Dana Delany
Date of birth: 1956-03-13
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dana Welles Delany , دانا دلینی
Biography
Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is a multi-award winning American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role sas Colleen McMurphy on the ABC's China Beach (1988–1991), Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (2007–2010), Megan Hunt on Body of Proof (2011–present) and, as a voice-actress, Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as the television series The Batman. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters". Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.
Movie Credits
Housesitter
1992-06-12
Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, po
Fly Away Home
1996-09-13
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an e
Tombstone
1993-12-25
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue
Live Nude Girls
1995-12-08
A group of old friends at a Hens Night discuss their issues, uncertainties, fears and fantasies.
Route 30
2008-01-01
3 interconnecting stories set along the Lincoln Highway in South Central Pennsylvania.
Wide Awake
1998-03-20
The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfat
Light Sleeper
1992-08-21
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York cl
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993-12-25
Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. A
The Curve
1998-01-24
Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suici
Camp Hell
2010-08-13
At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend
Multiple Sarcasms
2010-05-07
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beaut
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1997-10-04
As the Joker visits Metropolis with a plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor, Batman pursues the clown
Moon Over Parador
1988-09-09
Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the
Baby for Sale
2004-07-12
A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest b
Exit to Eden
1994-10-14
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief
Firebreather
2010-11-24
It's not easy being a teen like Duncan. His mom wants him to pay more attention to his homework, whi
Superman: Brainiac Attacks
2006-06-20
Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous allia
Conviction
2002-09-29
The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate t
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998-04-05
Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in ru
The Right Temptation
2000-08-19
A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.
Drunkboat
2012-07-13
After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being
A Beautiful Life
2009-10-02
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the
Mother Ghost
2002-08-08
Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until
Freelancers
2012-08-10
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner
Donato and Daughter
1993-09-21
Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013-07-30
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his
Spin
2003-10-23
"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tu
A Time to Remember
2003-11-23
An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has
Liberty
1986-06-23
Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and t
Kevin Conroy: I Am the Knight
2023-09-12
Take a look at the legacy of Kevin Conroy, who voiced Batman for 30 years in film, television, video
Almost You
1985-03-29
Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and
Sirens
1999-09-26
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Denneh
Troy
2022-06-10
Troy has loud sex, 24/7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives... or
Final Jeopardy
2001-04-09
After a visiting actress is murdered in her country home, a prosecutor tries to find out if she was
Patty Hearst
1988-09-23
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time s
Masquerade
1988-03-11
A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in
Where the River Runs Black
1986-09-19
An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who
For Hope
1996-11-17
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.
A Promise to Keep
1990-10-01
Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.
The Enemy Within
1994-08-24
A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and
The Streets
1984-09-02
Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
1996-09-10
Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people o
A Winner Never Quits
1986-04-13
Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm whi
The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April
Threesome
1984-09-14
A New York stockbroker introduces a girlfriend to his buddy from out of town, then regrets it.
China Beach: Pilot
1988-04-26
The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac Hospital a
The Union
2024-08-15
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high schoo
Resurrection
1999-03-15
After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the po
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017-04-22
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
1995-03-08
Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she publish
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998-05-10
Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998-05-05
Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in
James Ellroy: American Dog
2006-11-10
A portrait of American crime writer James Ellroy that is a journey through his dark personal and lit
Annul Victory
2009-05-02
Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election bat
The Fan
1981-05-15
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with
PoliWood
2009-07-03
An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Pre