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OCTOBER 1 2008
AMERICANWAY
Despite having turned down a role
on
Desperate Housewives
in 2004,
DanaDelanywasofferedanotherpart
on thehit show last season. (Sheknew
better than to say no a second time.)
Now, she’s feeling right at home on
Wisteria Lane. By Bryan Reesman
DESPERATELY
SEEKINGDANA
MANY ACTORS
become inseparable
from the popular characters they por-
tray, as if theyhavea second skin they
can’t shed. Not Dana Delany, though,
whose two best-known roles dis-
play her chameleonlike thespian
prowess and prove that she can
mine thedepths of goodgirls and
badgirlswithequal aplomb. The
52-year-old actress starred as
noble lieutenant nurse Colleen
McMurphy on the critically
acclaimed
ChinaBeach
from
1988 to 1991. Now, she
convincingly plays the de-
vious, damagedKatherine
Mayfair on
Desperate
Housewives
.
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