Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
The actress Dana Wheeler-Nicholson's first two movie roles were in films starring Diane Keaton: the political spy thriller "The Little Drummer Girl" and "Mrs. Soffel," in which Keaton fell in love with a young convict, played by Mel Gibson. But Wheeler-Nicholson was herself the love interest in her third picture, the cult favorite "Fletch." The eponymous hero of that film was played by Chevy Chase; he joked around, switched disguises, and fell for Wheeler-Nicholson (whose character was already hitched--to a villainous Tim Matheson). In the Western "Tombstone," she played the spouse of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell). And in between she did a lot of TV work. Wheeler-Nicholson was a series regular on the short-lived "Hill Street Blues" spinoff, "Beverly Hills Buntz," starring Dennis Franz, and then appeared with him again in an episode of his longer-lasting police drama, "NYPD Blue." She's also had guest spots on such shows as "The X-Files," "Sex and the City," "Boston Public," "Seinfeld," and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"; a stint on the soap "All My Children"; and the role of Angela Collette, the mother of a cheerleader, on NBC's "Friday Night Lights."
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Dana Wheeler-Nicholson
Filmography
Movies
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65% |
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Blue Miracle | Tricia Bisbee (Character) | - | 2021 |
50% |
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Miss Arizona | Maybelle (Character) | - | 2018 |
69% |
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6 Years | Joanne (Character) | - | 2015 |
67% |
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Winter in the Blood | Malvina (Character) | - | 2013 |
31% |
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Angels Sing | Maggie (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire Season | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 5 Time Champion | Danielle (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blacktino | Moon (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dance With the One | Mary (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? | Victoria Caine (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Living in Peril | Linda Woods (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick and Jane | Jane (Character) | $11.3K | 1997 |
20% |
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Frank and Jesse | Annie (Character) | - | 1995 |
72% |
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Denise Calls Up | Gail Donelly (Character) | $147.0K | 1995 |
20% |
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The Pompatus of Love | Kathryn (Character) | $37.6K | 1995 |
88% |
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My Life's in Turnaround | Rachel (Character) | - | 1993 |
74% |
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Tombstone | Mattie Blaylock Earp, aka Celia Maddon (Character) | $55.9M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | N.Y.P.D. Mounted | Donna Lee Wellington (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Circuitry Man | Lori (Character) | - | 1990 |
79% |
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Fletch | Gail Stanwyk (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
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78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Donna Evans (Guest Star) | 2014 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Bull | Evelyn Waters (Guest Star) | 2020 |
84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Dana Hamilton (Guest Star) | 2020 |
94% | 82% | Emergence | Vanessa Cox (Guest Star) | 2019 |
91% | 73% | Nashville | Beverly O'Connor (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
66% | 75% | A Gifted Man | Jayne Reinhart (Guest Star) | 2012 |
97% | 93% | Friday Night Lights | Angela Collette (Guest Star) | 2007-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Guys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
16% | No Score Yet | The Deep End | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Tara Black (Guest Star) | 2006 2008 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Stephanie Rogers (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grounded for Life | Arianna (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Apple | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Jenny Peters (Guest Star) | 2000 |
70% | 80% | Sex and the City | Laney Berlin (Guest Star) | 1998 |
75% | No Score Yet | The Single Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Det. Angela White (Guest Star) | 1996 |
89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Shelly (Guest Star) | 1995 |
50% | No Score Yet | Palace Guard | Apache (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beverly Hills Buntz | Rebecca Giswold (Character) | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |