Dana Delany

Dana Delany

1956-03-13 New York City, New York, USA 58 Credits

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 f...

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The Union

The Union

2024

as Nicole

6.1
Acting

A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission...

Kevin Conroy: I Am the Knight

2023

as Self

10.0
Acting

Take a look at the legacy of Kevin Conroy, who voiced Batman for 30 years in film, television, video games, and more.

Troy

Troy

2022

as Dee

5.2
Acting

Troy has loud sex, 24/7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives... or is he saving them? Troy is a darkly comedic tale ...

Literally, Right Before Aaron

Literally, Right Before Aaron

2017

as Wendy (Allison's Mom)

4.9
Acting

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her...

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013

as Lois Lane (voice)

7.9
Acting

The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.

Freelancers

Freelancers

2012

as Lydia Vecchio

5.0
Acting

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, w...

Drunkboat

Drunkboat

2012

as Eileen

4.6
Acting

After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short conta...

Firebreather

Firebreather

2010

as Margaret Rosenblatt (voice)

7.4
Acting

It's not easy being a teen like Duncan. His mom wants him to pay more attention to his homework, while his dad - a 120-foot-tall monster known as a Ka...

Camp Hell

Camp Hell

2010

as Patricia Leary

3.8
Acting

At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey attend Camp Hope. They travel deep into the woods far fr...

Multiple Sarcasms

Multiple Sarcasms

2010

as Annie

5.6
Acting

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, Annie, and a devoted young daughter, El...

A Beautiful Life

A Beautiful Life

2009

as Anne

3.3
Acting

A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with an illegal immigrant friend of a frien...

PoliWood

PoliWood

2009

as Self

6.5
Acting

An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.

Annul Victory

Annul Victory

2009

as Self

Acting

Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election battle. The film documents the roller coaster ride of...

Route 30

Route 30

2008

as Amish Martha

4.1
Acting

3 interconnecting stories set along the Lincoln Highway in South Central Pennsylvania.

James Ellroy: American Dog

James Ellroy: American Dog

2006

as Self

4.5
Acting

A portrait of American crime writer James Ellroy that is a journey through his dark personal and literary obsessions, marked by the murder of his moth...

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

2006

as Lois Lane (voice)

6.1
Acting

Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous alliance with the powerful computer/villain Brainiac. U...

Baby for Sale

Baby for Sale

2004

as Nathalie Johnson

6.4
Acting

A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation...

A Time to Remember

A Time to Remember

2003

as Britt Calhoun

5.7
Acting

An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who has Alzheimers disease.

Spin

Spin

2003

as Margaret

6.0
Acting

"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle (Tucci), who then leaves him for ten years in the car...

Open House

Open House

2003

Co-Executive Producer

3.0
Producing

To make ends meet in this romantic drama, a devoted wife and mom takes in boarders and, while starting her life over, falls for the most unlikely of m...

Conviction

Conviction

2002

as Martha

3.8
Acting

The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a compassionate teacher helps turn his life around through educatio...

Mother Ghost

Mother Ghost

2002

as Karen Bennett

6.4
Acting

Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths...

Final Jeopardy

2001

as Alexandra Cooper

Acting

After a visiting actress is murdered in her country home, a prosecutor tries to find out if she was the intended target.

Final Jeopardy

2001

Executive Producer

Producing

After a visiting actress is murdered in her country home, a prosecutor tries to find out if she was the intended target.

The Right Temptation

The Right Temptation

2000

as Anthea Farrow-Smith

5.8
Acting

A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.

Sirens

Sirens

1999

as Sally Rawlings

8.0
Acting

Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one...

Resurrection

1999

as Clare Miller

5.0
Acting

After a woman is crippled in an auto accident which killed her husband, she suddenly develops the powers to heal. First she uses the power to heal her...

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

1998

as Johtje Vos

1.0
Acting

Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust victims.

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

as Herself - Actress

7.3
Acting

Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu in Hollywood"; "Lulu in Berlin"; "Lulu in Hell"; and ...

The Patron Saint of Liars

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998

as Rose Cleardon Abbott

4.7
Acting

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's...

Wide Awake

Wide Awake

1998

as Mrs. Beal

5.5
Acting

The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfather, embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of...

The Curve

The Curve

1998

as Dr. Ashley

5.5
Acting

Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suicide's roommates.

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

1997

as Lois Lane (voice)

7.4
Acting

As the Joker visits Metropolis with a plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor, Batman pursues the clown to Superman's turf.

For Hope

For Hope

1996

as Hope Altman

6.0
Acting

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

1996

as Susan Barnes

6.9
Acting

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is mi...

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

1996

as Lois Lane (voice)

7.0
Acting

Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman.

Live Nude Girls

Live Nude Girls

1995

as Jill

4.6
Acting

A group of old friends at a Hens Night discuss their issues, uncertainties, fears and fantasies.

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

1995

as Margaret Sanger

4.0
Acting

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew...

Exit to Eden

Exit to Eden

1994

as Lisa Emerson

4.1
Acting

Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation o...

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

1994

as Betsy Corcoran

5.7
Acting

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.

Tombstone

Tombstone

1993

as Josephine Marcus

7.6
Acting

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining t...

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1993

as Andrea Beaumont / Chimera (voice)

7.5
Acting

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hun...

Donato and Daughter

Donato and Daughter

1993

as Lt. Dena Donato

5.7
Acting

Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must work together to stop a serial killer. Along the way, t...

Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper

1992

as Marianne Jost

6.7
Acting

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from t...

Housesitter

Housesitter

1992

as Becky Metcalf

6.1
Acting

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-ni...

A Promise to Keep

A Promise to Keep

1990

as Jane Goodrich

7.5
Acting

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Doctor

6.9
Acting

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst

1988

as Gelina

5.6
Acting

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an...

Moon Over Parador

Moon Over Parador

1988

as Jenny

5.8
Acting

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right hand man, Rob...

China Beach: Pilot

China Beach: Pilot

1988

as Colleen McMurphy

Acting

The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac Hospital at China Beach Vietnam include the cool but compass...

Masquerade

Masquerade

1988

as Anne Briscoe

5.6
Acting

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may n...

Where the River Runs Black

Where the River Runs Black

1986

as Sister Ana

6.4
Acting

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.

Liberty

Liberty

1986

as Moya Trevor

Acting

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

A Winner Never Quits

A Winner Never Quits

1986

as Nora

6.0
Acting

Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm while still a young boy. But through the encouragemen...

Almost You

Almost You

1985

as Susan McCall

5.3
Acting

Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an...

Threesome

Threesome

1984

as Laura Shaper

Acting

A New York stockbroker introduces a girlfriend to his buddy from out of town, then regrets it.

The Streets

1984

as Jeannie

Acting

Undercover cops Wreade & Grozzo (Beck & Orbach) are searching for the identity of a gang leader who is selling handguns to people for their self prote...

The Fan

The Fan

1981

as Saleswoman in Record Store

5.8
Acting

A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with rejection, the fan strikes out in increasingly vio...