Dinah Lenney

Dinah Lenney (born Dinah Gross; November 18, 1956, Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actress and writer. She is the author of Bigger than Life: A Murder, a Memoir, a 2007 book about the murder of her father, Republican Party politician and businessman Nelson G. Gross. 2Biography Lenney was born to Nelson Gerard Gross and Leah (née Binger) Gross. Her parents divorced in 1958, after which time she lived with her mother, who remarried Ron Lenney. Her surname was legally changed from Gross to Lenney around her sixteenth birthday. She attended Yale University, graduating with a B.A. degree in American Studies in 1978. She received a Certificate of Acting from the Neighborhood Playhouse, where she studied with Sanford Meisner. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars.In her acting career, Lenney has had a variety of stage, film, and television roles. On television she has appeared on shows such as Married... with Children (1991), Murphy Brown, Judging Amy, A Fine Romance and South of Nowher