FrameThrower · Actors · Dana Delany
Dana Delany
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1988–1993
Born 13 March 1956 · New York City, New York, USA
Dana Welles Delany is a multi-award winning American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role sas Colleen McMurphy on the ABC's China Beach (1988–1991), Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (2007–2010), Megan Hunt on Body of Proof (2011–present) and, as a voice-actress, Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as the television series The Batman. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters". Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1988–1993
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series1992
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series1989
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dana takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Dana takes.
Time of day
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from Dana Delany's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.