Parts I and II" |
2005–06 | Related | Francesca Sorelli | Episodes: "Francesca" and "The Move" |
2006 | The L Word | Senator Barbara Grisham | Episode: "Light My Fire" |
2006 | Battlestar Galactica | Sesha Abinell | Episode: "Sacrifice" |
2006 | The Woman with the Hungry Eyes | Theda Bara | Voice |
2006 | Kidnapped | Ellie Cain | Series regular, 13 episodes |
2007 | The Batman | Lois Lane | Voice, episode: "The Batman/Superman Story" |
2007–10, 2012 | Desperate Housewives | Katherine Mayfair | Series regular (Seasons 4–6), Special guest star (Season 8) 55 episodes |
2010 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Vilsi Vaylar | Voice, episode: "The Super-Batman of Planet X!" |
2010 | Castle | Special Agent Jordan Shaw | Episodes: "Tick, Tick, Tick..." and "Boom!" |
2010 | Firebreather | Margaret Rosenblatt | Voice, TV film |
2011–13 | Body of Proof | Dr. Megan Hunt | Series regular, 42 episodes |
2014–17 | Hand of God | Crystal Harris | Series regular, 20 episodes |
2015 | The Comedians | Julie | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
2015 | No Second Chance | Loraine Tansmore | French miniseries, 4 episodes |
2018 | Bull | Assistant US Attorney Banner | Episode: "Bad Medicine" |
2019 | The Code | Colonel Glenn Turnbull, USMC | JAG Premier April 9, 2019 |
2021 | The American Guest | Edith Roosevelt | HBO Max miniseries |
2022–present | Tulsa King | Margaret Devereaux | Main role |
2023 | The Other Two | Emily Overruled | Episode: "Brooke Gets Her Hands Dirty" |
2023 | Mayans MC | Deputy Patricia Devlin | Final season; 5 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1974 | South Pacific | Nellie Forbush | Musical at Phillips Academy |
1980 | A Life | Broadway play | |
1983 | Wisk detergent | Lady in an elevator | TV commercial (opposite Tom McBride) |
1983 | Blood Moon | Innocent pre-med student | Off-broadway production by Nicholas Kazan |
1995 | Translations | Maire | Broadway play (short-lived) |
1998 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Documentary | |
2000 | Dinner With Friends | Beth | Stage; Pulitzer-prize script |
2002 | Superman: Shadow of Apokolips | Lois Lane | Video game |
2003 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Stage, San Diego |
2006 | Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany | Host | Documentary |
2007 | Life on the Refrigerator Door | Narrator | Audio book by Alice Kuipers |
2009 | PoliWood | Herself | Documentary |
2009 | Annul Victory | Herself | Documentary |
2013 | The Parisian Woman | Chloe | Play |
2017 | The Night of the Iguana | Maxine Faulk | Play |
2018 | Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties | Betty No. 1 | Off-Broadway production written by Jen Silverman |
2024 | Highway Patrol | Herself | Play |
Awards and nominations
General source for awards: Family Law: Prism: Screen Actors Guild:
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March 13 birthdays: Drummer Roy Haynes is 99. Singer Neil Sedaka is 85. Singer Candi Staton is 84. Actor William H. Macy is 74. Comedian Robin Duke is 70. Actor Dana Delaney is 68. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is 62. Actor Annabeth Gish is 53. Rapper Common is 52.
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External links
- Dana Delany at the Internet Broadway Database
- Dana Delany at IMDb
- Myers, Jennifer (August 20, 2021). "Unscripted, Dana Delany '74 reflects on acting and taking risks in art". Phillips Academy Andover.
- Living people
- 1956 births
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- Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
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