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Dinah Lenney

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Dinah Lenney was born on 18 November 1956 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for ER (1994), A Fine Romance (1989) and Remington Steele (1982). She has been married to Fred Mills since 1980. They have two children.
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    Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
    ER
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Nurse Shirley
    A Fine Romance (1989)
    A Fine Romance
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Friday Forrester
    Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in Remington Steele (1982)
    Remington Steele
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Karen Press
    Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Hobart

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    Actress

    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Frannie
      • 2016
    • Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
      Sons of Anarchy
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Sister Miriam
      • Orphanage Nun
      • 2010
    • Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
      ER
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Nurse Shirley
      • 1995–2009
    • Thomas Dekker, Lena Headey, and Summer Glau in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
      Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Eileen
      • Alan Park
      • 2008
    • Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)
      Monk
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Lotto Commissioner
      • 2008
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Prison Warden
      • 2008
    • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
      Private Practice
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Hobart
      • 2007
    • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony LaPaglia, Josh Hopkins, Enrique Murciano, Eric Close, Poppy Montgomery, and Roselyn Sanchez in Without a Trace (2002)
      Without a Trace
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Alissa Kline
      • 2007
    • The Happiest Day of His Life (2007)
      The Happiest Day of His Life
      6.5
      • Elaine Hawthorne, Groom's Aunt
      • 2007
    • Fred Savage, William Devane, Jane Curtin, and Eddie McClintock in Crumbs (2006)
      Crumbs
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Woman (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • South of Nowhere (2005)
      South of Nowhere
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Teacher
      • 2005
    • Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Ritter, Amber Tamblyn, and Michael Welch in Joan of Arcadia (2003)
      Joan of Arcadia
      7.2
      TV Series
      • FBI Special Agent Shannon Hodgins
      • 2004
    • Rose McGowan and Robert Forster in Roads to Riches (2002)
      Roads to Riches
      5.1
      • Easy Money Contestant
      • 2002
    • Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The West Wing (1999)
      The West Wing
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Mary Klein - Smithsonian Curator
      • 2001
    • Judging Amy (1999)
      Judging Amy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Pierce (uncredited)
      • 2001

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    • South of Nowhere (2005)
      South of Nowhere
      7.9
      TV Series
      • dialogue coach
      • 2005

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    • Born
      • November 18, 1956
      • Englewood, New Jersey, USA
    • Spouse
      • Fred Mills1980 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Co-Author, with Mary Lou Belli, of Acting for Young Actors: The Ultimate Teen Guide. Published by Watson-Guptill Publications.

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      Has two children from her husband Fred Mills - a son Jake Mills and a daughter Eliza Mills.

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