Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
show name	China Beach
format	Drama
runtime	42 minutes
creator	William Broyles, Jr.John Sacret Young
starring	Dana DelanyNan WoodsMichael BoatmanMarg HelgenbergerRobert PicardoTim RyanConcetta TomeiBrian WimmerJeff KoberChloe WebbMegan GallagherNancy GilesNed VaughnTroy EvansRicki Lake
country	United States
network	ABC
language	English
theme music composer	Holland-Dozier-Holland
opentheme	"Reflections"Performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes
first aired	April 27, 1988
last aired	July 22, 1991
status	Ended
num seasons	4
list episodes	List of China Beach episodes
num episodes	62 }}

''China Beach'' is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans. The ABC TV drama aired for three years, from 1988 to 1991, but in that time there were four seasons.

Overview of television series

Created by William Broyles, Jr. and John Sacret Young, the series looks at the Vietnam War from a unique perspective: that of the women, military personnel and civilians, who were present during the conflict. John Wells took over most of the series beginning with the second season — many of the show's cast members would appear later on the Wells-produced series, ''ER''.

Set in Da Nang, Vietnam locale nicknamed "Bac My An Beach" of Da Nang City, Viet Nam, at the 510th Evacuation Hospital and R&R; (the "Five-and-Dime" Rest & Recreation) facility, the cast of characters includes US Army doctors and nurses, officers, soldiers, Red Cross volunteers, and civilian personnel (American, French, and Vietnamese). Very often, however, the series features the experiences of the characters when returning to the U.S., either on leave or at the end of their tour of duty.

The show did not shy away from showing the gruesomeness of war, providing a very gritty view of the experience there.

The producers of the show sought out advice from former Army nurses stationed in Vietnam, notably Diane Carlson Evans.

Unusual story-telling methods were sometimes used: scenes presented in reverse chronology; insertion of animated cartoons to express a character's state of mind; alternating between interviews with former military nurses and scripted scenes; and a visit by the cast to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C..

''China Beach'' was a critically lauded but poorly rated series. ABC stuck with the show for four seasons, but the final season was put on hiatus in fall 1990 and did not air its finale until July 22, 1991. As a result of the strange scheduling, Dana Delany was eligible for (and ultimately won) a Best Actress Emmy in the fall of 1992, a year after the series broadcast its final episode and over a year-and-a-half after many of the scenes were filmed.

The title sequence theme song was "Reflections" by Diana Ross & the Supremes (although several episodes instead used "We Gotta Get out of This Place" by Eric Burdon and Katrina & The Waves).

Cast

Lieutenant (later Captain) Colleen McMurphy, USA; Catholic girl from Kansas and nurse with the 510th Evac Hospital in Vietnam during the late 1960s. A composite of various real-life Vietnam War nurses, the character illustrates their courage, kindness, and sacrifices during the war, as well as the severe emotional scarring of non-combatant personnel during and following military service; several episodes feature the veterans in their own words, intercut with the storyline. Portrayed by Dana Delany.

Cherry White (Seasons 1–2); Incredibly naive Red Cross volunteer ("doughnut dolly") who comes to China Beach to search for her brother Rick who was reported MIA. Dies midway through the second season during the Tet Offensive. Portrayed by Nan Woods.

SP4 Samuel Beckett, USA; Works in the Graves Registration Unit at China Beach. His job makes him unpopular with most of the other servicemen. Portrayed by Michael Boatman.

Karen Charlene "K.C." Koloski; Cynical part-time prostitute and civilian volunteer who comes to China Beach seeking to make her own wealth and fortune. Portrayed by Marg Helgenberger.

Captain Dick Richard, USA; Head surgeon and womanizer dealing with being drafted into Army and away from his family. Portrayed by Robert Picardo.

Captain Bartholomew "Natch" Austen, USAF; (Seasons 1–2) Jet fighter pilot and McMurphy's love interest. Portrayed by Tim Ryan.

Major Lila Garreau, USA; World War II veteran and career-Army commanding officer of China Beach. Portrayed by Concetta Tomei.

Corporal Boonie Lanier, USMC; Friendly China Beach lifeguard and manager of the Jet Set Club. Portrayed by Brian Wimmer.

Staff Sergeant Evan "Dodger" Winslow, USMC; Moody Marine who serves and fights in the jungle mainly to keep other servicemen in his platoon alive. Nicknamed for his ability to dodge injury. Known as a "quiet sort"; generally keeps to himself. Friend of Boonie, McMurphy and Cherry. Portrayed by Jeff Kober.

Laurette Barber (Season 1); USO singer determined to make it big. Portrayed by Chloe Webb.

Airman Wayloo Marie Holmes, USAF (Season 2); Reporter for the Armed Services Network seeking a career as a world-famous reporter. Portrayed by Megan Gallagher.

Private Frankie Bunsen, USA (Seasons 2–4); Female private assigned to the China Beach motor pool. Portrayed by Nancy Giles.

Corporal Jeff Hyers, USA (Season 3); Good-natured combat medic. He is KIA midway through the third season during a routine patrol. Portrayed by Ned Vaughn.

Master Sergeant Bob Pepper, USA (Seasons 3–4); World War II veteran, driver, mechanic and NCO-in-charge of the motor pool. Becomes romantically-involved with Lila Garreau. Portrayed by Troy Evans.

Holly Pelegrino (Season 3); Sharp-witted Red Cross volunteer. Portrayed by Ricki Lake.

Nancy Sinatra made a guest appearance in the first season finale, recreating her concerts she performed for U.S. troops in 1966 and 1967.

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Television

"The Five and Dime" a fansite

Episode summaries at Epguides.com

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Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
name	Dana Delany
birth date	March 13, 1956
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
birthname	Dana Welles Delany
occupation	Actress, producer
yearsactive	1974–present
website	}}

Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American film, stage, and television actress, producer, host and health activist.

After various roles in the early career, in 1987, Delany garnered her first leading role in the short-living NBC sitcom ''Sweet Surrender'' and, 1988–1991, achieved wider fame as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television show ''China Beach'', , for which she won two Emmy Awards. She received further recognition for her performances in the films ''Light Sleeper'' (1992), ''Tombstone'' (1993), ''Exit to Eden'' (1994), ''The Margaret Sanger Story'' (1995), ''Fly Away Home'' (1996), ''True Women'' (1997) and ''Wide Awake'' (1998). Since the mid-1990s, Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation.

In 2000s she returned to television with a string of short-lived television series beginning with ''Pasadena'' (2001), ''Presidio Med'' (2002–2003), and ''Kidnapped'' (2006-2007). From 2007 to 2010 Delany played Katherine Mayfair on the ABC series ''Desperate Housewives''. She is currently in the lead role as Megan Hunt on the ABC drama series ''Body of Proof''

Delany is also known as a voice-actress. She played Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as the television series ''The Batman''. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters". Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.

Biography

Early life

Delany was born in New York City to parents of Irish descent and was raised Catholic. She has remarked that, even as a child, she always wanted to go into acting. "The reason a person first gets into acting is because you want attention from your parents as a child," she told a reporter. In her childhood, she went with her family to many Broadway shows, and was fascinated by films.

After growing up in Stamford, Connecticut, she attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for her senior year, and was a member of the school's first co-educational class which included jazz composer Bill Cunliffe, software executive Peter Currie, artist Julian Hatton, poet Karl Kirchwey, writer Nate Lee, editor Sara Nelson restaurateur Priscilla Martel and sculptor Gar Waterman. "Andover was the best time of my life," she recalled. She played the lead role of Nellie Forbush in the school's spring musical production of ''South Pacific'' playing opposite Peter Kapetan as Emile. She commented: "It was just a little awkward to be Nellie at first because she hesitates to marry Emile since he had once lived with a Polynesian woman -- I don't agree with her reasoning so that made things a bit hard at the beginning." She appeared in a student video directed by fellow classmate Jonathan Meath in a film class taught by Steve Marx. She graduated in 1974 with the academic honor of "cum laude" which was awarded to 80 out of 378 graduating seniors. She majored in theater at Wesleyan University, worked in summer stock productions during vacations, and graduated in 1978. Later, in an interview, she reported that she sometimes had eating issues during this time of her life. She said: "I binged... I starved ... I was one step from anorexia –a piece of toast and an apple would be all I would eat in a day."

1980s: stage, television, ''China Beach''

After college, she found acting work in New York City in daytime soap operas. She starred in the Broadway show ''A Life'' and won critical acclaim in 1983 in Nicholas Kazan's off-Broadway ''Blood Moon'', where the ''New York Times'' cited her "skillful verisimilitude" handling a difficult part requiring two roles "and she does them both with authority." Delany moved to Hollywood and during the next few years found work guest starring in TV shows like ''Moonlighting'' and ''Magnum, P.I.''.

Dana Delany's first audition for the lead role of nurse Colleen McMurphy was unsuccessful. "They thought I wasn't pretty enough", she said in an interview, but heeding advice from director Paul Schrader, who had directed her in the film ''Patty Hearst'', she "cut her long tresses into a bob" and re-auditioned with this new haircut, successfully, after the producers lost their first choice. She won the lead role on the critically acclaimed ''China Beach'', which appeared weekly from 1988 to 1991 and brought intense media attention to the actress. This role not only garnered two Emmy Awards, but two other Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. But after several seasons the show suffered from mediocre ratings and was discontinued in 1991.

1990s: movies, television, voice

In 1991, Dana Delany was chosen by ''People'' magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world." In the years following ''China Beach'', Delany worked steadily in television, movies, theater. In addition, she established herself as a significant voice talent.

Delany won leading roles in a string of feature films such as the TV movie ''A Promise to Keep'', ''Light Sleeper'', ''Housesitter'', ''Fly Away Home'' as well as appearing in the TV mini-series ''Wild Palms''. She also took on controversial roles, such as Mistress Lisa in ''Exit to Eden'', where one film critic commented "The script was awful -- Dana looked great." Delany commented in a 2008 interview about the audience reaction: "I had already got pilloried for playing the ''Exit to Eden'' dominatrix after ''China Beach'' because audiences had a certain image of me as Colleen and didn’t want to see it change." The provocatively titled ''Live Nude Girls'' included frank discussion by women of their sexual fantasies at a bachelorette party using a low-budget improvisational comedy format with strong chemistry between the actors. Reviews were mixed: ''Los Angeles Times'' critic Richard Natale liked the film but wrote older male film executives believed it to be "uncommercial"; another critic agreed it was "genuine girl talk" but "didn't have a lot of substance" and viewers "don't get to know the characters in the film". She also starred as Margaret Sanger in the TV movie ''Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story'' (1995), about a controversial nurse who crusaded for women's reproductive rights in the early 1900s.

In 1995, Delany appeared in the Broadway show ''Translations'' and in May 1997, Delany returned to her alma mater Phillips Academy to work with theater students as an artist-in-residence. She appeared in TV movies such as ''True Women'' (1997) and ''Resurrection'' (1999).

In 1998, Delany reportedly turned down the role of Carrie Bradshaw in the hit TV show ''Sex and the City''. She commented in a subsequent interview: "The show’s creator Darren Star asked me to play Carrie ... Darren got the idea of televising Candace Bushnell’s ''Sex and the City'' from seeing me and Kim (Kim Cattrall) in ''Live Nude Girls''." Delany declined the role partly after remembering the negative audience reaction she received with a similar film, ''Exit to Eden'', a few years back. ''Sex and the City'' became a successful series, and the role of ''Carrie'' made Sarah Jessica Parker world-famous.

Delany played a gun-toting mother in an episode of the TV series ''Family Law'' (1999) for which she earned an Emmy nomination, but the series was not rerun due to sponsorship withdrawal.

Work as Lois Lane

Dana Delany has performed substantial voice work periodically. She portrayed Andrea Beaumont in the 1993 animated feature film ''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm'' based on the popular TV show ''Batman: The Animated Series''. Delany's voice performance in the film impressed filmmakers and led to her being cast as Lois Lane in ''Superman: The Animated Series''. She was also mentioned by name in the theme song of ''Animaniacs'', another Warner Bros. production. She reprised her role as Lois Lane for the character's guest appearances in ''Justice League'', ''Justice League Unlimited'', and ''The Batman''. She returned to the DC Universe in an episode of ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' as Vilsi, an alternate universe variation of Lois Lane. Coincidentally, Delany's future ''Desperate Housewives'' co-star, Teri Hatcher, also portrayed Lois Lane on the live-action TV series ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''.

2000s: television, movies, stage, ''Desperate Housewives''

Delany continued to find work in a variety of projects, doing pilots, TV series, made-for-TV movies, and feature films. She appeared in the NBC drama ''Good Guys/Bad Guys'' (2000), which ''Newsweek'' termed a "Sopranos knock-off". She appeared in the short-lived ''Pasadena'' (2001), a critically acclaimed Fox production which was "underpromoted and endlessly pre-empted" and described as a "twisted rich-family saga" with a "great cast". Delany commented in an interview: "You can see ''Pasadena'' as a black comedy or see it as really tragic. A lot of soaps on television now don't have that layer of tragedy to them." She was an actor and co-executive producer of the film ''Final Jeopardy'' (2001). New York Daily News TV critic David Bianculli gave a positive review to both her performance as an actor -- "Delany, as always, does pensive and independent better than most actresses" -- and as a producer. She played a doctor in the TV series ''Presidio Med'' (2002), described as a "conventional but pleasant drama populated by characters dedicated to medicine who also have messy personal lives." She appeared in TV movies such as ''A Time to Remember'' (2003), and ''Baby for Sale'' (2004). She appeared in feature films by indie film producers, such as ''The Outfitters'' (1999), ''Mother Ghost'' (2002), and ''Spin'' (2003).

Returning to theater, she played an artsy and incompetent woman who questions the "imposed conventions of society" after discovering her husband's affair in the Pulitzer-prize winning ''Dinner With Friends'' (2000, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston); her performance earned positive reviews generally. She played Beatrice in Shakespeare's ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (2003, San Diego); one critic described the "verbal sparring" between Delany and actor Billy Campbell as a "joy".

From 2004 to 2006, Delany played many guest roles on TV shows, such as ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''Boston Legal'', ''Kojak'', ''Related'', ''The L Word'', and ''Battlestar Galactica''. She also starred in the short-lived TV series ''Kidnapped'' (2006). One critic wrote "Delany is alternately furious and despondent as Ellie, and she and Hutton (Timothy Hutton) can do more without words than other actors can do with pages of dialogue. They’re absolutely convincing as rich, complicated Manhattanites and as parents who come face to face with the scary reality that they can’t always protect their kids."

The actress appeared as herself in the TV documentary ''Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany'' which explored their lives and treatment after returning to the United States. Delany has become "something of a heroine to the nurses who served in Vietnam", according to ''Los Angeles Times'' writer Susan King, who noted that the actress worked on a nationwide nurse recruitment program in 1990 called the McMurphy project.

In 2007, Delany appeared in the films ''A Beautiful Life'', ''Camp Hope'', and ''Multiple Sarcasms''.

Delany initially declined the offer to play one of the four ''Desperate Housewives'' principal characters, Bree Van De Kamp, saying it was too similar to her role on ''Pasadena''. The show became a popular prime-time soap opera with substantial ratings. But in 2007 she was again offered a role by producer Marc Cherry, this time as a supporting housewife, and she joined the cast of the well-established series for the 2007–08 season. Reaction to the addition of Delany was positive; one critic wrote "...casting Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair in Season 4 is one of the smartest things Cherry has ever done ... Not many actors can deftly deliver both comedy and drama, but Delany makes it look easy." She commented about playing housewife Katherine Mayfair: "The hardest thing for me was figuring out the tone of the piece because it's such a specific tone - so it was more of an acting challenge than anything else." She commented in 2008: “I hope that she (Katherine Mayfair) doesn’t lose her snarkiness, because that’s always fun to play.” On May 13, 2008, it was announced that Delany would reprise her role on ''Desperate Housewives'' for season five, having been promoted to the sixth lead.

2010s: new series and movies

In March 2010, Delany appeared as FBI agent Jordan Shaw in a two-part story on the TV series ''Castle'', which stars Nathan Fillion, who played her character's second husband on ''Desperate Housewives''.

Delany left ''Desperate Housewives'' to star in the new ABC series ''Body of Proof'' originally slated to begin airing in late 2010.Delany also voiced a character ''Margaret Rosenblatt'' in the film ''Firebreather'' in 2010

In 2011 in ''Body of Proof'', Delany plays a brilliant neurosurgeon turned medical examiner after a car accident causes her to lose dexterity in her hands. Ironically, Delany in real life had an experience similar to her character of Dr. Megan Hunt. Two weeks before filming the pilot episode, Delany's car was hit by a bus in Santa Monica; two fingers of her hand were broken and her car was totaled. Delany describes her character in ''Body of Proof'' as being "complicated, smart, and definitely complex."

In April 2011 Delany came 9th in ''People'' magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list.

In May 2011 Delany was the host the fourth annual ''Television Academy Honors''.

Delany is currently filming the crime drama ''Freelancers'' with director Jessy Terrero. The film also stars Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, and 50 Cent, and is set for a 2012 release.

Personal and public life

Since the mid-1990s, Delany has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation, and with her friend Sharon Monsky, she helped campaign for support in finding a cure for scleroderma. Working with director Bob Saget, she starred in the TV movie ''For Hope'' (1996), based on Saget's sister Gay, who had died as a result of the disease. She appeared as a contestant on ''Celebrity Jeopardy'' in 2001, 2006 and 2009 to raise money for scleroderma research. Scleroderma "robs these women of not only their own lives in many cases, but robs their families which include countless children," she explained in 2002.

Delany is a board member of the arts advocacy organization Creative Coalition. She appeared in June 2009 in an onstage meeting in New York alongside White House social secretary Desiree Rogers to discuss ways to promote American cinematic creativity. In August 2009 Delany was named co-president of the Creative Coalition, joining Tim Daly in the leadership of the organization. Delany explained her support for the arts in an interview: "I just think it's so important for children and the future of the country and people's general happiness. I'm one of those people who, whenever I feel cut off spiritually or emotionally, I go to a museum or a play or a movie, and I'm just transported." She participated as a celebrity guest in fundraising events which support the rights of same-sex couples to marry. In addition, she has supported Planned Parenthood. She attended the organization's 90th birthday celebration in New York City in 2006. Delany said: "It's hard to imagine where we'd be in this country had Margaret Sanger not founded that first clinic here in New York, 90 years ago." She attended events sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Delany commented about her personal life in an interview in 2006: "I turned 50 and I'm ready to get married ... I don't know who he is yet but I'm ready ... He has to be smart, funny and kind." She added a year later: "Marriage has never been a big deal for me ... But I think I’m ready now ... I got to have all the fun in the world, to experience a lot of people and figure out what I really like." Delany (in 1988) said she doesn't find being a celebrity to be that appealing: "I'm not a 'personality'. I am never recognized, which I take as a compliment. I have a love-hate thing with publicity."

Since the mid-1990s, she has had a notable Internet presence. She has participated in several online chat events promoting various projects. Her official web site, online since 1996, includes a guestbook in which she participates.

Delany, in 2003, tried having an injection of botox in her forehead, but the needle hit a nerve and created a hematoma which affected the muscle in her right eye, causing it to droop slightly. In 2010, she vowed she will never have plastic surgery. She told Prevention in 2010 that she prefers eating healthily, including vegetables, tofu, fish, gluten-free pasta, and bread. Since she plays a neurosurgeon in her new ABC drama ''Body of Proof'', she refuses to eat turkey sausage because of a perceived similarity with intestines seen on the set.

In April 2011 Delany came 9th in ''People'' magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful list.

Filmography

! Year	! Film/play/TV/other	! Role	! Other notes
1974		Nellie Forbush	Musical at Phillips Academy
1978	''Ryan's Hope''	Ryan's bar patron
1979	''Love of Life''	Amy Russell
1980	''A Life''		Broadway play
		Saleswoman in record store
''As the World Turns''	Hayley Wilson Hollister
	''Wisk detergent''	Lady in an elevator	TV commercial (opposite Tom McBride)
''Blood Moon''	Innocent pre-med student	Off-broadway production by Nicholas Kazan
	''Almost You''	Susan McCall
''Threesome''	Laura Shaper
''The Streets''	Jeannie
		Jillian Armstrong	"Knowing Her," episode 206
''Magnum, P.I.''	Cynthia Farrell
		Nora
''Where the River Runs Black''	Sister Ana
''Liberty''	Moya Trevor
1987		Georgia Holden
		Gelina
	Anne Briscoe
''Moon over Parador''	Jenny
	Eve	South by Southeast season 1, episode 10
''China Beach''	Colleen McMurphy	62 episodes 1988–1991
1990	''A Promise to Keep''	Jane Goodrich
	''Light Sleeper''	Marianne
''Housesitter''	Becky Metcalf
''Cheers''	Susan Metheny	Season 11, episode 11
	''Wild Palms''	Grace Wyckoff
''Donato and Daughter''	Lieutenant Dena Donato
''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm''	Andrea Beaumont	(voice)
	''The Enemy Within''	Betsy Corcoran
	Lisa Emerson
''Texan''
	''Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story''	Margaret Sanger
	Jill
	Helen Fiske
''Translations''	Maire	Broadway play (short-lived)
	''Superman: The Animated Series''	Lois Lane	(voice) (43 episodes 1996–2000)
''Fly Away Home''	Susan Barnes
''The Adventures of Mowgli''	Bagheera	(voice) English version
''For Hope''	Hope Altman
''Wing Commander Academy''	Gwen Archer Bowman	(voice) 13 episodes
	''True Women''	Sarah Ashby McClure
	Honey Trapp	Season 1, episode 4
''Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man''	Dr. Susan Fox	(voice)
		Mrs. Beal
	Dr. Ashley
''Rescuers: Stories of Courage — Two Couples''	Johtje Vos
''The Patron Saint of Liars''	Rose Cleardon Abbott
''The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest''	Lois Lane	(voice)
''Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu''		Documentary
	''Outfitters''	Cat Bonfaim
	Sally Rawlings
	Clare Miller
''Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story''	Elaine Gunn
	''The Right Temptation''	Anthea Farrow-Smith
''Dinner With Friends''	Beth	Stage; Pulitzer-prize script
		Alexandra Cooper	Delany was actor, co-executive producer
	Mary Sullivan	Episode "Safe At Home"
	Catherine McAllister	13 episodes (2001–2002)
	''Conviction''	Martha
''Mother Ghost''	Karen Bennett
''Superman: Shadow of Apokolips''	Lois Lane	(voice)
''Presidio Med''	Dr. Rae Brennan	13 episodes
		Herself
	Lois Lane	(voice) (10 episodes 2003–2005)
	Margaret Swift-Bejarano
	Britt Calhoun	aka "Turning Homeward"
''Much Ado About Nothing''	Beatrice	Stage, San Diego
	''Baby for Sale''	Nathalie Johnson
''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''	Carolyn Spencer	"Obscene", episode 603
''Justice League Unlimited''	Loana
''Boston Legal''	Samantha Fleming	1 episode
	''Related''	Francesca Sorelli	Season 1, episodes 7,18
''Getting to Know You''	Marla
	Kate McNeil
		Sesha Abinell
''Superman: Brainiac Attacks''	Lois Lane	Voice
''The Woman with the Hungry Eyes''	Theda Bara	Voice
	Ellie Cain	13 episodes (2006–2007)
''The L Word''	Senator Barbara Grisham
''Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delany''	Host	Documentary
	''Drunkboat''	Eileen
	Lois Lane	Voice (2 episodes)
''Life on the Refrigerator Door''	Narrator	Audio book by Alice Kuipers
2007–2010	''Desperate Housewives''	Katherine Mayfair	Series regular (2007–2010) (3 seasons; 64 episodes)
		Amish Martha
''Flying Lessons''	Jeanne
	''Multiple Sarcasms''	Annie
''A Beautiful Life''	Anne
	Patricia
''PoliWood''	Herself	Documentary
''Annul Victory''	Herself	Documentary
		Agent Jordan Shaw	2 episodes; season 2, episodes 17–18
''Batman: The Brave and the Bold''	Vilsi Vaylar	voice
	Margaret	voice
	''Body of Proof''		2011–present
	Host
2012			Filming

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Result	! Award	! Category	! Film or series
1989	Won	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	''China Beach''
1990	Nominated	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	''China Beach''
1991	Nominated	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	''China Beach''
1992	Won	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	''China Beach''
2001	Nominated	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1990	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-series drama	''China Beach''
1991	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-series drama	''China Beach''
1989	Won		Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series	''China Beach''
1990	Won		Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series	''China Beach''
1991	Won		Best Actress in a Quality Drama Series	''China Beach''
2009	Won		Best Performance in a Comedy Series	''Desperate Housewives''
2008	Nominated	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	''Desperate Housewives''
2009	Nominated	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	''Desperate Housewives''
1998	Won	Lone Star Film & Television	Best TV Actress	''True Women''
2007	Nominated	TV Land Award	Lady you love to watch fight for her life in a movie of the week	Movie of the week

General source for awards:

Additional sources—Family Law: Prism: Screen Actors Guild: Lone Star Film & Television: TV Land:

==References==

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