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LOS ANGELES – JUL 27: Delany at ABC All Star Summer TCA Party 2012 on July 27, 2012 in Beverly Hills, CA, DFree /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Dana Welles Delany
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 13, 1956
Ethnicity: Irish, English
Dana Delany is an American actress, producer, and voice actress. Her roles include the series Love of Life , As the World Turns , Sweet Surrender , China Beach , Wing Commander Academy , Superman: The Animated Series , as Lois Lane; Pasadena , Presidio Med , Justice League , Kidnapped , Desperate Housewives , Body of Proof , Hand of God , The Comedians , The Code , Tulsa King , and Mayans MC ; the films Almost You , Where the River Runs Black , Masquerade , Patty Hearst (1988), Moon over Parador , Light Sleeper , Housesitter , Tombstone (1993), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm , Exit to Eden , Live Nude Girls , Adventures of Mowgli , Fly Away Home , The Patron Saint of Liars , The Curve (1998), Wide Awake , The Right Temptation , Spin (2003), Superman: Brainiac Attacks , Route 30 , A Beautiful Life , Multiple Sarcasms , Camp Hope , Drunkboat , Freelancers (2012), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox , Literally, Right Before Aaron ; Wild Mountain Thyme , and The Union (2024); the mini-series Wild Palms and No Second Chance ; and the made-for-tv movies A Winner Never Quits , Donato and Daughter , The Enemy Within (1994), Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story , For Hope (1996), True Women , Resurrection (1998), Sirens (1999), Final Jeopardy , A Time to Remember , and Baby for Sale . She is considered to have had the longest tenure of playing Lois Lane, having voiced her over the span of seventeen years.
Dana is the daughter of Mary Burnett Welles, an interior designer, and John Joseph Delany, who was CEO of plumbing manufacturing firm Coyne & Delany Co. She was raised in Stamford, Connecticut.
Dana’s paternal grandfather was John Joseph Delany (the son of John Joseph Delany and Mary Kavanaugh). Dana’s grandfather John was Irish.
Dana’s paternal grandmother was named Ann Dorothy Gallagher. Ann was born in West Virginia.
Dana’s maternal grandfather was Charles Ralph Welles (the son of Charles Henry Welles and Martha Bigelow Curtiss). Dana’s grandfather Charles was born in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Dana’s great-grandfather Charles was born in Stratford, the son of Charles Curtis Welles and Caroline M. Wheeler. Dana’s great-grandfather Martha was born in Stratford, the daughter of Peter Pixlee Curtiss and Mary Esther Fitch.
Dana’s maternal grandmother was Helen Burnett Graves (the daughter of James Lincoln Graves and Cornelia Jane “Nelly” Poole). Helen was born in Oregon. James was born in Oregon, the son of Charles B. Graves and Mary Hardeman Burnett. Dana’s great-grandmother Cornelia was born in Oregon, the daughter of Martin Poole and Lydia Ann Guild.
Source: Genealogy of Dana Delany – https://gw.geneanet.org