Denny Dillon

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Denny Dillon
Born	Denise Dillon May 18, 1951 (age 60) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Comedian, actress
Years active	1973-present

Denise "Denny" Dillon (born May 18, 1951, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comedian and former cast member of Saturday Night Live. At 4'11" (150 cm), Dillon is the shortest cast member in the show's history. After a short stay on SNL during the troubled tenure of Jean Doumanian, Dillon eventually found more success as Toby Pedalbee, the abusive yet loyal assistant on the HBO cable sitcom Dream On.

Dillon has done voice-acting for animation, most recently in Ice Age. She is remembered for her cameo in the 1977 blockbuster Saturday Night Fever, in which she fawns over disco king Tony (John Travolta) while asking him if she can wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Dillon appeared in an episode of Night Court entitled Educating Rhonda (Dillon).

Dillon has had a distinguished Broadway career, appearing as Agnes in the 1974 revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury; in the 1975 revival of Thornton Wilder's Skin of our Teeth; in the 1980 stage version of Harold and Maude; and as Mickey in the 1983 Gershwin musical My One and Only, starring Tommy Tune and Twiggy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. She was the voice of Meadow Morn in the 1983 animation The Magic of Herself the Elf. She played Judy on the TV series comedy Dr. Science (1987). She later appeared as a replacement cast member in the 2003 play, Enchanted April.

In September 2007, Dillon starred as Beatrice in the world premiere of Tom Dudzick's Don't Talk to the Actors at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York.

Recurring SNL characters

• Debbie, Valley Girl Vickie's (Gail Matthius) best friend
• Mary Louise, a mentally disturbed child who scares people with her hand puppet, Sam the Snake
• Nadine, the neurotic frequent customer at Roweena's (Gail Matthius) Cut 'n Curl
• Pinky Waxman, Leo Waxman's (Gilbert Gottfried) wife and co-host on "What's It All About?"

Celebrity impersonations from SNL

• Amy Carter
• Betsy Maxwell (Walter Cronkite's wife)
• Jean Harris
• Yoko Ono

External links

• Denny Dillon at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Dillon, Denny
Alternative names	Dillon, Denise
Short description	Actress, comedian
Date of birth	May 18, 1951
Place of birth	Cleveland, Ohio
Date of death
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