---
name: "Leora Dana"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leora-dana"
fi1m_id: "leora-dana"
imdb_id: "nm0199070"
tmdb_id: 76980
wikidata_id: "Q2074596"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 April 1923"
died: "13 December 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:36:54.783608+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."
---

# Leora Dana

## Identity

Leora Dana

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leora-dana
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leora-dana
- **IMDb ID:** nm0199070
- **TMDB ID:** 76980
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2074596
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leora_Dana, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2074596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76980

Actor. Born 1 April 1923 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 13 December 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 April 1923, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 13 December 1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leora_Dana, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2074596, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76980

## Biography

Leora Dana was an American film, stage and television actress. Born in New York City, she graduated from Barnard College and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She made her stage debut in London in 1947 and her Broadway debut the following year in *The Madwoman of Chaillot*.

Dana appeared in supporting roles in films including *3:10 to Yuma* (1957) as Alice Evans, *Kings Go Forth* (1958) and *Some Came Running* (1958) as Agnes Hirsh, *Pollyanna* (1960), *The Boston Strangler* (1968) and *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970). On television she had roles in series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and played Sylvie Kosloff in the soap opera *Another World*. She won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1973 for *The Last of Mrs. Lincoln* and received the Clarence Derwent Award for her Broadway work.

Dana was married to actor Kurt Kasznar from 1950 until their divorce in 1958. She died of cancer in New York City on 13 December 1983, aged 60.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Some Came Running* (1958), Fi1m 76, as Agnes Hirsh — [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Nothing Lasts Forever* (1984), as Joyce
- *Amityville 3-D* (1983), as Emma Caswell
- *Baby It's You* (1983), as Miss Vernon, Teacher
- *Shoot the Moon* (1982), as Charlotte DeVoe
- *Nurse* (1980), as Celia O'Brien
- *The Dain Curse* (1978), series, as Mrs. Huntoon
- *Seventh Avenue* (1977), series, as Mrs. Gold
- *Mary Cassatt: Impressionist From Philadelphia* (1977), as Mary Cassatt
- *Wild Rovers* (1971), as Nell Buckman
- *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), as Mrs. Kramer
- *Change of Habit* (1969), as Mother Joseph
- *The Boston Strangler* (1968), as Mary Bottomly
- *The Group* (1966), as Mrs. Renfrew
- *For the People* (1965), series, Actor
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, Actor
- *A Gathering of Eagles* (1963), as Mrs. Evelyn Fowler
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Mrs. Duncan
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Carol Clark
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1961), series, Actor
- *Special for Women* (1960), series, as Laura Tyler
- *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Viviam
- *Pollyanna* (1960), as Mrs. Ford
- *The Fabulous Fifties* (1960), as Narrator (segment "Gift from the Sea") (voice)
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Mrs. Tawley
- *Some Came Running* (1958), as Agnes Hirsh — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/some-came-running.md)
- *Kings Go Forth* (1958), as Mrs. Blair
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Dame Van Winkle
- *3:10 to Yuma* (1957), as Mrs. Alice Evans
- *Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot* (1957), as Anne Fry
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Anne Coleman
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Irene Cole, Vera Brown, Naomi Shawn
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Rose Skinner
- *Valley of the Kings* (1954), as Lovely Girl (uncredited)
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Mrs. Ditwiter
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Birnam's Girlfriend
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Margaret Norton, Laura Ford
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Emmy Blanchard, Clarice

## Gallery

- ![Leora Dana in trailer for "Some Came Running" (1958) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3876282/gallery-b89563a3ac69.jpg) Leora Dana in trailer for "Some Came Running" (1958) (2013) — Trailer for "Some Came Running" (1958), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Leora-dana-trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Leora Dana](https://film.one/media/person/3876282/gallery-3c34e04da0cd.jpg) Leora Dana — Image via TMDB
- ![Leora Dana](https://film.one/media/person/3876282/gallery-1f9c52a80811.jpg) Leora Dana — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1973: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1960: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

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

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