Dana Delany

Born: 1956-03-13

Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is a multi-award winning American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role sas Colleen McMurphy on the ABC's China Beach (1988–1991), Katherine Mayfair on Desperate Housewives (2007–2010), Megan Hunt on Body of Proof (2011–present) and, as a voice-actress, Lois Lane in the DC Animated Universe as well as the television series The Batman. In an interview, she said she loves to play "complicated characters". Delany has been active in film, television, and stage since the late 1970s.


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as Nicole
Released: 2024-08-15

A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high...

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Tombstone

as Josephine Marcus
Released: 1993-12-25

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to...

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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

as Lois Lane (voice)
Released: 2013-07-30

The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of...

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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

as Andrea Beaumont / Chimera (voice)
Released: 1993-12-25

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce...

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Exit to Eden

as Lisa Emerson
Released: 1994-10-14

Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel...

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The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

as Lois Lane (voice)
Released: 1997-10-04

As the Joker visits Metropolis with a plan to kill Superman for Lex Luthor, Batman pursues the...

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Live Nude Girls

as Jill
Released: 1995-12-08

A group of old friends at a Hens Night discuss their issues, uncertainties, fears and fantasies.

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The Enemy Within

as Betsy Corcoran
Released: 1994-08-24

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government...

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Masquerade

as Anne Briscoe
Released: 1988-03-11

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest...

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Superman: Brainiac Attacks

as Lois Lane (voice)
Released: 2006-06-20

Embittered by Superman's heroic successes and soaring popularity, Lex Luthor forms a dangerous...

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Firebreather

as Margaret Rosenblatt (voice)
Released: 2010-11-24

It's not easy being a teen like Duncan. His mom wants him to pay more attention to his homework,...

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Wide Awake

as Mrs. Beal
Released: 1998-03-20

The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved...

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Fly Away Home

as Susan Barnes
Released: 1996-09-13

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father,...

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Moon Over Parador

as Jenny
Released: 1988-09-09

Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time...

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Housesitter

as Becky Metcalf
Released: 1992-06-12

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only...

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Freelancers

as Lydia Vecchio
Released: 2012-08-10

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former...

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Light Sleeper

as Marianne Jost
Released: 1992-08-21

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New...

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Literally, Right Before Aaron

as Wendy (Allison's Mom)
Released: 2017-04-22

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into...

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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

as Lois Lane (voice)
Released: 1996-09-10

Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend...

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Spin

as Margaret
Released: 2003-10-23

"Spin" tells the story of a boy who loses his parents in a plane crash, is taken in by his uncle...

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Patty Hearst

as Gelina
Released: 1988-09-23

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her...

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Almost You

as Susan McCall
Released: 1985-03-29

Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home...

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The Right Temptation

as Anthea Farrow-Smith
Released: 2000-08-19

A detective falls for the man she's supposed to be investigating; dire complications follow.

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Multiple Sarcasms

as Annie
Released: 2010-05-07

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a...

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The Fan

as Saleswoman in Record Store
Released: 1981-05-15

A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced...

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Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

as Margaret Sanger
Released: 1995-03-08

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she...

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Camp Hell

as Patricia Leary
Released: 2010-08-13

At the end of every summer, the children of a Christian community from a suburb of New Jersey...

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Dead Man's Curve

as Dr. Ashley
Released: 1998-01-24

Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a...

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Donato and Daughter

as Lt. Dena Donato
Released: 1993-09-21

Though emotionally estranged, a father and daughter team of Los Angeles police detectives must...

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Annul Victory

as Self
Released: 2009-05-02

Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election...

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Sirens

as Sally Rawlings
Released: 1999-09-26

Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian...

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A Beautiful Life

as Anne
Released: 2009-10-02

A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays...

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A Time to Remember

as Britt Calhoun
Released: 2003-11-23

An artist and single mother returns to her childhood home to patch things up with her mother who...

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A Promise to Keep

as Jane Goodrich
Released: 1990-10-01

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

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Mother Ghost

as Karen Bennett
Released: 2002-08-08

Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life,...

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Liberty

as Moya Trevor
Released: 1986-06-23

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s...

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Where the River Runs Black

as Sister Ana
Released: 1986-09-19

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest...

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PoliWood

as Self
Released: 2009-07-03

An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S....

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The Earth Day Special

as Doctor
Released: 1990-04-22

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on...

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Conviction

as Martha
Released: 2002-09-29

The story of Carl Upchurch who experiences jail as a young adult. While in prison, a...

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Baby for Sale

as Nathalie Johnson
Released: 2004-07-12

A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the...

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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

as Herself - Actress
Released: 1998-05-05

Documentary recounting the life story of Louise Brooks in 5 sections: "Lulu in Toe Shoes"; "Lulu...

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For Hope

as Hope Altman
Released: 1996-11-17

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

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Drunkboat

as Eileen
Released: 2012-07-13

After twenty years of broken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo...

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Threesome

as Laura Shaper
Released: 1984-09-14

A New York stockbroker introduces a girlfriend to his buddy from out of town, then regrets it.

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The Patron Saint of Liars

as Rose Cleardon Abbott
Released: 1998-04-05

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers...

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Route 30

as Amish Martha
Released: 2008-01-01

3 interconnecting stories set along the Lincoln Highway in South Central Pennsylvania.

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A Winner Never Quits

as Nora
Released: 1986-04-13

Raised in a poor Pennsylvania mining town by his immigrant parents, Pete Grey lost his right arm...

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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples

as Johtje Vos
Released: 1998-05-10

Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save...

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Troy

as Dee
Released: 2022-06-10

Troy has loud sex, 24/7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their...

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China Beach: Pilot

as Colleen McMurphy
Released: 1988-04-26

The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac...

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James Ellroy: American Dog

as Self
Released: 2006-11-10

Riffing on the topics covered in his brilliant "best selling, award winning" 1996 book My Dark...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Carolyn Spencer
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Tulsa King

as Margaret Devereaux
First aired: 2022-11-13

Just after he is released from prison after 25 years, New York mafia capo Dwight “The General”...

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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Castle

as Jordan Shaw
First aired: 2009-03-09

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...

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Desperate Housewives

as Katherine Mayfair
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Cheers

as Susan Metheny
First aired: 1982-09-30

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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Bull

as Assistant US Attorney Sylvia Banner
First aired: 2016-09-20

Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial...

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Battlestar Galactica

as Sesha Abinell
First aired: 2004-10-18

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Boston Legal

as Samantha Fleming
First aired: 2004-10-03

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...

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The Batman

as Lois Lane (voice)
First aired: 2004-09-11

A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.

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Moonlighting

as Jillian Armstrong
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Vilsi Vaylar (voice)
First aired: 2008-11-14

The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in...

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The L Word

as Senator Barbara Grisham
First aired: 2004-01-18

A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

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Mayans M.C.

as Patricia Devlin
First aired: 2018-09-04

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a...

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Body of Proof

as Dr. Megan Hunt
First aired: 2011-03-29

Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But...

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-05-25

Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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Justice League Unlimited

as Loana (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Lois Lane (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Superman: The Animated Series

as Lois Lane (voice)
First aired: 1996-09-06

Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Duckman

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-03-05

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997,...

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The Larry Sanders Show

as Dana Delany
First aired: 1992-08-15

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Host/Nominee
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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Family Law

as Mary Sullivan
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Fallen Angels

as Helen Fiske
First aired: 1993-08-01

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and...

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thirtysomething

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-29

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...

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Justice League

as Lois Lane (voice)
First aired: 2001-11-17

The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder...

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Justice League

as Lois Lane / Maggie Sawyer (voice)
First aired: 2001-11-17

The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder...

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Hand of God

as Crystal Harris
First aired: 2014-08-28

A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him,...

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The Other Two

as Emily Overruled
First aired: 2019-01-24

A former professional dancer, Brooke, and her brother Cary, an aspiring actor, try to find their...

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China Beach

as Colleen McMurphy
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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Stars in the House

as Self
First aired: 2020-03-16

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...

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Presidio Med

as Dr. Rae Brennan
First aired: 2002-09-24

Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January...

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Kidnapped

as Ellie Cain
First aired: 2006-09-20

Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1999-03-30

Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until...

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Pasadena

as Catherine McAllister
First aired: 2001-09-28

Lily McAllister has lived a charmed life as part of the most powerful family in the upscale...

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True Women

as Sarah McClure
First aired: 1997-05-18

A story of love, friendship, survival and triumph spanning five decades from the Texas...

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The Code

as Colonel Eisa Turnbull
First aired: 2019-04-09

The military's brightest minds tackle the country's toughest legal challenges at the Marine...

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Related

as Francesca Sorelli
First aired: 2005-10-05

Related is an American comedy-drama series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006...

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Wild Palms

as Grace Wyckoff
First aired: 1993-05-16

A man uncovers a dangerous web of schemes and deceit when he accepts the presidency of a TV company.

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Wing Commander Academy

as Gwen 'Archer' Bowman
First aired: 1996-09-21

Wing Commander Academy is an American animated television series created and produced by...

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Kojak

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-03-25

Kojak is an American television series starring Ving Rhames, airing on the USA Network cable...

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