Dana Barron

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Dana Barron : biography

April 22, 1966 –

Dana Barron (born April 22, 1966) is an American actress who has starred in film and on television. Barron is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation which she reprised in 2003’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure for NBC television.

Early life

Barron was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Joyce McCord, a stage actress, and Robert Barron, a commercial director and former child actor. at FilmReference.com Dana has a sister named Allison. Their grandmother, Marian Weeks, was a soprano singer on Broadway and a Ziegfeld Follies Girl.

Selected filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role
1983 National Lampoon’s Vacation Audrey Griswold
1985 Heaven Help Us Janine
1987 Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Erica Sheldon
1988 Heartbreak Hotel Beth Devereux
1994 Magic Kid 2 Maggie
2000 The Perfect Nanny Fawn Lewis
Python Kristin
2001 Night Class Heather
2003 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure Audrey Griswold
2005 McBride: Murder Past Midnight Marta Arnack
2006 National Lampoon’s Pucked Tiny
2010 The Invited Kristy
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Television

Year Title Role Notes
1983 The Brass Ring Darlene TV movie
1984 One Life to Live Michelle Boudin
1985 The Equalizer Melinda
1987 Crossbow Eleanor 52 appearances
1988 CBS Schoolbreak Special Megan Wells
1989 In the Heat of the Night Corrie Kroller
1998 Babylon 5 Lauren Ashley "The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father"
2012 Naughty or Nice Brenda Weir TV movie

Career

Barron received a day time Emmy award in 1989 for her appearance in the CBS after-school special No Means No. Barron appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live from 1984–1985 as Michelle Boudin. She starred in the 1998 The Magnificent Seven (TV series) as Casey. She had a recurring role as Nikki Witt on the Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210, for which she won the Youth in Film Award for as best recurring actress. In 1992, she starred with JoBeth Williams and Chris Burke in the NBC movie Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted.

Barron has made guest appearances on TV shows including The Equalizer, In the Heat of the Night, Murder, She Wrote, and Babylon 5 as a telepath named Lauren Ashley in the Season 5 episode "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father".

Personal life

Barron is in a long term relationship with writer/director/producer Michael Vickerman, and they have a young son, Taylor.