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Dinah Beth Manoff
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biography
This petite daughter of blacklisted Oscar-winning actress-director Lee Grant and writer Arnold Manoff brought impeccable comic timing to her stage and screen roles. Dinah Manoff began her career as a teenager in small roles in the 1976 PBS production "The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike" and NBC's "Raid on Entebbe" (1977). She first garnered widespread attention as Marty, the sexy Pink Lady in the hit film musical "Grease" (1978) and for her one season (1978-79) stint as Elaine Lefkowitz, the acerbic, whiny daughter of a mobster, on the ABC sitcom "Soap". Heading east, Manoff tackled Broadway and
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1976
TV debut, "The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike" (PBS)
1978
Film debut in "Grease" as Marty
1978
Played the regular role of Elaine Lefkowitz on the ABC sitcom "Soap"
1980
Broadway debut, "I Ought to Be in Pictures"; earned Tony Award
1980
Had featured role as a suicidal friend of Timothy Hutton's in the Oscar-winning "Ordinary People"
1981
Reprised stage role in the film version of "I Ought to Be in Pictures"
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