Denise Dillon was born on May 18,1951 and is an American actress and comedian best known for starring as Toby Pedalbee on the HBO comedy Dream On from 1990 to 1996.
18 Facts About Denny Dillon
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Denny Dillon was first known for her stage work and was nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway.
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Denny Dillon subsequently continued to act in theater and both teaches and performs improv comedy.
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Denny Dillon has lived in New York City and Los Angeles before moving to Ulster County, New York.
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Denny Dillon has performed on the Broadway stage, appearing as Agnes in the 1974 revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury; in the 1975 revival of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth; in the 1980 stage version of Harold and Maude; and as Mickey in the 1983 Gershwin musical My One and Only, starring Tommy Tune and Twiggy, for which she received a nomination for a Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Musical.
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Denny Dillon later appeared as a replacement cast member in the 2003 Broadway play Enchanted April.
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Denny Dillon made her big screen debut in Saturday Night Fever, playing Doreen, who asks John Travolta's character Tony if she can wipe his forehead.
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Denny Dillon auditioned for the premiere season of the late night variety television program Saturday Night Live in 1975, and though she was passed over by producer Lorne Michaels, she performed her "Talent Night at the Convent" act during the show's third episode, broadcast October 25,1975.
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When she auditioned to be a cast member for the show's sixth season in 1980, Denny Dillon beat out Mercedes Ruehl for the final female cast member slot.
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Denny Dillon provided the voice of Meadow Morn in the 1983 animated TV special The Magic of Herself the Elf.
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Denny Dillon began her role as Toby Pedalbee, loyal assistant to Martin Tupper, in the series Dream On in 1990.
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Denny Dillon portrayed Roseanne Barr in the 1994 made-for-TV movie Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography.
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Denny Dillon performed voice work for the 2002 animated film Ice Age.
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In regional theatre, Denny Dillon appeared in the new musical Triumph of Love at Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, in December 1996, as one of a "comic trio of clowns".
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Denny Dillon appeared in the Tennessee Williams plays 8 by Tenn at the Hartford Stage in 2003.
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Denny Dillon starred as Beatrice in the world premiere of Tom Dudzick's Don't Talk to the Actors at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York in September 2007.
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Denny Dillon has headed the "Improv Nation", based in the Hudson Valley, since 2006.
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Denny Dillon is an Artist in-Residence at SUNY Ulster where she teaches improvisation and is on the faculty of Primary Stages.