Dinah Manoff (born January 25, 1958 in New York City, New York) is an American stage and film actress. She is of Russian Jewish descent. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Manoff is the daughter of actress Lee Grant and screenwriter Arnold Manoff. In 1980, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, and the Theatre World Award for her performance in the Broadway play, I Ought to be in Pictures. Lee Grant (October 31, 1927 in New York, New York) is an American theater, film and television actress, and film director who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... Arnold Manoff (April 25, 1914 – February 10, 1965) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... I Ought to Be in Pictures is a play by Neil Simon. ...

Some of her film appearances include Grease (1977, as Marty), Ordinary People (1980) and Child's Play (1988). Grease (1978) is the name of a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical, Grease. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Childs Play is a 1988 horror film, written by Don Mancini and directed by Tom Holland. ...

On television, she is best known for her role as Carol Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest and The Golden Girls and her role as Elaine Lefkowitz-Dallas on Soap. She also co-starred in the cable television series State of Grace. Empty Nest is a television sitcom that ran on NBC for seven seasons from 1988 to 1995. ... The Golden Girls was a popular American sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on NBC from September 14, 1985 to May 9, 1992. ... Soap was a successful American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. ... State of Grace is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox Networks Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002. ...

Manoff is married to Arthur Mortell: they have three sons, including twins Oliver and Desi, born on 18th January 2002.

External links

• Dinah Manoff at the Internet Movie Database
• Dinah Manoff at TV.com
• Dinah Manoff at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dinah Manoff at the Notable Names Database