Denny Dillon Biography
Denny Dillon is an American actress and comedian best known for her appearances in Dream On, Saturday Night Live, and Women in Prison. She was nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway and has previously performed in theater and taught improv comedy. Dillon also appeared on Saturday Night Live.
How old is Denny Dillon? – Age
She is 72 years old as of May 18, 2023. She was born in 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Denny Dillon Partner
In an August 2020 interview with Vulture, Dillon revealed that she was gay and had married Barbara Smiley a year and a half before. They reside in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Denny Dillon Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Denny Dillon Saturday Night Live
Dillon auditioned for the first season of the late-night variety television show Saturday Night Live in 1975, and while she was passed over by producer Lorne Michaels, she did perform her “Talent Night at the Convent” performance on the show’s third episode, which aired October 25, 1975. When Dillon auditioned for the show’s sixth season in 1980, she beat Mercedes Ruehl for the final female cast member spot.
Denny Dillon Career
Dillon has appeared on Broadway 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 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actress in a Musical. She later performed as a replacement cast member in the 2003 Broadway production Enchanted April.
Dillon made her film debut in Saturday Night Fever as Doreen, who asks John Travolta’s character Tony if she can wipe his forehead. Dillon voiced Meadow Morn in the 1983 animated television show The Magic of Herself the Elf. Other television performances include Judy in the 1987 comedy series Dr. Science and a cameo on the Night Court episode “Educating Rhonda” in 1988.
Dillon first appeared as Toby Pedalbee, Martin Tupper’s (Brian Benben) faithful sidekick, in the 1990 television series Dream On. She played Roseanne Barr in the 1994 made-for-television film Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography. Dillon provided voiceovers for the 2002 animated feature Ice Age.
In December 1996, Dillon participated in the new musical Triumph of Love at Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland, as part of a “comic trio of clowns”. She showed up in the Tennessee Williams plays 8 by Tenn at the Hartford Stage in 2003. Dillon featured as Beatrice on the planet debut of Tom Dudzick’s Don’t Converse with the Entertainers at Studio Field Theater in Bison, New York in September 2007. In October – November 2010 she showed up in another melodic “being developed”, Roald Dahl’s James and the Goliath Peach at Goodspeed Musicals in Chester, Connecticut. In January 2012 she stars as Berthe in Boeing at Hartford Stage.
Dillon has headed the “Comedy Country”, situated in the Hudson Valley (New York), starting around 2006. She is a Craftsman in-Home at SUNY Ulster where she shows ad lib and is on the staff of Essential Stages.