Dinah Manoff

Dinah Manoff's biography

Dinah Beth Manoff is 64 years old stage actor born at New York, New York, USA. Dinah was born on Saturday 25th of January 1958. She is often nicknamed as Dinah Manoff Mortell. According to year of birth 1958 she belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 25th of January means Dinah is Aquarius. Aquarius is an Airy sign. They are smart thinkers, social, communicative, independent and intelligent people.

She is white american. Dinah is citizen of United States of America. Dinah´s primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know her also as film actor. She is recently known as television actor.

Dinah Manoff's dad

Dinah Manoff's father's name is Arnold Manoff. He is known as screenwriter. Her father was born on Wednesday 15th of April 1914 in New York City.

Dinah Manoff's mom

Dinah Manoff's mother's name is Lee Grant. Lee is known as film director. Her mother was born on Monday 31st of October 1927 in Manhattan. Dinah Manoff was born when she was 31 years old.

Dinah Manoff's schools

We found 2 schools Dinah attended. Complete list of schools: Actors Studio, New Lincoln School.

Dinah Manoff's career

Her main focus is to be stage actor. Dinah is famous thanks to Grease.

Awards and competitions

Dinah Manoff's Awards

• Won Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "I Ought to be in Pictures," a part she recreated in the film version of the same title, I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982).

What Dinah Manoff has done for a first time

• Had her first son Dashiell at age 41. Later she also had twin sons, Oliver and Desi, a week before her 46th birthday.

Dinah Manoff's quotes

• I am my father's daughter: I have his language, his expressions.
• I started acting as a way to support myself.
• I remember unbelievable tension in our home. There were lots of meetings, lots of worries. I remember my father told me I had to be careful of what I said on the phone because it was tapped. And I remember how his friends adored and revered him.
• I'd grown up in a production company, but discovering the importance of the work, I realized I had something to bring here.
• I happen to think, really, that I'm good at what I do.
• I think that from 15 to, like, 18, I went through a very rough time. Something basically everyone goes through in those years - not knowing what you're going to do.
• Mother was so good that I was defeated even before I started to be an actress. I thought I could never make it unless I spent years in the Actors Studios, went on the blacklist and lived in New York, as she did.
• Once you have been hot and cold, you get real appreciative when you got a place to go every day with decent material, a paycheck to come in, and nice people to work with.
• I loved being a troublemaker. At Santa Monica High, I would smoke on campus, go barefoot, anything.
• I'm an entertainer: I want to make people laugh, cry. I want to move them.
• I sure don't miss going out on auditions!
• I work out. I eat great. I'm in shape.
• I'm a slob. I live in sweatpants and workout clothes.
• Definitely, I have a New York personality.
• I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.
• I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.
• I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.
• My mother is a hardcore actor's actor. She's not a celebrity. She really isn't... And so her main concern was that I not fall into the auditioning-is-my-life syndrome.
• I don't understand people who want to leave a good job. To me, without being terribly judgmental, those are people who haven't gone through their stint of being out of work for long periods of time.
• My mother used to ask me to stay home from school and keep her company. I'd fake I was sick, and she'd fake believing me.
• I wear a St. Christopher medal. On the back it says: 'Good luck, good luck, good luck - Mama.'
• I've always dated hunks.
• I'm clean and sober.
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Dinah Manoff's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Dinah Manoff looks. We will focus on Dinah´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Dinah is tall as 5' 4" (163 cm). Body build is average. Dinah´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. Dinah´s hair is shade of brown - dark.