Denny Dillon
Biography
Denny Dillon is an American actress and comedian who came up through the stage, earning a Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical for the Gershwin show My One and Only. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she played Agnes in a 1974 revival of Gypsy and later appeared on Broadway in Enchanted April. Her film debut came in Saturday Night Fever (1977). On television she joined the cast of Saturday Night Live for its 1980 to 1981 season and co-starred on the Fox sitcom Women in Prison. Her best known role was Toby Pedalbee on the HBO comedy Dream On, which she played from 1990 to 1996. She also did voice work in Ice Age (2002), and she has taught and performed improv comedy, heading the Hudson Valley group Improv Nation since 2006.
75years old
Turns 76 on May 18in 218 days
- Born Cleveland
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Denise Dillon
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 46 years1977 to 2023
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Big break
Denny Dillon tried out in 1975 for the first season of Saturday Night Live, but Lorne Michaels, the producer, turned her down. Even so, she did her "Talent Night at the Convent" act on the show's third episode, which aired October 25, 1975.
First role
In Saturday Night Fever, Dillon played Doreen, a woman who asks Tony, John Travolta's character, if she can wipe his forehead. The film was her big screen debut.
Behind the camera
Dillon has headed the Hudson Valley-based "Improv Nation" since 2006 and teaches improvisation as an Artist in-Residence at SUNY Ulster.
Denny Dillon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Denny Dillon shares two films with Stephen Root, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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John Leguizamo's page
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Owen Wilson's page
All films by Carlos Saldanha
All films by Chris Wedge
All films by Paul Greengrass
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