Dana Hill died 7/15
Matt Ackeret
Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that she died
July 15th from complications from diabetes.
I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
talking about her.
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Chris Eilers
She was in a diabetic coma that she would drift in and out of, before
she died. Was anybody else as shocked about this as I was? I didn't
even know she was sick or anything. Turned the page in PEOPLE magazine
and there it was. That's sad.
Steve
Michael C. Cerone
In <DvL7w...@eskimo.com> mat...@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>
> Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
>yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that
she died
>July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>
> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
>talking about her.
>--
>unk...@apple.com Apple II Forever
>These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
Was Dana Hill the girl who played the daughter in Eurpoean Vacation
with Chevy Chase?
Robert A. DeLisle
Matt Ackeret (mat...@eskimo.com) wrote:
: Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
: yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that she died
: July 15th from complications from diabetes.
: I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
: talking about her.
Dana Hill is listed in National Lampoon's European Vacation (in reply
to another posting) and probably did play the daughter.
Recently, she has been in a rerun of Fall Guy as a small stuntperson
playing a child, but really over 21. This led to some comic spots.
I think she was in at least one more.
It is sad.
Deborah Stevenson
I believe she was also a guest star in an episode (maybe a two-parter) of
Magnum PI. Probably her most notable appearance was in Fallen Angel, a
made-for-TV movie with the durable and versatile Richard Masur as a
pedophilic coach. She was memorably good.
>It is sad.
It is indeed.
Deborah Stevenson
(stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
John Saponaro
X-No-Archive=Yes
They say that actors play people other than themselves. No actor lived that
quote more than Dana Hill. Because of her short height, she was typecast as
moppets. (When she was old enough to drive, her vanity plate read "OVER
18.") In her later years, she voiced boys in cartoons like GOOF TROOP. The
only time I recall her playing a character close to herself was in the show
THE FALL GUY, in which she played a midget stuntwoman with diabetes.
The Larch
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996 00:26:55 GMT, Matt Ackeret proclaimed for all to see:
> Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
> yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that she died
> July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>
> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
> talking about her.
Well, if you aren't sure who she is, she played Audrey Griswold in the 2nd and
3rd National Lampoon's Vacation movies. Coincidentally, European Vacation is
on CBS tonight at 9pm EDT (Sunday)
Fred
JIM CUSHING
Dana portrayed Audrey in the second movie. Juliette Lewis played Audrey
in Christmas Vacation. I wonder who will portray Russ and Audrey in "Las Vegas
Vacation"?
Jim
Jennifer Newburg
>yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that
she died
>July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>
> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
>talking about her.
Didn't she play the daughter in the National Lampoon Vacation movies?
one was just on tonight.
Chris Eilers
Probably her most notable appearance was in Fallen Angel, a
>made-for-TV movie with the durable and versatile Richard Masur as a
>pedophilic coach. She was memorably good.
>
>>It is sad.
>
>It is indeed.
>
>Deborah Stevenson
>(stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
Yes, that was probably her best part, but I haven't seen tthose credits
in any of the articles on her. Why not? That's the one (besides
N.L.E.V) that I remember her for.
Steve
Chris Eilers
In <4u2g6u$l...@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> cer...@ix.netcom.com(Michael
C. Cerone) writes:
>
>In <DvL7w...@eskimo.com> mat...@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>>
>> Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
>>yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that
>she died
>>July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>>
>> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
>>talking about her.
>>unk...@apple.com Apple II Forever
>>These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
>
>Was Dana Hill the girl who played the daughter in Eurpoean Vacation
>with Chevy Chase?
>
>
Sean Radford
Robert A. DeLisle (r...@crl.com) writes:
> Matt Ackeret (mat...@eskimo.com) wrote:
> : Some people were saying she was in a diabetic coma. I read in
> : yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that she died
> : July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>
> : I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
> : talking about her.
>
> Dana Hill is listed in National Lampoon's European Vacation (in reply
> to another posting) and probably did play the daughter.
>
> Recently, she has been in a rerun of Fall Guy as a small stuntperson
> playing a child, but really over 21. This led to some comic spots.
> I think she was in at least one more.
> It is sad.
I seem to recall she was a regular on a sitcom for a couple of years.
This was before the 'vacation movies.
--
One man with courage makes a majority -Andrew Jackson
THOMAS YOHN
Sean Radford wrote:
>
>
> I seem to recall she was a regular on a sitcom for a couple of years.
> This was before the 'vacation movies.
She played the daughter in a Peter Cooke series
where Cooke played a butler. It was in the
late 70s early 80s.
Tom
Michael C. Cerone
In <4u3pp2$h...@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>
gene...@ix.netcom.com(Jennifer Newburg) writes:
>
>In <DvL7w...@eskimo.com> mat...@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret) writes:
>>
>>yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that
>she died
>>July 15th from complications from diabetes.
>>
>> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
>>talking about her.
>
>
>one was just on tonight.
Yup, that's her. She played Audrey Griswold.
B.Richardson
That would be "The Two of Us"
Breck
A WHYTE
Was part of the joke that the kids were different in every
moveie?
And can I raise a practical question (a la Derek Smalls)?: Why
does this post have attachment status, or is it just my
newsreader?
A WHYTE
Was part of the joke that the kids were different in every
to...@fred.net
J C Blalock (jcb...@clark.net) wrote:
:
: I watched the beginning of the movie last night. In one scene,
: the Griswolds were dozing on the plane to Europe and having dream
: fantasies - "Dana's" was to pig out on gourmet foods until she
: exploded. Watching that scene made me incredibly sad, since
: her diabetic coma was allegedly the result of Dana's not being
: able to stick to her diabetes diet. I had to turn off the movie,
: it was so sad.
Now I *know* that programming executives at CBS are brain-dead.
Hellooooo?
Anyone home at CBS? Does the word "sensitivity" come to mind? How 'bout
the phrase "good timing"?
To...@fred.Net
http://www.fred.net/tomr
Deborah Stevenson
In <4udhia$t...@news.ysu.edu> ap...@yfn.ysu.edu (Tom Bromley) writes:
>Dana Hill (who would have been a toddler when MWAWTI premiered in 1969)
>lists only one live-action TV series among her credits -- "The Two of Us"
>with Peter Cook and Mimi Kennedy.
My source also lists "Sugar and Spice," which apparently bombed quickly in
1990.
>(I suppose its the nature of the beast that is USENET, but it's sad that
>Ms. Hill has generated much more bandwidth in the weeks since her passing
>was announced than she ever did in her career, Unfortunately, we don't
>seem to appreciate many of our performers until they're gone.)
Well, let's be fair--her the zenith of her career didn't exactly coincide
with the zenith of Usenet. I didn't have 'net access in the '80s, which
is when she would have been a likelier subject of discussion, so I don't
know how much chat about her there was. But that was also Usenet before
the big commercial services got on, so I'm not sure it's fair to compare
numbers anyway.
How many other actors and actresses who haven't had a significant role in
over six years and were capable but not headline material before that do
we discuss, anyway? Not many.
Deborah Stevenson
(stev...@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
Kathy O'Connell
I believe that was Lisa Gerritsen, who also played Cloris Leachman's
daughter Bess on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" &
"Phyllis."
LEN...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU wrote:
: Wasnt she also in a tv sitcom series call My World & Welcome To It.
LEN...@maine.maine.edu
Tom Bromley
In a previous article, LEN...@MAINE.MAINE.EDU () says:
> Wasnt she also in a tv sitcom series call My World & Welcome To It.
>
You might be thinking of Lisa Gerritsen, better known as Phyllis's
daughter, Bess, in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Phyllis (and who has
seemingly disappeared from the radar since).
Dana Hill (who would have been a toddler when MWAWTI premiered in 1969)
lists only one live-action TV series among her credits -- "The Two of Us"
with Peter Cook and Mimi Kennedy.
(I suppose its the nature of the beast that is USENET, but it's sad that
Ms. Hill has generated much more bandwidth in the weeks since her passing
was announced than she ever did in her career, Unfortunately, we don't
seem to appreciate many of our performers until they're gone.)
--
Tom Bromley ap...@yfn.ysu.edu
"Our lives are better left to chance.
I could've missed the pain,
But I'd have had to miss the dance." -- Garth Brooks
Annie Keitz
Yep for that they preempted Due South! Figures, because last summer
CBS couldn't way to dump Due South to air a stale 3 year old never
seen mini-series with Christopher Reeve in it. CBS is all heart...
Yep CBS welcome home to the "family" network...
Annie,
Annandale, VA USA
ke...@his.com
The Larch
On 4 Aug 96 19:42:38 -0500, JIM CUSHING proclaimed for all to see:
> In article <4u35ok$i...@news.news.wmich.edu>, oc...@yakko.cs.wmich.edu (The Larch) writes:
> > On Sun, 4 Aug 1996 00:26:55 GMT, Matt Ackeret proclaimed for all to see:
> >> yesterday's paper (8/2/96, San Jose Mercury News, eye section) that she died
> >> July 15th from complications from diabetes.
> >>
> >> I *think* I know who she is, but I wanted to update whoever was
> >> talking about her.
> >
> > 3rd National Lampoon's Vacation movies. Coincidentally, European Vacation is
> > on CBS tonight at 9pm EDT (Sunday)
>
> Dana portrayed Audrey in the second movie. Juliette Lewis played Audrey
> in Christmas Vacation. I wonder who will portray Russ and Audrey in "Las Vegas
> Vacation"?
Oops, sorry about the mistake. I was thinking she played Audrey in both of
them. It's been awhile since I've seen Christmas Vacation.
Fred
David Serchay
Dana Hill was also the voice of Charles on Duckman.
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a013...@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
Larry W. Virden
> Wasnt she also in a tv sitcom series call My World & Welcome To It.
With William Windom, I believe? It was a James Thurborish series.
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Heath Davis Hudson
I am fairly certain she was also featured as a pubescent
daughter agonizing over her parents' impending divorce
in Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon. Her performance in it
should have gotten more notice than it did.
Darlene Foster
In article <4uqcj2$p...@srv13s4.cas.org>, lw...@cas.org says...
No, I don't think that was Dana. It was the girl who played Phyllis
daughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. I can't think of her name right
now.
Darlene
yvonne nowak
: I agree that Dana Hill's performance in "Shoot the Moon" should have
: gotten her an Oscar nomination. She played a 14 year old girl in the
: film, also starring Albert Finney and Diane Keaton. If you haven't seen
: this 1982 film, I suggest renting it. Dana's performance is memorable.
: She will be missed. It's a shame her diabetes took away her career...
: and her life. Does anybody know where I could write her family??
Heath
Davis Hudson (hdhu...@whale.st.usm.edu)
wrote: : I am fairly certain she was also featured as a pubescent