Dinah Beth Manoff was born on January 25,1956 and is an American stage, film, and television actress and television director.
22 Facts About Dinah Manoff
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Dinah Manoff is best known for her roles as Carol Weston on Empty Nest, Elaine Lefkowitz on Soap, Marty Maraschino in the film Grease, and Libby Tucker in both the stage and film adaptations of I Ought to Be in Pictures, for which she won a Tony Award.
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Dinah Manoff spent her childhood and teenage years in New York City and Malibu, California.
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Dinah Manoff attended the New Lincoln School and Santa Monica High School and later studied at the Actors Studio.
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In 1978, Dinah Manoff got the role of Elaine Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap, and remained on the show until the end of the year.
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Dinah Manoff made her film debut in 1978 as Marty Maraschino, one of the Pink Ladies, in the movie version of Grease.
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In 1980, Dinah Manoff made her Broadway debut as Libby Tucker in Neil Simon's Broadway play, I Ought to Be in Pictures.
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Dinah Manoff reprised that role for the film version in 1982, with Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret.
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Also in 1980, Dinah Manoff appeared as Karen, the suicidal friend of Timothy Hutton's character, in the multiple Oscar-winning Ordinary People.
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In 1985, Dinah Manoff portrayed songwriter Ellie Greenwich in the Broadway jukebox musical Leader of the Pack.
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Dinah Manoff then started a seven-year stint as Carol Weston on the NBC sitcom Empty Nest which was a spin off of The Golden Girls, a role for which she is best known on television, and appeared in every episode of the series.
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In 1989, Dinah Manoff appeared in minor roles in two films late in the year: Bloodhounds of Broadway and Staying Together.
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In 1990, Dinah Manoff appeared in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels.
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In 1999, Dinah Manoff directed the 82nd episode of the television series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, titled "Prelude to a Kiss".
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In 2000, Dinah Manoff appeared in the TV movie The Lost Child starring Mercedes Ruehl.
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Just a few months later in 2001, Dinah Manoff returned to film work by starring in The Amati Girls, the sole movie released theatrically in which her mother and she have appeared together.
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Dinah Manoff appeared in a second 2001 movie, Zigs, starring Beverly Hills, 90210's Jason Priestley.
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From 2001 to 2002, Dinah Manoff co-starred in the cable television series State of Grace.
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In 2003, Dinah Manoff played Aunt Marla in A Carol Christmas, a variation on Charles Dickens' classic story.
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In celebration of the poet Oscar Wilde's 150th birthday in 2004, Dinah Manoff read some of his works in the documentary Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde.
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Dinah Manoff is the daughter of actress Lee Grant and screenwriter Arnold Dinah Manoff.
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Dinah Manoff was married to French designer Jean-Marc Joubert from 1980 to 1985.