Years active 1956–1983 Name Leora Dana | Role Film actress | |
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Born April 1, 1923 ( 1923-04-01 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation American film, TV and stage actress Died December 13, 1983, New York City, New York, United States Spouse Kurt Kasznar (m. 1950–1958) Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Movies 3:10 to Yuma, Some Came Running, Kings Go Forth, Pollyanna, Amityville 3‑D Similar People Felicia Farr, Delmer Daves, Kurt Kasznar, Nancy Gates, Betty Lou Keim | ||
Bernard Durning THE RAVEN BY POE Leora Dana
Leora Dana (April 1, 1923 – December 13, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actress.
Contents
- Bernard Durning THE RAVEN BY POE Leora Dana
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Legacy Season 1 Episode 35 Review
- Education
- Stage
- Film
- Television
- Awards
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Legacy", Season 1, Episode 35 - Review
Education
Dana was born in New York City and graduated from Barnard College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Stage
In 1947, Dana made her stage debut in London. In 1948, she debuted on Broadway in The Madwoman of Chaillot.
Film
After appearing in the 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma with Van Heflin and Glenn Ford, Dana had supporting roles in two 1958 Frank Sinatra films; Kings Go Forth and Some Came Running. Her other film credits included Pollyanna (1960), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), The Group (1966), The Boston Strangler (1968), Change of Habit (1969), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Wild Rovers (1971), Shoot the Moon (1982), Baby It's You (1983), and Amityville 3-D (1983).
Television
Dana guest-starred in three episodes of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In 1961, Dana appeared in an episode ("The Scott Machine") of the television series The Asphalt Jungle, and later appeared in the 1977 miniseries Seventh Avenue. In 1978-1979, Dana played the role of alcoholic clothing designer Sylvie Kosloff, the biological mother of villainess Iris Cory (Beverlee McKinsey) on the NBC daytime soap opera "Another World".
Awards
Dana won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play in 1973 for The Last of Mrs. Lincoln and the Clarence Derwent Award for her work in The Madwoman of Chaillot.
Personal life
Dana was married to actor Kurt Kasznar from 1950 to 1958; the childless union ended in divorce.
Death
Dana died of cancer, aged 60, December 13, 1983, in New York City. She was survived by a sister, Doris Dana.
Filmography
Actress
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever as
Joyce
1983
Amityville 3-D as
Emma Caswell
1983
Baby It's You as
Miss Vernon
1982
Shoot the Moon as
Charlotte DeVoe
1980
Nurse (TV Movie) as
Celia O'Brien
1978
Another World (TV Series) as
Sylvie Kosloff
- Episode #1.3898 (1979) - Sylvie Kosloff
- Episode #1.3756 (1979) - Sylvie Kosloff
- Episode #1.3620 (1978) - Sylvie Kosloff
1978
The Dain Curse (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Huntoon
- Episode #1.1 (1978) - Mrs. Huntoon
1977
Seventh Avenue (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Gold
1976
The Adams Chronicles (TV Mini Series) as
Abigail Adams
- Chapter VIII: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State (1976) - Abigail Adams
- Chapter VI: John Adams, President (1976) - Abigail Adams
- Chapter V: John Adams, Vice President (1976) - Abigail Adams
1974
The American Parade (TV Mini Series) as
Susan B Anthony
- We the Women (1974) - Susan B Anthony
1971
Wild Rovers as
Nell Buckman
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as
Mrs. Kramer
1969
Change of Habit as
Mother Joseph
1969
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) as
Frieda Elliot
- Everybody Loved Him (1969) - Frieda Elliot
1968
The Boston Strangler as
Mary Bottomly
1967
Judd for the Defense (TV Series) as
Elizabeth Rossiter
- Conspiracy (1967) - Elizabeth Rossiter
1966
The Group as
Mrs. Renfrew
1965
For the People (TV Series) as
Betty Bauer
- Act of Violence: Part 2 (1965) - Betty Bauer
1965
The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) as
Betty Bauer
- Act of Violence (1965) - Betty Bauer
1964
Slattery's People (TV Series) as
Mary Sanborn
- Question: What Is Truth? (1964) - Mary Sanborn
1964
The Lieutenant (TV Series) as
Edith Kaine
- Operation - Actress (1964) - Edith Kaine
1964
Channing (TV Series) as
Fran
- A Claim to Immortality (1964) - Fran
1963
A Gathering of Eagles as
Mrs. Evelyn Fowler
1963
Stoney Burke (TV Series) as
Ellen Mundorf
- The King of the Hill (1963) - Ellen Mundorf
1962
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Mrs. Duncan
- And Even Death Shall Die (1962) - Mrs. Duncan
1962
Bus Stop (TV Series) as
Katherine Benson
- The Opposite Virtues (1962) - Katherine Benson
1956
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) as
Abby Hill
- A Nightmare at Bleak Hill (1962)
- The Climate of Marriage (1958)
- The Bromley Touch (1958) - Abby Hill
- Sauce for the Goose (1956)
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) as
Carol Clark
- The Treadmill (1961) - Carol Clark
1961
The Working Mother (TV Movie) as
Laura Tyler
1961
The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) as
Doris Scott
- The Scott Machine (1961) - Doris Scott
1961
The Aquanauts (TV Series) as
Viviam
- The Margot Adventure (1961) - Viviam
1960
Pollyanna as
Mrs. Paul Ford
1960
Startime (TV Series) as
Mrs. Tawley
- Incident at a Corner (1960) - Mrs. Tawley
1960
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Eleanor Lambert
- A Dream of Treason (1960) - Eleanor Lambert
1959
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Anne Coleman
- King of the Valley (1959) - Anne Coleman
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Naomi Shawn / Vera Brown / Irene Cole
- Your Witness (1959) - Naomi Shawn
- John Brown's Body (1956) - Vera Brown
- The Legacy (1956) - Irene Cole
1959
The Third Man (TV Series) as
Gwen Easterday
- Death of an Overlord (1959) - Gwen Easterday
1959
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) as
Janet Kennedy
- High Class Type of Mongrel (1959) - Janet Kennedy
1958
Some Came Running as
Agnes Hirsh
1953
Kraft Theatre (TV Series) as
Marion Hunter / Anna / Louise
- Next Door to Death (1958)
- The Medallion (1957) - Marion Hunter
- One Way West (1956) - Anna
- Babies for Sale (1956)
- The Sears Girl (1956) - Louise
- Full of the Old Harry (1954)
- Lobblies Never Lie (1953)
1958
Kings Go Forth as
Mrs. Blair
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Dame Van Winkle
- Rip Van Winkle (1958) - Dame Van Winkle
1958
Suspicion (TV Series) as
Sue Carey
- The Eye of Truth (1958) - Sue Carey
1957
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mrs. Ditwiter
- Neighbors (1957)
- The Traveling Corpse (1957) - Mrs. Ditwiter
1957
Climax! (TV Series) as
Rose Skinner
- Tunnel of Fear (1957) - Rose Skinner
1957
3:10 to Yuma as
Mrs. Alice Evans
1957
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (Short) as
Anne Fry
1956
Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
The Widow Tooper
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1956) - The Widow Tooper
1956
Telephone Time (TV Series) as
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Mr. and Mrs. Browning (1956) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1949
Studio One (TV Series) as
Margaret Norton / Laura Ford / Marjorie
- The Arena (1956) - Margaret Norton
- The Incredible World of Horace Ford (1955) - Laura Ford
- Berkeley Square (1949) - Marjorie
1956
Star Tonight (TV Series) as
Mrs. Teeling
- The Chevigny Man (1956) - Mrs. Teeling
1953
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Ruth
- Man in Shadow (1956) - Ruth
- Sudden Disaster (1955)
- Flare-Up (1954)
- So Close the Stars (1954)
- A Time to Live (1953)
1955
Appointment with Adventure (TV Series) as
Louisa
- Priceless Cargo (1955) - Louisa
1954
Justice (TV Series)
- Fear by Day (1955)
- The Safe-Cracker (1954)
1954
Ponds Theater (TV Series)
- The Forger (1955)
- Dark Victory (1954)
1953
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) as
Birnam's Girlfriend
- The Lost Weekend (1955) - Birnam's Girlfriend
- The Woman Who Hated Children (1953)
1953
The Web (TV Series)
- A Name for Death (1954)
- A Case of Escape (1953)
1954
Valley of the Kings as
Lovely Girl (uncredited)
1952
Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)
- Dear Harriet Heart-Throb (1954)
- Four Meetings (1952)
1954
The Motorola Television Hour (TV Series) as
Thea
- Black Chiffon (1954) - Thea
1953
Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV Series)
- Innocent Till Proven Guilty (1953)
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Clarice / Emmy Blanchard
- A Letter to Mr. Priest (1952)
- Come Alive (1951)
- Mr. Arcularis (1951) - Clarice
- Nocturne (1950) - Emmy Blanchard
- A Letter to Mr. Priest (1950)
1952
Curtain Call (TV Series)
- The Season of Divorce (1952)
1951
The Clock (TV Series)
- The Lily Pond (1951)
1950
Masterpiece Playhouse (TV Series)
- Uncle Vanya (1950)
Self
1973
The 27th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1960
The Fabulous Fifties (Documentary) as
Narrator (segment "Gift from the Sea") (voice)
1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series) as
Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
- Jerry Lewis, Georgia Gibbs, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel, Buster Crabbe, cast members of "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1956) - Self - rehearsing for 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression 3:10 to Yuma de Delmer Daves (2023)
1963
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Mrs. Ford
- Pollyanna: Part 3 (1963) - Mrs. Ford
- Pollyanna: Part 2 (1963) - Mrs. Ford
- Pollyanna: Part 1 (1963) - Mrs. Ford
References
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