Happy Birthday, Dinah Manoff.

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-- Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1958) is an American stage and film actress.
-- 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 1985, she portrayed songwriter Ellie Greenwich in the jukebox musical Leader of the Pack. Some of her film appearances include Grease (1977, as Marty), Ordinary People (1980) and Child's Play (1988).

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-- Are you a fan of Dinah Manoff?
-- Do daughters of famous mothers have a harder time making their own name?
-- Were you a fan of Empty Nest, the spin-off of Golden Girls?

posted by JoyceGA

-- On television, Dinah Manoff is known for her role as Carol Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest, and her role as Elaine Lefkowitz-Dallas on Soap. She also co-starred in the cable television series State of Grace.
-- Manoff was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of actress/director/writer Lee Grant (née Lyova Rosenthal) and screenwriter Arnold Manoff. She is of Russian Jewish descent.
-- Manoff is married to Arthur Mortell; they have three sons, including twins Oliver and Desi, born on January 18, 2002. She lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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Leader of the Pack (Original Broadway Production, 1985). Cast: Ellie Greenwich, Patrick Cassidy, Dinah Manoff, Dennis Bailey. Dinah Manoff and company perform a medley on the Tonys.
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Empty Nest Theme. A 1988 spin-off of Golden Girls. Dinah Manoff and Kristy McNichol play sisters to their doctor father Richard Mulligan.
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SOAP – scene between Elaine and Danny
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posted by JoyceGA
about 1 year ago

State Of Grace was a terrific show, my daughter got me hooked on it. And Dinah Manoff was so good. The show got critical acclaim but in the end didn't make it, which was a shame.

posted by luv2rite
about 1 year ago

We watched her in Empty Nest. I always liked that show but didn't realize it was a spin off of Golden Girls.
My daughters loved the film "Grease". I do remember seeing Dinah Manoff in that. For some reason she reminds me a little of Marcia Gay Harden.

posted by gethatgirladream
about 1 year ago

• • She looks like her mother LEE GRANT, Joyce.
• • I do not own a TV and never heard of her, though. I'm glad some folks here are familiar with her work, however.
;-D
• • come up and see Mae • •