Dena Dietrich

Acting

Dena Dietrich

Born December 4, 1928 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died November 21, 2020 · aged 91

No biography available.

Known For

History of the World: Part IHistory of the World: Part I · 1981
History of the World: Part I
★ 6.71981
MovieComedy
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Disorganized CrimeDisorganized Crime · 1989
Disorganized Crime
★ 5.41989
MovieActionComedy
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
The Sky is FallingThe Sky is Falling · 2001
The Sky is Falling
★ 8.32001
MovieComedyDrama
A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.
The North Avenue IrregularsThe North Avenue Irregulars · 1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
★ 6.61979
MovieFamilyAction
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
The Strange and Deadly OccurrenceThe Strange and Deadly Occurrence · 1974
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
★ 5.91974
MovieHorrorMystery
A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
Getting MarriedGetting Married · 1978
Getting Married
★ 6.01978
MovieComedyRomance
A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.
The Wild PartyThe Wild Party · 1975
The Wild Party
★ 4.91975
MovieComedyDrama
An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
The Crazy World of Julius VrooderThe Crazy World of Julius Vrooder · 1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
★ 5.61974
MovieDramaComedy
After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.

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thirtysomethingthirtysomething · 1987
thirtysomething
★ 6.31987
SeriesDrama
Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.