Leann Hunley

Leann Hunley
Born	(1955-02-25) February 25, 1955 Forks, Washington
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Washington
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Bill Sheridan ​ (m. 1980⁠–⁠2001)​

Leann Hunley (born February 25, 1955) is an American television actress. Although she has worked in numerous productions, she is perhaps best known for portraying Anna DiMera on NBC's Days of Our Lives and Dana Waring on the ABC primetime soap opera, Dynasty.

Personal life

Hunley was born in Forks, Washington (located 120 miles NW of Seattle near the Washington Coast), and later attended the University of Washington in Seattle.

Career

Her first television appearance was on Hawaii Five-O. She was a regular on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo in 1979 and 1980. Her role as Anna DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1986 would win her an Emmy Award at the 13th Daytime Emmy Awards for best supporting actress in 1986. For three seasons of Dynasty, Hunley portrayed Dana Waring, Adam Carrington's wife . She appeared on Aaron Spelling's short-lived Models, Inc.. In the first season of Dawson's Creek (1998) she was Tamara Jacobs, a high school English teacher who has an tempestuous affair with her student Pacey Witter. She also played Shira Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls in 2005.

After a 21-year absence from playing the role, Hunley returned to Days of Our Lives as Anna on June 21, 2007, recurring on the series until early 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies	Miss Arlington
1995	Cops n Roberts
2001	Your Guardian	Tanna Hildegard
2012	Blissful Lies	Addison Hamilton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Hawaii Five-O	Longworth's Secretary	Episode: "The Cop on the Cover"
1978	Hawaii Five-O	Lucy Sutherland	Episode: "Frozen Assets"
1978	The Islander	Mac's Wife	TV movie
1978-1979	Battlestar Galactica	1st Girl Warrior	4 episodes
1979	B. J. and the Bear	Dr. Winters	Episode: "Crackers"
1979	Mrs. Columbo	Judy	Episode: "The Valley Strangler"
1979-1980	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Sarah Cumberland	17 episodes
1982	Fantasy Island	Secretary	Episode: "The Curse of the Moreaus/My Man Friday"
1982-1986	Days of Our Lives	Anna DiMera	TV series
1983	Hart to Hart	Diane	Episode: "As the Hart Turns"
1984	Airwolf	Meryl	Episode: "One Way Express"
1985	Amazing Stories		Episode: "Remote Control Man"
1986	Knight Rider	Liz Preston	Episode: "Fright Knight"
1986	Hotel	Catherine	Episode: "Opening Moves"
1986-1988	Dynasty	Dana Waring Carrington	Series Regular (Season 7-8) Guest Role (Season 9) 47 episodes
1988	Highway to Heaven	Jennifer	Episode: "We Have Forever: Parts 1 & 2"
1988	Murder, She Wrote	Shannon McBride	Episode: "A Little Night Work"
1988	Simon & Simon	Violet Harlowe / R.J. Simmons	Episode: "Play It Again, Simon"
1989	Who's the Boss?	Lisa	Episode: "Winter Break"
1989	Wolf		Television movie
1990	Designing Women	Gaby Langford	Episode: "The Mistress"
1990	Matlock	Leanne Wilson	Episode: "The Talk Show"
1990	Murder, She Wrote	Dana Darren	Episode: "Murder: According to Maggie"
1990	Lucky Chances	Eden	TV miniseries
1990	L.A. Law	Maura Fitzgerald	Episode: "New Kidney on the Block"
1991	Gabriel's Fire	Gwen Kidder	Episode: "Postcards from the Faultline"
1991	Princesses	Andrea Sussman	Episode: "Pilot"
1992	Coopersmith	Laraine Sands	Television movie
1993	Silent Victim	Chrissy Lee	Television movie
1993	Daddy Dearest	Pam	Episode: "The Tortoise and the Scare" Episode: "Thanks, But No Thanks"
1994	The Nanny	Bobbi Jo	Episode: "I Don't Remember Mama"
1994	Models Inc.	Marcia Carson	4 episodes
1994	Heaven Help Us		TV series
1994	Murder, She Wrote	Lydia De Kooning	Episode: "Amsterdam Kill"
1995	Murphy Brown	Linda	Episode: "Rumble in the Alley"
1995	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Joan	Episode: "As the Will Turns"
1995	Burke's Law	Leslie Livingston	Episode: "Who Killed the Centerfold?"
1996	Hudson Street	Elizabeth Owens	Episode: "One for the Monet"
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Emily Channing	Episode: "Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding"
1997	7th Heaven	Rachel Grewe	Episode: "Say Good-Bye"
1998	Dawson's Creek	Tamara Jacobs	9 episodes
1999	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	Lauren Wells	Episode: "Mishap"
1999	Horse Sense	Jacy Woods	Television movie
2003	Strong Medicine	Renee Van Dyke	Episode: "Blocked Lines"
2003	Just Shoot Me!	Binnie	Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
2005	Gilmore Girls	Shira Huntzberger	Episode: "But I'm a Gilmore!" Episode: "We've Got Magic to Do"
2007-2010, 2017	Days of Our Lives	Anna DiMera	TV series
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Joyce Shepard	Episode: "Sugar"
2010	NCIS	Young Joann Fielding	Episode: "Mother's Day"
2012	Raising Hope	Francine	Episode: "The Walk for the Runs"

External links

• Leann Hunley at IMDb
• Leann Hunley at TV Guide
• Leann Hunley at AllMovie