Dana Delany
Birthday
1956/03/13 (68 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Dana Welles Delany
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.
Acting
(1992) Housesitter
as Becky Metcalf
(1996) Fly Away Home
as Susan Barnes
(1993) Tombstone
as Josephine Marcus
(1995) Live Nude Girls
as Jill
(2008) Route 30
as Amish Martha
(1998) Wide Awake
as Mrs. Beal
(1992) Light Sleeper
as Marianne Jost
(1993) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
as Andrea Beaumont / Chimera (voice)
(1998) Dead Man's Curve
as Dr. Ashley
(2010) Camp Hell
as Patricia Leary
(2010) Multiple Sarcasms
as Annie
(1997) The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
as Lois Lane (voice)
(1988) Moon Over Parador
as Jenny
(2004) Baby for Sale
as Nathalie Johnson
(1994) Exit to Eden
as Lisa Emerson
(2010) Firebreather
as Margaret Rosenblatt (voice)
(2006) Superman: Brainiac Attacks
as Lois Lane (voice)
(2002) Conviction
as Martha
(1998) The Patron Saint of Liars
as Rose Cleardon Abbott
(2000) The Right Temptation
as Anthea Farrow-Smith
(2012) Drunkboat
as Eileen
(2009) A Beautiful Life
as Anne
(2002) Mother Ghost
as Karen Bennett
(2012) Freelancers
as Lydia Vecchio
(1993) Donato and Daughter
as Lt. Dena Donato
(2013) Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Lois Lane (voice)
(2003) Spin
as Margaret
(2003) A Time to Remember
as Britt Calhoun
(1986) Liberty
as Moya Trevor
(2023) Kevin Conroy: I Am the Knight
as Self
(1985) Almost You
as Susan McCall
(1999) Sirens
as Sally Rawlings
(2022) Troy
as Dee
(2001) Final Jeopardy
as Alexandra Cooper
(1988) Patty Hearst
as Gelina
(1988) Masquerade
as Anne Briscoe
(1986) Where the River Runs Black
as Sister Ana
(1996) For Hope
as Hope Altman
(1990) A Promise to Keep
as Jane Goodrich
(1994) The Enemy Within
as Betsy Corcoran
(1984) The Streets
as Jeannie
(1996) Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
as Lois Lane (voice)
(1986) A Winner Never Quits
as Nora
(1990) The Earth Day Special
as Doctor
(1984) Threesome
as Laura Shaper
(1988) China Beach: Pilot
as Colleen McMurphy
(2024) The Union
as Nicole
(1999) Resurrection
as Clare Miller
(2017) Literally, Right Before Aaron
as Wendy (Allison's Mom)
(1995) Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
as Margaret Sanger
(1998) Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
as Johtje Vos
(1998) Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Herself - Actress
(2006) James Ellroy: American Dog
as Self
(2009) Annul Victory
as Self
(1981) The Fan
as Saleswoman in Record Store
(2009) PoliWood
as Self
(2002) Presidio Med
as Dr. Rae Brennan
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as ---
(2001) Pasadena
as Catherine McAllister
(1994) Duckman
as ---
(2009) Castle
as Jordan Shaw
(2006) Kidnapped
as Ellie Cain
(1987) thirtysomething
as ---
(2004) The Batman
as Lois Lane (voice)
(1988) China Beach
as Colleen McMurphy
(1992) The Larry Sanders Show
as Dana Delany
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(2004) Battlestar Galactica
as Sesha Abinell
(1997) The View
as Self
(1985) Moonlighting
as Jillian Armstrong
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Carolyn Spencer
(1993) Wild Palms
as Grace Wyckoff
(2005) Related
as Francesca Sorelli
(1951) Love of Life
as Amy Russell
(2004) The L Word
as Senator Barbara Grisham
(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Lois Lane (voice)
(1996) Wing Commander Academy
as Gwen 'Archer' Bowman
(2004) Boston Legal
as Samantha Fleming
(1999) Family Law
as Mary Sullivan
(2005) Kojak
as ---
(1999) The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
(2011) Body of Proof
as Dr. Megan Hunt
(1987) Sweet Surrender
as Georgia Holden
(2001) Justice League
as Lois Lane (voice)
(2001) Justice League
as Lois Lane / Maggie Sawyer (voice)
(2004) Justice League Unlimited
as Loana (voice)
(2004) Justice League Unlimited
as Lois Lane (voice)
(2014) Hand of God
as Crystal Harris
(2019) The Other Two
as Emily Overruled
(2018) Mayans M.C.
as Patricia Devlin
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(2004) Desperate Housewives
as Katherine Mayfair
(2016) Bull
as Assistant US Attorney Sylvia Banner
(1997) True Women
as Sarah McClure
(2022) Tulsa King
as Margaret Devereaux
(2019) The Code
as Colonel Eisa Turnbull
(1993) Fallen Angels
as Helen Fiske
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(1982) Cheers
as Susan Metheny
(2008) Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Vilsi Vaylar (voice)
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host/Nominee