Dana Hill was an American actress whose career began in 1978 and lasted until 1996 when she passed away. She is most remembered for starring in the American comedy film National Lampoon’s European Vacation as Audrey Griswold, the drama film – Shoot the Moon as Sherry Dunlap and Cross Creek where she played the character of Ellie Turner. These movies and many more all helped make the actress popular during her lifetime.

Biography of Dana Hill

The actress who is remembered as Dana Hill was born as Dana Lynne Goetz; she however took her mother’s surname – Hill. She was born on May 6, 1964 in Encino, Los Angeles, California. His parents were Sandy Hill and Theodore Arthur “Ted” Goetz.

Growing up, Dana was an athletic kid and was noted for being third in the national 880 yard run and fourth in the mile run. However, a few weeks after this feat, she collapsed on the track. A medical diagnosis revealed that she had type 1 diabetes, which affected her growth and health throughout her life. As you’d expect, it also ended her dream of becoming a professional athlete.

Despite the challenges life presented her with in the beginning, Dana Hill wasn’t one to give in and watch life pass her by and not get anything out of it. Thus, despite the discouragement of her father, she began a career as an actress. She started by working on commercials. In particular, Dana was seen in a 1973 YMCA commercial. Thereafter, she began making screen appearances beginning with roles in television series like Mork & Mindy, The Case of the ‘Atlantic, Featherstone’s Nest, ABC Afterschool Special, and Family from 1978 to 1980.

In 1982, she landed a major role in the television series We Two Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Gallagher. This saw her perform alongside other stars like Tim Thomerson, Reggie Cavanaugh, Peter Cook, Robert Brentwood, Oliver Clark, Cubby Royce and Mimi Kennedy, Nan Gallagher.

The following year Dana Hill appeared in the film Shoot the Moon (1882) as Sherry Dunlap and followed it up with roles in other projects such as Cross Creek (1983), Waiting to Act and National Lampoon’s European Vacation both in 1985. She voiced the character Teddy 2 in Jetsons: The Movie (1990) and also did as Danny in Rover Dangerfield and Jerry in Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) which marked his last film work.

During her career, Dana obviously played more roles in TV series than in movies. Some of his works in the 80s include The Member of the Wedding, CBS Schoolbreak Special, Fighting Academy, Pound Puppies [voice roles of Toots/Colin] and Marvin, Baby of the Year

In the 90s, which unfortunately became a decade, Dana Hill did not see its end, she was in Sugar and Spice, Widget [voice role as Kevin], Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Foster Fenwick’s voice], Sonic the hedgehog [The voice of young Sally], What a mess and the trio of The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats, The Adventures of The Book of Virtues and The spooky new adventures of Casper which were his last works in 1996.

Dana Hill’s Family: Parents, Siblings

As mentioned above, Dana Hill was born to Sandy Hill and her husband Theodore Arthur “Ted” Goetz, who worked live-Mathew Goetz and Daniel Goetz.

Dana’s brother Mathew Goetz appeared in the American movie Alien in 1998. Other than that, he has no other publicly known acting credit to his name. As for Daniel, there is no idea what career path he ventured into briefly or long term.

Height and all other facts about the late actress

Net value

Dana Hills has racked up a considerable amount of money in her acting career, which has spanned nearly two decades. Available estimates put his net worth at around $5 million.

Relationships

Dana Hill never married, nor did she know him for being involved in a relationship. So she had no children. It is better to say that she devoted all her time to her acting career and made the most of it.

Body measurements

Dana stood at a height of 5 feet which is the equivalent of 1.5m. At this time, his exact weight and other measurements are not publicly known and it may never be known if any recordings were made during his lifetime.

Dead

In May 1996, the actress went into a diabetic coma which was followed by a paralytic stroke the following month. She sadly passed away on July 15, 1996 at the age of 32.

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