Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter
Wynter in 1962
Born
Dagmar Winter

(1931-06-08)8 June 1931
Berlin, Germany
Died5 May 2011(2011-05-05) (aged 79)
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1993
Spouse
(m. 1956; div. 1981)
Children1

Dana Wynter (born Dagmar Winter; 8 June 1931[1][2] – 5 May 2011) was a German-born British actress, who was raised in the United Kingdom and southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than 40 years, beginning in the 1950s. Her best-known film performance was in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). A tall, dark, elegant beauty, she played both victim and villain. Her characters both in film and on television sometimes faced horrific dangers, which they often did not survive, but she also played scheming, manipulative women on television mysteries and crime procedural dramas.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telegraph was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Thursby, Keith (8 May 2011). "Dana Wynter dies at 80; actress in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2011.