What is Dinah Manoff?
'''Dinah Manoff''' (born January 25, 1956) is an [[Americans|American]] stage, [[movie]] and [[television]] actress. She acted in many television movies and guest starred on television programs. She played Libby Tucker in both the stage and movie versions of ''I Ought to be in Pictures''. She won a [[Tony Award]] in 1980 for acting in the play.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Awards|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search?&lname=Dinah+Manoff|publisher=Tony Award Productions|access-date=29 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She also acted in the theatrical movies ''Bart Got a Room'' and ''The Amati Girls''. In 1978, at age 19 she played Marty Maraschino in her first movie, ''[[Grease (movie)|Grease]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20124959,00.html |title=14 Grease Is the Word |author=Tom Gliatto, Anne-Marie O'Neill |date=13 April 1998 |publisher=People |access-date=29 January 2016 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930145414/https://people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20124959,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1980, Manoff played Karen, the [[suicide|suicidal]] friend of [[Timothy Hutton]]'s character in the multiple [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning ''[[Ordinary People]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=She's Lee Grant's Daughter, but Dinah Manoff Figures She Ought to Be in Pictures Too|publisher=People Magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082008,00.html|date=April 26, 1982|access-date=Jan 28, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224325/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082008,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1988, she played Maggie Peterson in ''[[Child's Play]]''. She then began playing Carol Weston on the television series ''[[Empty Nest]]''. She played that role for seven years. Manoff was born in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dinah Manoff Biography (1958-)|publisher=The Film