--- name: "Dana Hill" canonical: "https://film.one/person/dana-hill" fi1m_id: "dana-hill" imdb_id: "nm0384162" tmdb_id: 69344 wikidata_id: "Q455947" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 May 1964" died: "15 July 1996" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 55 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-04T19:18:04.216290+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Dana Hill ## Identity Dana Hill - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dana-hill - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** dana-hill - **IMDb ID:** nm0384162 - **TMDB ID:** 69344 - **Wikidata ID:** Q455947 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69344 Actor. Born 6 May 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 15 July 1996. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 May 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Died:** 15 July 1996 - **Active:** 1985–1996 - **Average Fi1m score:** 55, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 40 (1), 1990s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455947, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384162/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69344 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*National Lampoon's European Vacation*](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) (40) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Dana Hill > Dana Hill brought emotional realism to young dramatic characters and energy to animated ones. Her work deserves a better introduction than *National Lampoon's European Vacation*, which gives a willing performer too little to do. In *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Dana Hill's Audrey Griswold is a willing participant in a comedy that gives her little to work with. Amy Heckerling keeps the humour broad, while Hill and Jason Lively, playing Rusty Griswold, seem ready for something more particular to these children. The screenplay keeps finding foreign habits more interesting than the family it has sent abroad. We were frustrated: the jokes were predictable, and the performers' readiness made that predictability harder to forgive. Her breakthrough came with the television film *Fallen Angel* (1981) and Alan Parker's *Shoot the Moon* (1982). In the latter, she played Sherry Dunlap alongside Diane Keaton and Albert Finney, bringing emotional realism to a daughter in a family drama. That performance gives us a better reason to seek her out than Audrey does. *Cross Creek* (1983), directed by Martin Ritt, followed, with Hill playing Ellie Turner. The problem with *European Vacation* is shared across the cast, with Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo also supplying more goodwill than the material earns. That matters when judging Hill: Audrey's thin characterisation leaves little room to assess what the actor could bring to a properly written part. The stop-start storytelling does nobody any favours. There is enough effort here to make us regret the writing, not enough invention in the comedy to make the film worth recommending. From the mid-1980s, Hill worked primarily in animation, supplying energetic voices for young male characters. Her parts included Max Goof in *Goof Troop* (1992) and Jerry in *Tom and Jerry: The Movie* (1992). The latter comes with a casting reservation: some critics found the voices mismatched to the familiar characters, a useful caution against treating Hill's energy as sufficient reason to recommend it. Start with *Shoot the Moon*; Audrey can wait. ## Biography Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz) was an American actress and voice actress. She was born on 6 May 1964 in Los Angeles, California, and died on 15 July 1996 in Burbank, California. She played Audrey Griswold in the 1985 film *National Lampoon's European Vacation*. Hill appeared in films including *Shoot the Moon* (1982) and *Cross Creek* (1983). She provided voices for animated projects such as *Tom and Jerry: The Movie* (1992) and the series *Goof Troop*. She won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her stage performance in *Picnic*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md) - *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), Fi1m 40, as Audrey Griswold — [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) ## Complete filmography (49) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time* (2000), as (voice) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md) - *The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats* (1996), series, as Hot Rod - *A Rugrats Passover* (1994), as Taskmaster Baby (voice) - *Duckman* (1994), series, as Charles (voice) · In Memory Of - *Problem Child* (1993), series, as Additional Voices (voice) - *Sonic the Hedgehog* (1993), series, as Young Sally (voice) - *The D.A.R.E. Report: The Land of Decisions and Choices* (1993), Actor - *Goof Troop Christmas* (1992), as Max Goof (voice) - *Tom and Jerry: The Movie* (1992), as Jerry (voice) - *Goof Troop* (1992), series, as Max (voice) - *P.J. Sparkles* (1992), as Sparks (voice) - *Final Verdict* (1991), as Francy - *Darkwing Duck* (1991), series, as Tank Muddlefoot (voice), Tank Muddlefoot / Aggressive Daughter (voice) - *The Legend of Prince Valiant* (1991), series, Actor - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Little Kid (voice), Clever Kid (voice), Big Justin (voice), Hector (voice), Billy (voice), Big Kid (voice), Josh (voice), Kid #2 (voice) - *Rover Dangerfield* (1991), as Danny (voice) - *Shades of L.A.* (1990), series, Actor - *Widget the World Watcher* (1990), series, as Kevin (voice) - *Bobby's World* (1990), series, Actor - *Tom & Jerry Kids Show* (1990), series, as Tim (voice) - *Jetsons: The Movie* (1990), as Teddy 2 (voice) - *Sugar and Spice* (1990), series, Actor - *Dink, the Little Dinosaur* (1989), series, Actor - *Marvin: Baby of the Year* (1989), as Marvin (voice) - *The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special* (1988), as Stoney - *Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures* (1987), series, as Scrappy Mouse (voice) - *Combat Academy* (1986), as Sgt. Andrea Pritchett - *Picnic* (1986), as Millie Owens - *Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears* (1985), series, as Buddy Gummi (voice) - *National Lampoon's European Vacation* (1985), as Audrey Griswold — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/national-lampoons-european-vacation.md) - *Silence of the Heart* (1984), as Cindy Lewis - *The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers* (1984), as Princess Amanda - *Welcome Home, Jellybean* (1984), as Jellybean-Gertrude Oxley - *CBS Schoolbreak Special* (1984), series, as Geraldine Oxley - *Cross Creek* (1983), as Ellie Turner - *The Member of the Wedding* (1982), as Frankie Addams - *Faerie Tale Theatre* (1982), series, as Guest Interviewee, Princess Amanda - *Shoot the Moon* (1982), as Sherry Dunlap - *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, Actor - *The Two of Us* (1981), series, as Gabby Gallagher - *Fallen Angel* (1981), as Jennifer Phillips - *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Willie Higginson - *The Kids Who Knew Too Much* (1980), as Foxy Cooper - *What Are Friends For?* (1980), as Michelle Mudd - *The $5.20 an Hour Dream* (1980), as Kim Lissick - *The French Atlantic Affair* (1979), series, as Maggie Joy - *The Paul Williams Comedy Show* (1979), series, Actor - *Mork & Mindy* (1978), series, as Girl Scout ## Gallery - ![SUBJECTS: Lee Majors and Dana Hill PROGRAM: "FALL GUY" - "Child's Play" ON AIR: Wednesday, Sept. 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m., EDT) (1982)](https://film.one/media/person/677206/gallery-494ef94272c2.jpg) SUBJECTS: Lee Majors and Dana Hill PROGRAM: "FALL GUY" - "Child's Play" ON AIR: Wednesday, Sept. 8 (9:00-10:00 p.m., EDT) (1982) — ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Lee_Majors_and_Dana_Hill_in_The_Fall_Guy_1982.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Glenn Scarpelli and Dana Hill. She was a doll. Talented, funny, kind. She died a few years ago of complications related to diabetes. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/677206/gallery-1e34dae79aa4.jpg) Glenn Scarpelli and Dana Hill. She was a doll. Talented, funny, kind. She died a few years ago of complications related to diabetes. (2018) — Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Glenn_Scarpelli_and_Dana_Hill_%2827193732978%29.jpg/1280px-Glenn_Scarpelli_and_Dana_Hill_%2827193732978%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/dana-hill