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Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actor with a raspy voice and childlike appearance, which allowed her to play adolescent roles into her 30s. While Hill is maybe best known for playing Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Sherry Dunlap in Shoot the Moon, it is probably her best role as Ellie Turner in the semi-auto biographical story of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in the 1983 "Cross Creek" with Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote and Rip Torn.
Dana Lynne Goetz was born in 1964 to Sandy Hill and Ted... MORE
Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice actor with a raspy voice and childlike appearance, which allowed her to play adolescent roles into her 30s. While Hill is maybe best known for playing Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Sherry Dunlap in Shoot the Moon, it is probably her best role as Ellie Turner in the semi-auto biographical story of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings in the 1983 "Cross Creek" with Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote and Rip Torn.
Dana Lynne Goetz was born in 1964 to Sandy Hill and Ted Goetz. Her father was a director of commercials. A diagnosis of Type I diabetes at an early age ended a promising athletic future. A 1982 article in People Magazine reported that at age 10 Hill had placed third nationwide in the 880-yard run and fourth in the mile run. A few weeks later she collapsed on the track, which led to the diagnosis. The diabetes stunted her growth (at 18 she was 5' 0" and 82 pounds) and caused life-long health complications for Hill.
Hill's initial work in commercials was via her father's influence (her first job was a 1973 commercial for the YMCA, spinning a basketball on her LESS
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