---
name: "Dominique Dunne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dominique-dunne"
fi1m_id: "dominique-dunne"
imdb_id: "nm0001161"
tmdb_id: 10084
wikidata_id: "Q254596"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1959"
died: "4 November 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:35:50.885927+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."
---

# Dominique Dunne

## Identity

Dominique Dunne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dominique-dunne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dominique-dunne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001161
- **TMDB ID:** 10084
- **Wikidata ID:** Q254596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dunne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10084

Actor. Born 23 November 1959 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Died 4 November 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1959, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Died:** 4 November 1982
- **Active:** 1981–1982
- **Also known as:** Dominique Ellen Dunne, دومینیک دان
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Dunne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10084

## Biography

Dominique Ellen Dunne was an American actress. She was born on 23 November 1959 in Santa Monica, California, and died on 4 November 1982 in Los Angeles.

Dunne made her screen debut in the television film *Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker* (1979) and appeared in episodes of series including *CHiPs* (1977), *Hart to Hart* (1979), *Hill Street Blues* (1981) and *Fame* (1982). Her best-known role was as Dana Freeling in the film *Poltergeist* (1982). She also appeared in *The Shadow Riders* (1982).

She was the sister of actor Griffin Dunne.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Poltergeist* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Dana Freeling — [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *The Curse of Poltergeist* (2002), Actor
- *V* (1983), series, In Memory Of
- *The Shadow Riders* (1982), as Sissy Traven
- *Poltergeist* (1982), as Dana Freeling — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)
- *Fame* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Day the Loving Stopped* (1981), as Judy Danner
- *The Haunting of Harrington House* (1981), as Polly Ames
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *Breaking Away* (1980), series, Actor
- *The Righteous Apples* (1980), series, Actor
- *Valentine Magic on Love Island* (1980), as Cheryl
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Actor
- *Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker* (1979), as Cathy Robinson
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Amy Kent
- *Family* (1976), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-8aadc53dcaf4.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Arizona Republic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Dominique_Dunne_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Signature of Dominique Dunne (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-3664385744d8.png) Signature of Dominique Dunne (1980) — Dominique Dunne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Dominique_Dunne%27s_signature.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photograph of actress Dominique Dunne and actor James T. Callahan (1930 - 2007) from the television movie The Haunting of Harrington House (1981), from the Ente](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-54ef0d0d50f8.jpg) Photograph of actress Dominique Dunne and actor James T. Callahan (1930 - 2007) from the television movie The Haunting of Harrington House (1981), from the Ente — CBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Dominique_Dunne_-_The_Haunting_of_Harrington_House_%281981%29.jpg/1280px-Dominique_Dunne_-_The_Haunting_of_Harrington_House_%281981%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dominique Dunne in 1981](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-61e3977964a6.jpg) Dominique Dunne in 1981 — CBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Dominique_Dunne_-_The_Haunting_of_Harrington_House_%281981%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-b90aedc837cc.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-e9293ffc974f.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-97e508a69b85.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominique Dunne in 1981](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-ac933b11843a.jpg) Dominique Dunne in 1981 — CBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Dominique_Dunne_-_The_Haunting_of_Harrington_House_%281981%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-d9ebe024b8fc.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Image via TMDB
- ![Dominique Dunne](https://film.one/media/person/117715/gallery-9bf81ea8462e.jpg) Dominique Dunne — Image via TMDB

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