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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.
Hunley was born in Forks, Washington. Her father was a commercial fisherman and her mother a beautician. She is the youngest of four siblings. Her previous occupation is an answering service operator. Leann has worked as a model and won second runner up in the Miss Hawaii USA Pageant in 1977.
Hunley’s first television appearance was on Hawaii Five-O, in which she played separate characters in two different episodes during the series’ 10th season, 1977–78. After appearing as an unnamed female Colonial Warrior in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica, Hunley guest-starred on Mrs. Columbo and B. J. and the Bear before becoming a regular on the latter’s spinoff The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. Her role as Anna DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1986 won her an Emmy Award at the 13th Daytime Emmy Awards for best supporting actress in 1986. For two seasons of Dynasty, Hunley portrayed Dana Waring…
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