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{{more footnotes|date=March 2013}}{{Infobox person | image = Leora-dana-trailer.jpg | imagesize = 269px | caption = Leora Dana in trailer for Some Came Running (1958) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|1|mf=yes}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|12|13|1923|4|1|mf=yes}} | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | occupation = American film, TV and stage actress | years_active = 1956–1983 | spouse = {{marriage|Kurt Kasznar|1950|1958|end=divorced}} | awards = Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play }}Leora Dana (April 1, 1923 – December 13, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actress. EducationDana was born in New York City and graduated from Barnard College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[1][1] StageIn 1947, Dana made her stage debut in London.[1] In 1948, she debuted on Broadway in The Madwoman of Chaillot.[1] FilmAfter 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). TelevisionDana 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". AwardsDana 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.[1] Personal lifeDana was married to actor Kurt Kasznar from 1950 to 1958; the childless union ended in divorce. DeathDana died of cancer, aged 60, December 13, 1983 in New York City. She was survived by a sister, Doris Dana.[2] Filmography Film Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Valley of the Kings | Lovely Girl | Uncredited | 1957 | 3:10 to Yuma | Alice Evans | 1958 | Kings Go Forth | Mrs. Blair | 1958 | Some Came Running | Agnes Hirsh | 1960 | Pollyanna | Mrs. Paul Ford | 1963 | {{sortname>A|Gathering of Eagles}} | Evelyn Fowler | 1966 | {{sortname>The|Group|The Group (film)}} | Mrs. Renfrew | 1968 | {{sortname>The|Boston Strangler|The Boston Strangler (film)}} | Mary Bottomly | 1969 | Change of Habit | Mother Joseph | 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Mrs. Kramer | 1971 | Wild Rovers | Nell Buckman | 1982 | Shoot the Moon | Charlotte DeVoe | 1983 | Baby It's You | Miss Vernon | 1983 | Amityville 3-D | Emma Caswell | 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Joyce | (final film role) |
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1950 | {{sortname>The|Philco Television Playhouse}} | Emmy Blanchard | "Nocturne" | 1951 | {{sortname>The|Philco Television Playhouse}} | Clarice | "Mr. Arcularis" | 1954 | {{sortname>The|Motorola Television Hour}} | Thea | "Black Chiffon" | 1956 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Ruth | "Man in Shadow" | 1955 | Studio One | Laura Ford | "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" | 1956 | Studio One | Margaret Norton | "The Arena" | 1956 | Star Tonight | Mrs. Teeling | "The Chevigny Man" | 1956 | Telephone Time | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | "Mr. and Mrs. Browning" | 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Irene Cole / Vera Brown | "The Legacy", "John Brown's Body" | 1956 | Kraft Television Theatre | Louise | "The Sears Girl" | 1957 | Kraft Television Theatre | Marion Hunter | "The Medallion" | 1957 | Climax! | Rose Skinner | "Tunnel of Fear" | 1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Mrs. Ditwiter | "The Traveling Corpse" | 1958 | Suspicion | Sue Carey | "The Eye of Truth" | 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Dame Van Winkle | "Rip Van Winkle" | 1958 | {{sortname>The|United States Steel Hour}} | Abby Hill | "The Bromley Touch" | 1959 | Alcoa Theatre | Janet Kennedy | "High Class Type of Mongrel" | 1959 | {{sortname>The|Third Man|The Third Man (TV series)}} | Gwen Easterday | "Death of an Overlord" | 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Naomi Shawn | "Your Witness" | 1959 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Anne Coleman | "King of the Valley" | 1960 | Playhouse 90 | Eleanor Lambert | "A Dream of Treason" | 1960 | Startime | Mrs. Tawley | "Incident at a Corner" | 1961 | {{sortname>The|Aquanauts}} | Viviam | "The Margot Adventure" | 1961 | {{sortname>The|Asphalt Jungle}} | Doris Scott | "The Scott Machine" | 1961 | {{sortname>The|Working Mother|nolink=1}} | Laura Tyler | TV film | 1961 | {{sortname>The|Defenders|The Defenders (1961 TV series)}} | Carol Clark | "The Treadmill" | 1962 | Bus Stop | Katherine Benson | "The Opposite Virtues" | 1962 | Ben Casey | Mrs. Duncan | "And Even Death Shall Die" | 1963 | Stoney Burke | Ellen Mundorf | "The King of the Hill" | 1964 | Channing | Fran | "A Claim to Immortality" | 1964 | {{sortname>The|Lieutenant}} | Edith Kaine | "Operation - Actress" | 1964 | Slattery's People | Mary Sanborn | "Question: What Is Truth?" | 1965 | {{sortname>The|Nurses|The Nurses (CBS TV series)}} | Betty Bauer | "Act of Violence" | 1965 | For the People | Betty Bauer | "Act of Violence: Part 2" | 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | Elizabeth Rossiter | "Conspiracy" | 1969 | N.Y.P.D. | Frieda Elliot | "Everybody Loved Him" | 1974 | {{sortname>The|American Parade|nolink=1}} | Susan B. Anthony | "We the Women" | 1976 | {{sortname>The|Adams Chronicles}} | Abigail Smith Adams (age 44–74) | TV miniseries | 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Mrs. Gold | TV miniseries | 1979–80 | Another World | Sylvie Kosloff | TV series | 1980 | Nurse | Celia O'Brien | TV film |
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1952 | Grand Central Station | Seed of Doubt[3] |
References1. ^1 Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. {{ISBN|0-399-50601-2}}. P. 301. 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Leora Dana, 60, Stage Actress|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/14/obituaries/leora-dana-60-stage-actress.html|accessdate=2 June 2015|agency=New York Times|date=December 14, 1983}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2533510/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=February 17, 1952|page=40|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 1, 2015}} {{Open access}}
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- Leora Dana at the University of Wisconsin's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223020/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 Actors Studio audio collection]
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