Denny Dillon
Denny Dillon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on May 18th, 1951 and is the Stage Actress. At the age of 72, Denny Dillon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Denise "Denny" Dillon (born May 18, 1951) is an American actress and comedian.
Dillon, the first known as a stage actress and also did other television and film acting, after being nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway.
She has continued to perform in theatre, taught and appeared in improv comedy in recent years.
Early life
Dillon was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has lived in New York City and Los Angeles before relocating to Ulster County, New York.
Personal life
Dillon said she was gay and had married Barbara Smiley a year and a half before, in a Vulture interview in August 2020. They live in the Hudson Valley of New York. Even though she was out to most of her coworkers on Saturday Night Live, she was uncertain if producer Jean Doumanian or NBC executive Dick Ebersol were aware, saying, "It was a different time."
Career
In the 1975 revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury; in the 1975 revival of Humanity's The Skin of Our Teeth; and as Mickey in the 1983 Gershwin musical My One and Only, starring Tommy Tune and Twiggy, for which she was nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical. Enchanted April, she appeared later in the 2003 Broadway revival as a replacement cast member.
Dillon made her big screen debut in Saturday Night Fever, playing Dolly, who begs John Travolta's character Tony if she can wipe his forehead.
Dillon performed in the first season of Saturday Night Live in 1975, and though she was passed over by producer Lorne Michaels, she gave her "Good Night at the Convent" act during the show's third episode, which was broadcast on October 25, 1975. Mercedes Ruehl was beaten for the final female cast member slot in the series.
On the HBO cable sitcom Dream On, Dillon appeared as Toby Pedalbee, Brian Benben's cynical yet loyal employee.
Meadow Morn appeared in the 1983 animated television film special The Magic of Herself the Elf. Other television appearances include an episode titled "Educating Rhonda" on Night Court (Dillon). Judy on the television series Dr. Science (1987). Roseanne Barr was the protagonist in the Made-for-TV film Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography in 1994.
Dillon did voice work in the animated film Ice Age in 2002.
Dillon appeared in the latest musical Triumph of Love at Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, as one of a "comic trio of clowns" in regional theater. In 2003, she appeared in the Tennessee Williams plays 8 by Tenn at the Hartford Stage. At the Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York, Dillon starred as Beatrice in Tom Dudzick's Don't Talk to the Actors. She appeared in a new musical in "progress" from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach at Goodspeed Musicals in Chester, Connecticut, in October. Berthe plays Berthe in Boeing-Boeing at Hartford Stage in January 2012.
Since 2006, Dillon has been head of "Improv Nation," a Hudson Valley company (New York). She is an Artist in Residence at SUNY Ulster, where she teaches improvisation and is on the faculty of Primary Stages.