Dana Barron is an American actress who is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television.
11 Facts About Dana Barron
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Dana Barron's father, Robert Weeks Barron, was a director of commercials and a Congregationalist church pastor; Robert founded The Weist-Barron School of Television, the first commercial and soap opera acting for television school in the world.
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Dana Barron's grandfather was an opera singer, and her mother moved from Alabama to become an actress.
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Barron's sister, Allison, had been doing TV commercials at a young age, and Barron told her father that she wished to do the same.
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Dana Barron began acting at age 10, doing TV commercials as well.
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In 1983, Dana Barron starred in the Chevy Chase comedy National Lampoon's Vacation, originating the role of Audrey Griswold.
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Dana Barron received a Daytime Emmy Award in 1989 for her appearance in the CBS after-school special No Means No Dana Barron appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1984 to 1985 as Michelle Boudin.
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Dana Barron starred in the 1998 The Magnificent Seven as Casey.
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Dana Barron had a recurring role as Nikki Witt on the Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210, during which she was able to make her character's clothes and modify her lines.
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Dana Barron has made guest appearances on TV shows including The Equalizer, In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, and Babylon 5 as a telepath named Lauren Ashley in the Season 5 episode "The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father".
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Dana Barron was in a long term relationship with filmmaker Michael Vickerman.