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Dana Delany on "Desperate Housewives"
Dana Delany on "Desperate Housewives" - © ABC
Dana Delany brings her family back to live on Wisteria Lane as Katherine Mayfair on ABC's "Desperate Housewives." Dana Delany made her mark as Army nurse Colleen McMurphy on ABC's critically acclaimed "China Beach," for which she received four Emmy nominations and two Emmy Awards for Best Actress.

A Stamford, Connecticut native, Dana Delany graduated from Wesleyan University, then went to New York, where she honed her skills in daytime television drama and theatre. Dana Delany starred in the Broadway show "A Life" and received critical acclaim in a number of off-Broadway productions. Dana Delany's starring role in Nicholas Kazan's "Bloodmoon" in New York led to her arrival in Los Angeles for the west coast production of the controversial drama. Opting to stay in LA after the run of the play, Dana Delany was soon cast in popular television shows, including "Moonlighting" and "Magnum, P.I.," as well as in the movies "Tombstone," "HouseSitter," "Live Nude Girls," "Exit to Eden," "Light Sleeper," "Moon Over Parador," 'Masquerade," "Patty Hearst," "Where the River Runs Black" and "Almost You."

Other television credits for Dana Delany include the CBS miniseries "Shake, Rattle & Roll," "True Women," the telefilms "Resurrection" (ABC) and "The Patron Saint of Liars" (CBS), both directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, and the critically acclaimed ABC telepic "For Hope," in which she played a woman suffering from scleroderma. Dana Delany also starred in Lifetime's "Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story," Showtime's "Sirens," "Rescuers: Stories of Courage" and in "The Right Temptation" for HBO. Dana Delany is the voice of Lois Lane on "The New Batman - Superman Adventures" on Kids WB! In 2000 Dana Delany completed a tour-de-force performance in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Dinner with Friends," alternating roles in New York, Los Angeles and Boston. Dana Delany also produced and starred in the ABC telefilm "Double Jeopardy," the first in a series of films based on New York sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein's novels.

Dana Delany shone in the role of Catherine, the matriarch in waiting to the wealthy Greeley family on "Pasadena," an hour-long drama for Columbia TriStar Television which aired on Fox. Dana Delany followed that up with the griping "Presidio Med" on CBS, a medical drama revolving around a group of female doctors in San Francisco. Dana Delany also co-starred in the Showtime drama "Conviction" with Omar Epps.

In 2003 Dana Delany joined Doris Roberts in the Alzheimer themed drama, "A Time to Remember," for The Hallmark Channel, and appeared in the big screen in the James Redford independent film, "Spin." A year later Dana Delany treaded the boards in "Much Ado About Nothing" at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre opposite Billy Campbell, and captivated audiences in the Lifetime drama "Baby for Sale." Dana Delany has also guest starred in NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," ABC's "Boston Legal," USA's "Kojak," Showtime's "The L Word" and WB's "Related."

Most recently Dana Delany starred in NBC's "Kidnapped" with Timothy Hutton. Dana Delany's latest project, "Multiple Sarcasm," co-starring Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino and Stockard Channing, is currently in production.






DANA DELANY: FACTS

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Age: 54 years old
Birthday: March 13, 1956
Height: 5' 7"
Full Name / Real Name: Dana Welles Delany
Birthplace: New York, NY
Hometown: Stamford, CT



DANA DELANY: NEWS


Dana Delany on "Desperate Housewives" Dana Delany to Guest Star in 'Castle'The actress will reunite with Nathan Fillion, who played her younger husband on "Desperate Housewives," for two episodes, airing March 21 and 22. Read more...
Leighton Meester on "Gossip Girl" '61st Primetime Emmy Awards' Announces 1st Group of PresentersSimon Baker, Dana Delany, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Alyson Hannigan, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Stephen Moyer, Jason Segel, Kiefer Sutherland and Chandra Wilson are all on board to present. Read more...

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"Grey's Anatomy" Cast 'People's Choice Awards 2010' Nominations Announced"CSI," "Grey's Anatomy," "House," "Lost" and "NCIS" are up for best drama while "Desperate Housewives," "How I Met Your Mother," "The Big Bang Theory," "The Office" and "Two and a Half Men" are nominated for best comedy. Read more...
"V" 2010 cast ABC Ushers in November SweepsHighlights and spoilers of upcoming episodes of ABC series, featuring guest-starring turns by Jamie Lynn-Sigler, Clint Black, Gilles Marini, Kim Raver, Cybill Shepherd, Kellie Pickler, David Duchovny, Rosanna Arquette, Jon Tenney and Adam Rodriguez. Read more...
"Mad Men" Cast 2009 Emmy Award Nominations Announced"30 Rock" and "Mad Men" come out on top again this year for comedy and drama series with 22 and 16 nominations respectively, while "Grey Gardens" cultivates 17, "Into the West" rides into the sunset with 14, "Saturday Night Live" yucks it up for 13, and "Dancing with the Stars" waltzes away with 10. Read more...
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DANA DELANY: TWITTER

March 20, 2010
@jetgirl78 Dana Delany is H.O.T. She's the new Elizabeth Mitchell test, I feel.
1 hour ago
Dana Delany to be guest starring in Castle tomorrow night as federal agent Jordan Shaw! :D Quite a change from Katherine Mayfair.
3 hours ago
#Castle #ABC just showed the commercial for tomorrows "Castle Event" W/ Dana Delany! great promo! Thanks ABC
4 hours ago
It's not raid night without a Dana Delany mention.
5 hours ago
Completely caught up with Castle and ready for the new episode this week w/ Dana Delany :)
6 hours ago
Counting down the hours till Dana Delany and @Stana_Katic will be on my tv screen at the same time WOOHOO
6 hours ago
RT @laura_brownnn RE: dana delany // She's on #castle Monday night (& next, for a 2-parter)!!
7 hours ago
@gabgabs so like i'm in love with dana delany. almost as much as smarch and mh. and shes on the cover of more mag that just came out. (or is
7 hours ago
Monday's ep of #Castle is very good; it's the first of two-parter with Dana Delany. You won't be disappointed. (via @insidethetube)
8 hours ago
Monday's ep of #Castle is very good; it's the first of the special "TV event" (aka two-parter with Dana Delany). You won't be disappointed.
8 hours ago
@NealBaer neal, @mollyheartssoap and i would really appreciate it if you got dana delany on #svu again. thanks
8 hours ago
@billiber lmfao is that my gurl dana delany
9 hours ago
Dana Delany nude so sexy!
10 hours ago
@laura_brownnn Ohhh! OK, I understand. I thought you were just really into the 40+ stars. I mean apparently you like MH and Dana Delany!
10 hours ago
Sarah Paulson and Dana Delany in the same episode!!!! Heaven or what??
17 hours ago
@Carm22 Katherine will be back in the fall layout. In the meantime Dana has her own layouts solo at dana-delany.org and @delanydelicious hah
23 hours ago
 
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