This page will contain external links about Diane Cilento, as they become available.Diane CilentoDiane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Rabaul Papua New Guinea) is a theater and film actress. Born to Raphael and Phyllis Cilento, both highly respected medical practitioners, Cilento and her family settled in Brisbane, Australia. She decided at a young age to follow a career as an actress and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. She quickly secured work in British films and steadily worked until the end of the decade without making a major impression with film audiences. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery. Cilento continued working as an actress both in films and television, and in the 1980s settled near Cairns Australia, where she built her own outdoor theater, named "Karnak", in the rainforest. The venture allows her to participate in experimental theater. This page about Diane Cilento includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Diane Cilento News stories about Diane Cilento External links for Diane Cilento Videos for Diane Cilento Wikis about Diane Cilento Discussion Groups about Diane Cilento Blogs about Diane Cilento Images of Diane Cilento |
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The venture allows her to participate in experimental theater. But her main internet venue has been her Official Web Site (http://www.danadelany.com/), online since 1996, which includes a guestbook that she occasionally posts to, answering questions from her fans, and updating them on her life and work. Cilento continued working as an actress both in films and television, and in the 1980s settled near Cairns Australia, where she built her own outdoor theater, named "Karnak", in the rainforest. Since the mid-1990s, she has participated in several online chat events promoting various projects. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery. A rather unique facet to Dana's career is her presence on the internet. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. Working with director Bob Saget, Dana starred in the TV movie For Hope (1996), based on Saget's sister Gay, who had died as a result of the disease. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. Since the mid-'90s, Dana has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation (http://www.srfcure.org/srf/index.htm), and with her friend Sharon Monsky, she helped campaign for support in finding a cure for scleroderma. She quickly secured work in British films and steadily worked until the end of the decade without making a major impression with film audiences. Dana also found time to get back to the stage, on and off Broadway, in Translations (1995 - Broadway), Dinner With Friends (2000 - New York City, Los Angeles, Boston), and Much Ado About Nothing (2003 - San Diego). She decided at a young age to follow a career as an actress and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. Thus, she focused on roles in TV series, such as the shortlived Pasadena (2001) and Presidio Med (2002); TV movies like True Women (1997), Resurrection (1999), A Time to Remember (2003) and Baby for Sale (2004); and feature films by indie film producers, such as The Outfitters (1999), and Spin (2003). Born to Raphael and Phyllis Cilento, both highly respected medical practitioners, Cilento and her family settled in Brisbane, Australia. The latter part of the 1990s and early 2000s showed Dana's preference for projects that challenged her. Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Rabaul Papua New Guinea) is a theater and film actress. This resulted in her being one of the few to be mentioned by name in the Animaniacs theme song. animated productions of Superman in the 1990s. Dana provided voice-over work as Lois Lane in the Warner Bros. Dana took on controversial roles such as Margaret Sanger in the TV movie Choices of the Heart(1995), Mistress Lisa in the 1994 feature film adaptation of the Anne Rice book Exit to Eden, and a gun-owning mother in an episode of the TV series Family Law (1999) (which was not rerun, due to sponsorship withdrawal). Leveraging this newfound fame, Dana appeared in feature films such as Light Sleeper (1992), Housesitter (1992), and Tombstone (1993), and TV movies such as Promise to Keep (1991), and Wild Palms (1993). The significant break for Dana occurred when she was cast as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach, airing from 1988 to 1991, bringing intense media attention to the actress. The next few years consisted of small parts in various films and TV guest spots, including 3 notable episodes on Magnum P.I. and an appearance on Moonlighting (TV series).. Her early TV work included As the World Turns and Love of Life, then going on to perform in A Life on Broadway in 1980. After growing up in Connecticut, Dana attended Phillips Academy in Andover, then Wesleyan University. Known mainly for her 2-time Emmy Award winning performance as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show China Beach (1988-1991), Dana Delany has been an actress in films, television, and stage since the late 1970s. Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956 in New York City, New York) is an American film, stage, and television actress. |