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| 1 | She pronounced her first name, "Dana", the same as the more familiar name "Donna". |
| 2 | In the mid-1980s, she took up journalism and earned her own byline in "The Guardian", an English newspaper. She has since written articles for National Review, Country Living, Image, The Irish Times and other publications. |
| 3 | Started her career working in the English theater. She was discovered there by an American agent who brought her back to the States to work. |
| 4 | Was offered contracts by three Hollywood studios and chose a seven-year-deal with 20th Century Fox in 1955. |
| 5 | Lived in Southern Rhodesia in the post WWII era and attended Rhodes University in South Africa where she studied medicine. |
| 6 | Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book, "I Was a Monster Movie Maker", (McFarland & Co., 2001). |
| 7 | Ex-husband Greg Bautzer (1911-1987) (ne Gregson Edward Bautzer) was a hot-shot entertainment divorce lawyer for such stars as Lana Turner and Ingrid Bergman. Prior to his marriage to Dana in 1956, he dated many Hollywood screen stars, including Joan Crawford. Her husband (called "Uncle Greg" in the movie) is actually represented in the cult film Mommie Dearest (1981). |
| 8 | Her son Mark Ragan Bautzer was born on January 29, 1960. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Return of Ironside | 1993 | TV Movie | Katherine Ironside |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1982 | TV Series | Velma Troubshaw Olivia Ross |
| The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana | 1982 | TV Movie | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Bracken | 1980-1982 | TV Series | Jill Daly |
| Aloha Paradise | 1981 | TV Series | |
| The Love Boat | 1979-1981 | TV Series | Margo Beacham / Lillian Smith |
| Hart to Hart | 1981 | TV Series | Sylvia Van Upton |
| Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | 1980 | TV Series | Harriet Whitney |
| M Station: Hawaii | 1980 | TV Movie | Maggie Michaels |
| The Rockford Files | 1979 | TV Series | Princess Irene Rachevsky |
| Fantasy Island | 1979 | TV Series | Norma Rawlings |
| Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Colgate |
| W.E.B. | 1978 | TV Series | |
| City of Angels | 1976 | TV Series | |
| Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Mrs. Alyssa Hendricks Childs |
| Le sauvage | 1975 | | Jessie Coutances |
| The Lives of Jenny Dolan | 1975 | TV Movie | Andrea Hardesty |
| Medical Center | 1970-1975 | TV Series | Emily / Stacy O'Rourke / Amanda Scott |
| Cannon | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Judith Hobart / Jackie Akers / Dr. Dierdre Pace |
| Great Mysteries | 1974 | TV Series | Marcia |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1971-1974 | TV Series | Renee / Judge Oliver / Judge Lynn Oliver |
| The Questor Tapes | 1974 | TV Movie | Lady Helena Trimble |
| McMillan & Wife | 1974 | TV Series | Elena Standish |
| Ironside | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Alexandra Hughes / Tracy Oliver |
| Santee | 1973 | | Valerie |
| The Connection | 1973 | TV Movie | Eleanor Warren |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Merrill |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1972 | TV Series | Claudine |
| The F.B.I. | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Barbara Holman / Carol Stanford / Lisa Stone / ... |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1971 | TV Series | Julie Croft |
| Triangle | 1970 | | Olive Millikan |
| To Rome with Love | 1970 | TV Series | Duchess |
| Airport | 1970 | | Cindy |
| Love, American Style | 1969 | TV Series | Debbie (segment "Love and the Former Marriage") |
| Get Smart | 1969 | TV Series | Ann Cameron |
| Any Second Now | 1969 | TV Movie | Jane Peterson |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | The Contessa del Mundo |
| Companions in Nightmare | 1968 | TV Movie | Julie Klanton |
| The Name of the Game | 1968 | TV Series | Countess Lompardi |
| If He Hollers, Let Him Go! | 1968 | | Ellen Whitlock |
| Dundee and the Culhane | 1967 | TV Series | Martha |
| The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Dr. Katherina Serret |
| Gunsmoke | 1967 | TV Series | Isabel Townsend |
| The Man Who Never Was | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Eva Wainwright |
| The Wild Wild West | 1966 | TV Series | Lady Beatrice Marquand-Gaynesford |
| Ben Casey | 1966 | TV Series | Eva Robinson |
| My Three Sons | 1966 | TV Series | Maggie Bellini |
| Run for Your Life | 1965 | TV Series | Louise Brode |
| Convoy | 1965 | TV Series | Dr. Elsa Aufricht |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Sarah Redman / Jane Day |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Lady Catherine Hammet / Ann Macrae |
| The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | Madame Ka |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1965 | TV Series | Stella |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Mrs. Anne Palmer |
| Wagon Train | 1961-1964 | TV Series | Barbara Lindquist / Lisa Raincloud / Lizabeth Ann Calhoun |
| Burke's Law | 1963 | TV Series | Iris Marlowe |
| The List of Adrian Messenger | 1963 | | Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm |
| The Virginian | 1963 | TV Series | Leona Kelland |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Barbara Bellamore |
| On the Double | 1961 | | Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith |
| Sink the Bismarck! | 1960 | | Anne Davis |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | 1959 | | Jennifer Curtis |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Kate Croy / Marquise / Host / ... |
| In Love and War | 1958 | | Sue Trumbell |
| Fräulein | 1958 | | Erika Angermann |
| Something of Value | 1957 | | Peter's Betrothed - Holly |
| Colonel March of Scotland Yard | 1956 | TV Series | Francine Rapport |
| D-Day the Sixth of June | 1956 | | Valerie Russell |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | | Becky Driscoll |
| The View from Pompey's Head | 1955 | | Dinah Blackford Higgins |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1955 | TV Series | Laura Hunt |
| Patrol Car | 1955 | TV Series | Susan |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1955 | TV Series | Katherine |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Diana Ryland |
| Suspense | 1954 | TV Series | Patricia Richter |
| Knights of the Round Table | 1953 | | Morgan Le Fay's Servant (uncredited) |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1953 | TV Series | |
| It Started in Paradise | 1952 | | Barbara, the model (as Dagmar Wynter) |
| The Crimson Pirate | 1952 | | La Signorita (as Dagmar Wynter) |
| The Woman's Angle | 1952 | | Elaine (as Dagmar Wynter) |
| Bikini Baby | 1951 | | Myrtle Shaw (as Dagmar Wynter) |
| White Corridors | 1951 | | Marjorie Brewster |
| Night Without Stars | 1951 | | Casino Patron (uncredited) |