Dinah Lenney

Dinah Lenney

Acting
1956-11-18
Englewood, New Jersey, USA

Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

#1Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Prison Warden

8.0 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

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#2Married... with Children

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Talk Show Host

7.7 / 10
Comedy

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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#3The West Wing

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Mary Klein

8.3 / 10
Drama

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

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#4Monk

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes as Lotto Commissioner

8.0 / 10
DramaComedyCrime

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

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#5ER

Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes as Shirley

7.8 / 10
Drama

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

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#6Without a Trace

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes as Alissa Kline

7.2 / 10
CrimeMysteryAction & Adventure

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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#7Judging Amy

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)

7.5 / 10
Drama

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

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#8Private Practice

Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes as Mrs. Hobart

7.5 / 10
Drama

Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

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#9Knots Landing

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Woman

7.0 / 10
DramaSoap

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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#10Knots Landing

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Meter Reader

7.0 / 10
DramaSoap

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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#11L.A. Law

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Receptionist

7.1 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

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#12Newhart

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
ComedyDrama

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.

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#13Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes as Eileen / Alan Park

7.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure

The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.

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#14Murphy Brown

Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes as Megan Reynolds - Secretary #3

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.

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#15The Twilight Zone

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as (segment "The World Next Door")

7.7 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMystery

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.

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#16Joan of Arcadia

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes as FBI Special Agent Shannon Hodgins

7.3 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama

Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.

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#17thirtysomething

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Drama

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

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#18South of Nowhere

Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes as Teacher

7.3 / 10
Drama

The Carlin family moves from small town Ohio to Los Angeles to find life's not the same. And neither are they.

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#19Get Real

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Cameron's Teacher

7.7 / 10
DramaComedyDocumentary

Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of Los Angeles. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000. It starred Eric Christian Olsen and Anne Hathaway in very early roles, as the older siblings to central character of the series, youngest child, Kenny.

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#20Get Real

Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes as Mrs. Vandenbosch

7.7 / 10
DramaComedyDocumentary

Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green family of Los Angeles. It ran from September 1999 to April 2000. It starred Eric Christian Olsen and Anne Hathaway in very early roles, as the older siblings to central character of the series, youngest child, Kenny.

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#21Cracker

Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled criminal psychologist working alongside the Los Angeles police department.

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#22If Tomorrow Comes

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Shirley

7.3 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Tracy Whitney was in love, pregnant and engaged to marry into one of America's best family. And then, with one phone call, she lost everything. After 5 years of unjust imprisonment, Tracy emerges from prison a new woman. Cunning. Ruthless. Determined to survive. But there is one man as formidable as she is. As their paths crisscross, they eventually become daredevil partners in an adventure that climaxes their criminal careers.

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#23Internal Affairs

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Newscaster

6.4 / 10
CrimeDrama

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

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#24Mr. Jones

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Registrar

5.8 / 10
DramaRomance

The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr. Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.

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#25A Fine Romance

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Friday Forrester

6.5 / 10
MysteryComedyDrama

Louisa Phillips and Michael Trent are a once-married couple who are still tied together by their job of co-hosting a travel show.

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#26Babyfever

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m as Roz

4.5 / 10
RomanceComedyDrama

Gena is an average woman who is torn between her current boyfriend's desire to marry her and start a family, and the unexpected arrival of an old boyfriend wanting to pick up where they left off. To further complicate matters, she might be pregnant herself. In the mist of this unsettled personal life, Gena leaves her two men to attend a baby shower party for a girl friend and talks with the various female attendees all of whom are facing their own ticking biological clocks.

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#27Baby Talk

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
ComedyKids

Baby Talk is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from March 8, 1991 until May 8, 1992 as part of ABC's TGIF lineup. The show was loosely based on the popular Look Who's Talking movies and was adapted for television by Ed Weinberger. Amy Heckerling created original characters for the series while using key creative and script elements from Look Who's Talking, which she had written and directed. Weinberger served as executive producer during the first season, and was replaced by Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein in the second season.

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