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