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Predominately best known as a television actor, Dylan McDermott was pretty much the whole leading man... (Learn more)

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Dylan McDermott’s Family
Name: Relation: Notes:
Shiva Afshar wife Irish/Persian; married Nov. 19, 1995; separated in September 2007; divorce finalized Dec. 4, 2008
Colette McDermott daughter Born in May 1996; mother, Shiva Afshar
Charlotte Rose McDermott daughter Born Sept. 8, 2005; mother, Shiva Rose
Eve Ensler step-mother Best known for the play "The Vagina Monologues"; legally adopted McDermott when he was 19 and she was 26; divorced from Richard McDermott; after Ensler suffered a miscarriage, McDermott took on the name Dylan - the name of her unborn child - in honor of his stepmother
Diane Marino mother Italian American; was only fifteen when McDermott was born; divorced from McDermott's father by 1967; accidentally shot and killed by her boyfriend on Feb. 9, 1967, when McDermott was five
Richard McDermott father Owned New York's West Fourth Street Saloon; was only seventeen when McDermott was born; divorced from McDermott's mother by 1967; later married and divored playwright, Eve Ensler
Avis Marino grandmother Maternal grandmother; helped raise McDermott and his sister after their mother's death

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Also known as

Birth Name : Mark Anthony McDermott

Born

October, 26 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Education

  • Fordham University, New York, NY:
  • The Neigborhood Playhouse, New York, NY: Studied acting with Sanford Meisner

Professions

actor, busboy, waiter

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