Dinah Manoff
Dinah Manoff, born January 25, 1958 in New York, New York, is the
daughter of actress Lee Grant and TV writer Arnold Manoff. A graduate of
California School of the Arts, she made her feature film debut in the classic
musical Grease as Marty, the sex-kitten of the Pink Ladies. She won a
Tony for her role in Neil Simon's play I Ought to Be in Pictures, and
reprised the role for the movie version with Walter Matthau. Dinah became the
first sitcom regular to be "murdered" on-camera during her years on the series
Soap, starring fellow Empty Nest cast member Richard Mulligan. She
became a mother in March of 1997 and continued to act, direct and write
screenplays, popping up again on televion in 2001 with the cable series State
of Grace. She gave birth to twin boys in 2002. Dinah's has guest starred on
such series as Mork & Mindy, Touched By An Angel,
Cybill, Lou Grant, Murder, She Wrote, Blossom,
George & Leo, and others. Her directing credits include episodes of
Sister, Sister, Minor Adjustments, Brother's Keeper, and
several episodes of Empty Nest.
Spouse:
? (?-?);
Divorced
Arthur Mortell; three sons, Dashiel (born 1997), Oliver and Desi
(twins, born 2002)
Awards: 1980 Tony Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Featured Actress in a Broadway Play--"I Ought to Be in
Pictures." 1993 Dramalogue Award for Best Director--"Telegrams from
Heaven."
Filmography:
Bart Got a Room
(2008) .... Mrs. Goodson
A Carol Christmas (2003) (TV) .... Marla
"State
of Grace" (2001) TV Series
Amati Girls, The (2001) (TV)
Lost Child, The
(2000) (TV)
Maid for Each Other (1992) (TV) .... Tibby Bloom
Babies
(1990) (TV) .... Laura
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) .... Evelyn
Whittacher
Cover Girl and the Cop, The (1989) (TV) .... Denise
Danielovitch
.... aka Beauty & Denise (1989) (TV)
Bloodhounds of
Broadway (1989) .... Maud Milligan
Staying Together (1989) .... Lois
Cook
"Empty Nest" (1988) TV Series .... Carol Weston
Child's Play (1988)
.... Maggie Peterson
Backfire (1987) .... Jill
Classified Love (1986)
(TV) .... Teresa (pictured)
"Celebrity" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Missy
Craymore
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984) (TV) .... Priscilla
Tirado
... aka Flight No. 90 (1984) (TV)
... aka Florida Flight 90 (1984)
(TV)
Matter of Sex, A (1984) (TV)
Seduction of Gina, The (1984) (TV)
... aka Another High Roller (1984) (TV)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
.... Libby
For Ladies Only (1981) (TV) .... Mary Louise
Ordinary People
(1980) .... Karen
Grease (1978) .... Marty (pictured)
"Soap" (1977) TV
Series .... Elaine Lefkowitz (1978-1979)
Raid on Entebbe (1977) (TV) ....
Rachel Sager
Possessed, The (1977) (TV)
Night Terror (1977)
(TV)
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