DINAH MANOFF

Manoff was born in New York City to actress Lee Grant and writer Arnold Manoff.

She won both a Theater World and Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for her performance in the Broadway production of Neil Simon’s I Ought to Be in Pictures. She reprised the role in the motion picture of the same title.

Other theatre credits include Broadway’s Leader of the Pack and Alfred and Victoria at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Tennessee William’s Kingdom of Earth at Theatre West, and Donald Margulies’ Gifted Children at the JRT Off-Broadway. She won a Dramalogue Award (Best Director of the Year,) for directing Telegrams From Heaven – a play starring Renee Taylor, which she co-wrote with Dennis Bailey, and which is based on her late father’s (Arnold Manoff) novel.

On television, she was a series regular on Soap, and has appeared in numerous TV movies, including Maid For Each Other, which she wrote the story for as well. Manoff is best known for her portrayal as Richard Mulligan’s daughter “Carol Weston,” the character she played for seven years on Empty Nest. More recently she spent two years starring in the highly acclaimed ABC family series State of Grace, for which she received a Jewish Image Award. Manoff has also worked as a television director, helming episodes of Sabrina, Movie Stars, Brothers, and numerous episodes of Empty Nest.

In feature films, Manoff played the role of Pink Lady Marty Marachino in the movie Grease. Other film credits include Ordinary People, Bloodhounds of Broadway, Child’s Play, Staying Together, Backfire, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, and the independent film, Bart Got a Room.

Currently Manoff resides with her family on Bainbridge Island where she writes, coaches and teaches acting, with the Northwest Actors Lab.