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- Deanna Dunagan is a Tony Award-winning actress who has had a prolific career acting on the Chicago stage. Originally from Monahans, Texas, Dunagan made her Broadway debut in the 1979 production of George Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman" at Circle in the Square. In 1981, she performed in the first national tour of "Children of a Lesser God", during which time she visited Chicago for the first time. Having fallen in love with that city, Dunagan moved to Chicago after the tour ended and has lived there ever since. Over the last three decades, she has performed in more than 30 theaters in the Chicago area, garnering three Joseph Jefferson Awards and three "After Dark" Awards. In 2007, Dunagan returned to Broadway in the Steppenwolf Theatre's transplant production of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County". For her performance, Dunagan won a Tony Award, Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award.
- IMDb mini biography by: Nathan Swanson
- SpouseMalcolm James Bell Jr.(August 26, 1962 - August 14, 1963) (divorced)
- ParentsJohn Conrad DunaganKathlyn Cosper
- RelativesKathleen Dunagan(Sibling)John Charles Dunagan(Sibling)William Claiborne Dunagan(Sibling)Carol Dunagan (Husbands)(Sibling)
- Won 2008 Best Actress Tony Award for her role as Violet in "August: Osage County.".
- Nominated for a Tony for her role in Tracy Letts's play "August: Osage County", which premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, where Dunagan is a regular.
- She has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and German ancestry.
- She was nominated for a 1989 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role for "Stepping Out" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
- She was nominated for a 1991 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Coriolanus" at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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