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Dinah Manoff

 
Actor: Dinah Manoff
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  • Born: Jan 25, 1958 in New York City, New York
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Child's Play, Maid for Each Other, I Ought to Be in Pictures
  • First Major Screen Credit: I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

Biography

Actress Dinah Manoff is the daughter of actress/director Lee Grant and playwright Arnold Manoff. A graduate of California School of the Arts, Dinah made her first acting appearance in a PBS special. She won a Tony award as the neurotic daughter of an irresponsible movie screenwriter in Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures; she re-created this role in the 1982 film version, acting opposite Walter Matthau and her mother Lee Grant. On television, Manoff played Elaine Lefkowitz on the serial satire Soap (1978-79), securing a niche in TV history as the first sitcom regular to be "murdered" on-camera. Dinah Manoff later co-starred as Carol Weston opposite fellow Soap alumnus Richard Mulligan on the weekly comedy Empty Nest (1988-1993). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Dinah Manoff
Born Dinah Beth Manoff [1]
January 25, 1958 (1958-01-25) (age 51)
New York City, New York, United States
Spouse(s) Arthur Mortell (1997–present)

Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1958) is an American stage and film actress.

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Biography

Career

Dinah Manoff first played Marty Maraschino, as one of the Pink Ladies (along with Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo, Didi Conn as Frenchy and Jamie Donnelly as Jan) in the movie "Grease" (1978) and it remains one of her best known roles. In 1980, Manoff won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, and the Theatre World Award for her performance in the Broadway play, I Ought to Be in Pictures. In 1982 she reprised her role for the film version, starring with Walter Matthau. In 1985, she portrayed songwriter Ellie Greenwich in the Broadway jukebox musical Leader of the Pack. Other film appearances include Ordinary People (1980), Bloodhounds of Broadway and Child's Play (both 1988).

On television, she is known for her roles as Elaine Lefkowitz Dallas on the TV sitcom Soap and Carol Weston on the TV sitcom Empty Nest. She also co-starred in the cable television series State of Grace.

Personal life

Manoff was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actress/director/writer Lee Grant (née Lyova Rosenthal) and screenwriter Arnold Manoff.[1] She is of Russian Jewish descent. Manoff is married to Arthur Mortell.

References

  1. ^ a b Dinah Manoff Biography (1958-)

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Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play (1976-2000)

Shirley Knight (1976) · Trazana Beverley (1977) · Ann Wedgeworth (1978) · Joan Hickson (1979) · Dinah Manoff (1980) · Swoosie Kurtz (1981) · Amanda Plummer (1982) · Judith Ivey (1983) · Christine Baranski (1984) · Judith Ivey (1985) · Swoosie Kurtz (1986) · Mary Alice (1987) · L. Scott Caldwell (1988) · Christine Baranski (1989) · Margaret Tyzack (1990) · Irene Worth (1991) · Brid Brennan (1992) · Debra Monk (1993) · Jane Adams (1994) · Frances Sternhagen (1995) · Audra McDonald (1996) · Lynne Thigpen (1997) · Anna Manahan (1998) · Elizabeth Franz (1999) · Blair Brown (2000)

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