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name: "Dinah Manoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dinah-manoff"
fi1m_id: "dinah-manoff"
imdb_id: "nm0001503"
tmdb_id: 8900
wikidata_id: "Q443850"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-21T04:14:19.681752+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."
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# Dinah Manoff

## Identity

Dinah Manoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dinah-manoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dinah-manoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001503
- **TMDB ID:** 8900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q443850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Manoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8900

Actor. Born 25 January 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 January 1956, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1978–2008
- **Also known as:** دینا مانوف
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Manoff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001503/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8900

## Biography

Dinah Manoff is an American actress and television director. Born in New York City, she is the daughter of actress Lee Grant and screenwriter Arnold Manoff. She studied at the Actors Studio.

Manoff began her career in the mid-1970s and appeared in the film *Grease* (1978) as Marty. She played Karen in *Ordinary People* (1980) and Libby Tucker in the stage and film versions of *I Ought to Be in Pictures* (1980 stage; 1982 film), for which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Other film roles include Maggie Peterson in *Child's Play* (1988). On television she was a regular on *Soap* (as Elaine Lefkowitz) and *Empty Nest* (as Carol Weston, 1988–1995), and has directed episodes of several series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ordinary People* (1980), Fi1m 81, as Karen — [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-people.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Marty — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Grease Story* (2017), as Marty Maraschino
- *Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales* (2015), series, as Marty Maraschino (archive footage)
- *Bart Got a Room* (2008), as Mrs. Goodson
- *A Carol Christmas* (2003), as Aunt Marla
- *State of Grace* (2001), series, as Evelyn Rayburn
- *Zigs* (2001), as Marge
- *The Amati Girls* (2001), as Denise
- *The Lost Child* (2000), as Helen
- *Movie Stars* (1999), series, Director
- *Brother's Keeper* (1998), series, Director
- *George & Leo* (1997), series, Actor
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, Director
- *Minor Adjustments* (1995), series, Director
- *Cybill* (1995), series, as Amy Fitzpatrick
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Callie Martin
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, Director
- *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Kelly
- *Maid for Each Other* (1992), as Tibby Bloom · Executive Producer, Story
- *Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael* (1990), as Evelyn Whittacher
- *Babies* (1990), as Laura
- *Blossom* (1990), series, as Dinah Manoff
- *Staying Together* (1989), as Lois Cook
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as Maud Milligan
- *The Cover Girl and the Cop* (1989), as Denise Danielovitch
- *Child's Play* (1988), as Maggie Peterson
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, as Carol Weston · Director
- *Backfire* (1988), as Jill
- *Classified Love* (1986), as Theresa Leonetti
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Carol Weston — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Jenny Coopersmith
- *Hot Pursuit* (1984), series, Actor
- *Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac* (1984), as Priscilla Tirado
- *Celebrity* (1984), series, as Missy Craymore
- *The Seduction of Gina* (1984), as Mary
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Sara Williams
- *A Matter of Sex* (1984), as Glennis Rasmussen
- *Table Settings* (1982), Actor
- *I Ought to Be in Pictures* (1982), as Libby Tucker
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Maud Milligan
- *For Ladies Only* (1981), as Mary Louise
- *Ordinary People* (1980), as Karen — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-people.md)
- *$weepstake$* (1979), series, as Maggie
- *Grease* (1978), as Marty — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *Soap* (1977), series, as Elaine Lefkowitz, Elaine Lefkowitz Dallas
- *The Possessed* (1977), as Celia
- *Night Terror* (1977), as Attendant's Girlfriend
- *Raid on Entebbe* (1976), as Rachel Sager
- *Everybody Rides the Carousel* (1976), as Stage 7 (voice)
- *The Stronger* (1976), Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Helen

## Gallery

- ![Dinah Manoff](https://film.one/media/person/117551/gallery-5b922940634b.jpg) Dinah Manoff — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Dinah_Manoff_%22The_Possessed%22_%281977_NBC_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dinah Manoff](https://film.one/media/person/117551/gallery-98e68283ae44.jpg) Dinah Manoff — Image via TMDB
- ![Dinah Manoff](https://film.one/media/person/117551/gallery-1fb1ef2f13b3.jpg) Dinah Manoff — Image via TMDB
- ![Dinah Manoff](https://film.one/media/person/117551/gallery-58c64c9ac918.jpg) Dinah Manoff — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Theatre World Award 1980: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1980: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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