Dana Delany
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
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 # 1 Off-Broadway production written by Jen Silverman
Filmography
Delany at 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1991 Delany in 2010
Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress, producer, and activist. 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 twice 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). 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 drama series Hand of God (2014-2017).