Dina Merrill
It would have been pretty difficult for willowy actress/model Dina Merrill to have pulled off playing a commoner on stage, film or TV in her day. She reeked of elegance and class. The epitome of style, poise and glamour, the New York-born socialite and celebrity was born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton on December 29, 1923, the daughter of E.F. Hutton, the financier and founder of the Wall Street firm that bore his name, and heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, of the Post cereal fortune. Although Dina made elegant, elaborate use of her upbringing over the decades, she handled it all positively and graciously without tabloid incidents, instilling these same refined credentials into a large portion of her characters. Dina did not originally intend on an acting career. After studying at George Washington University, she suddenly dropped out after only a year (to the chagrin of her disapproving parents) after demonstrating a late desire to perform. Enrolling at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and studying with Uta Hagen among others, Dina appeared in the comedy "The Man Who Came to Dinner" before taking her first Broadway curtain call in "The Mermaids Singing" in 1945. She took some time off to play wife and mother to three children after marrying Stanley Rumbough, Jr., heir to the Colgate toothpaste fortune. Dina finally made an official film debut with a smart and stylish support role in the Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn vehicle Desk Set (1957). She continued to charm in the same upper crust vein playing some version of the model wife or blue-blooded maven in frequent posh outings. Some of her more noticeable roles came with Operation Petticoat (1959) with the equally classy Cary Grant; BUtterfield 8 (1960) starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey; and The Young Savages (1961) opposite Burt Lancaster. Following her divorce to Rumbough after 20 years, Dina married ruggedly handsome actor Cliff Robertson in 1966. The pair had one daughter and were a popular Hollywood fixture for nearly 20 years. With her film career on the wane in the mid 1960's, Dina gravitated toward TV guest spots on such popular shows as "Dr. Kildare," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Burke's Law," "Rawhide," "Daktari," "Bonanza," "Daniel Boone," "Batman" (as the villainous "Calamity Jan" alongside Robertson's western bad guy "Shame"), "The Name of the Game," "The Virginian," "Night Gallery," "Marcus Welby," "The Love Boat" and "The Odd Couple." She also graced a number of TV-movie dramas beginning with The Sunshine Patriot (1968) co-starring husband Robertson and Seven in Darkness (1969) (as a blind survivor of a plane crash), and continuing with The Lonely Profession (1969), Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971), Family Flight (1972), The Letters (1973), The Tenth Month (1979), and a featured part in the mini-series sequel Roots: The Next Generations (1979). Dina returned to Broadway as the co-star of the drama "Angel Street" (1975) and again with the revival of the musical "On Your Toes" in which she played "Peggy Porterfield" in both the 1983 Broadway revival and 1986 national tour. In the same year that Dina divorced second husband Cliff Robertson (1989), she married actor/investment banker Ted Hartley. Together the couple bought RKO Studios and renamed it RKO Pavilion. He serves as chairman and she vice chairperson/creative director. The studio produced such popular efforts as Milk & Money (1996) and the remake of Mighty Joe Young (1998). Admired for her tireless philanthropic contributions, Dina was a moderate Republican (vice chair of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition), and an active lobbyist for women's health issues. She also devoted much time working for the disadvantaged, particularly for the New York City Mission Society. She remained active and was an avid tennis and golf player for quite some time. Broaching age 90, the ever-glamorous actress appeared in a summer stock production of "Only a Kingdom" (2004) and continued to appear in occasional movie and television productions until developing dementia. Dina died on May 22, 2017, at age 93, survived by her third husband.
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Barbara Gordon in Birds of Prey (2002), Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers (1997) and Detective Allison Kerry in the Saw installments. Meyer started acting in 1993, with her first major role playing Lucinda Nicholson in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). In the same year she made her film debut in the TV movie Strapped (1993). She broke out two years later, playing the cybernetically enhanced bodyguard Jane in the cyberpunk thriller Johnny Mnemonic (1995). In addition to Johnny Mnemonic, Meyer has played roles in other science fiction productions including Starship Troopers, Birds of Prey and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). She also starred as Detective Allison Kerry in the horror/thriller film Saw (2004) and its sequels as well. She has made many guest appearances and played one of the series regular roles in FOX's Point Pleasant (2005). Her additional guest star roles include Criminal Minds (2005), Castle (2009), The Mentalist (2008), Burn Notice (2007), and Nip/Tuck (2003), and she has recurred on ABC's Scoundrels (2010), CW's 90210 (2008), CBS's CSI: Miami (2002), and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003). Meyer resides in Los Angeles.
Dina Morrone
Dina Morrone is known for Armageddon (1998), Fantastic Four (2015) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
Dina Mujanovic
Dina Mujanovic is known for Catch! Teenieping (2020).
Dina Najjar
Dina Najjar is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Being daughter to a mother born in Bethlehem and a father from Nazareth; she is a first generation Arab American born on 8 Mile to immigrant parents. She speaks fluent Arabic, belly dances, and proudly represents her culture. Dina is your real life Princess Jasmine with an edge. Some of the roles she's proudest of include: playing Maya, a Syrian refugee searching for her place in America, in the short film "Maya" which earned her the Best Actress Award at the 2018 University of Miami Canes Film Festival; playing alluring assassin Nadja Shah in season 2 of "The Family Business" on BET Plus and BET; and portraying troubled, rideshare passenger, Raven, in "The Christmas Ride" streaming on Amazon Prime Video for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 2020 Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival. Her mission is to bring diversity without stereotypes to the screen and to tell important stories that inspire, empower, and include while always leaving the viewer with a sense of hope. She strives to portray and write interesting and multifaceted female characters who overcome adversity and trauma and to make you laugh along the way.
Dina Panozzo
Dina Panozzo is an actress, known for Fistful of Flies (1996), Bed of Roses (2008) and Packed to the Rafters (2008).
Dina Parr
Dina Parr is known for Tiger (2021) and E! True Hollywood Story (1996).
Dina Pathak
Dina Pathak was born on March 4, 1922 in Amreli, Bombay Presidency, British India. She was an actress, known for Bollywood/Hollywood (2002), Devdas (2002) and A Passage to India (1984). She died on October 11, 2002 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Dina Pearl
Dina Pearl was born on 23 May 1974 in Hungary. She is an actress.
Dina Pearlman
Dina Pearlman was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University. Based in New York City, this actress, stand-up comic, and voice-over artist is best known for her appearances on Sex & The City (as Ruby Rosen, jeweler extraordinaire) and several Spike Lee films, notably "Bamboozled" in the role of slick network TV consultant Myrna Goldfarb. In HBO's "Bad Education", Dina portrayed Wendy, a member of the doomed Roslyn Board of Ed frantically attempting to cover up missing funds, and Gina in Bo Burnham's "Eighth Grade", a sun-block-obsessed mom pulling partygoers aside to apply and re-apply. Dina is recurring on "The Good Fight" Season 5 as the lawsuit-averse rule-follower Katherine from Human Resources.
