Dana Barron is an American

United States

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 actress who has starred in film and on television. Barron is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall...

which she reprised in 2003's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is an American made-for-TV comedy movie. It premiered December 20, 2003 on NBC...

for NBC television.

Early life

Barron was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Joyce McCord, a stage actress, and Robert Barron, a commercial director and former child actor. She has a sister named Allison.

Career

Barron appeared on the soap opera

Soap opera

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 One Life to Live

One Life to Live

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from 1984–1985 as Michelle Boudin. She starred in the 1998 TV series The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

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as Casey. She had a recurring role as Nikki Witt on the Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 series Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

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, for which she won the Youth in Film Award for as best recurring actress. In 1992, she starred with JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

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 and Chris Burke

Chris Burke (actor)

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 in the NBC movie Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted

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.

Barron has made guest appearances on TV shows including The Equalizer

The Equalizer

The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...

, In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night (TV series)

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, Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

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, and Babylon 5

Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...

as a telepath named Lauren Ashley in the Season 5 episode "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father

The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father

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".

Personal life

Barron is married to writer/director Michael Vickerman, and they have a son, Taylor.

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Director
1983	National Lampoon's Vacation National Lampoon's Vacation Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall...	Audrey Griswold	Harold Ramis Harold Ramis Harold Allen Ramis is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Russell Ziskey in Stripes , both of which he also co-wrote...
1985	Heaven Help Us Heaven Help Us Heaven Help Us is a 1985 comedy-drama film.Heaven Help Us may also refer to:*"Heaven Help Us", a song by Cirith Ungol from Paradise Lost*"Heaven Help Us", a song by My Chemical Romance, a B-side of the single "Welcome to the Black Parade"...	Janine	Michael Dinner
1987	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Death Wish 4: The Crackdown Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 action thriller, and the third sequel to the 1974 film, Death Wish, once again starring Charles Bronson....	Erica Sheldon	J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson John Lee Thompson , better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood.- Early years :...
1988	Heartbreak Hotel Heartbreak Hotel (film) Heartbreak Hotel is a 1988 comedy film written and directed by Chris Columbus and starring David Keith and Tuesday Weld. Set in 1972, the story deals with one of the many "legends" involving Elvis Presley about his fictional kidnapping, and his subsequent redemption from decadence.The film was...	Beth Devereux	Chris Columbus Chris Columbus (filmmaker) Christopher Joseph "Chris" Columbus is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Columbus had his largest success with the first two films in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, along with Home Alone, the last...
1994	Magic Kid 2 Magic Kid 2 Magic Kid 2 is a 1994 film sequel of Magic Kid.Kevin Ryan is a film star named Ninja Boy. David Wadsworth is a film-producer who smells big money in his new film starring Ninja Boy. Meanwhile, Kevin has to finish school to pass on to the 10th grade even won't succeed if he keeps on making movies....	Maggie	Stephen Furst Stephen Furst Stephen Furst is an American actor and film and television director. He was a regular in the science fiction series Babylon 5 playing Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto and as Dr. Elliot Axelrod on St...
2000	The Perfect Nanny The Perfect Nanny "The Perfect Nanny" is a song from Walt Disney's film Mary Poppins, and it is composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. This song is heard at the beginning of the film, and its theme is heard through the film as a leitmotif for the children. It is sung by the characters of Jane Banks ...	Fawn Lewis	Robert Malenfant
	Python Python (film) Python is a made-for-TV horror movie directed by Richard Clabaugh. The film features several cult favorite actors, including William Zabka of The Karate Kid fame, Wil Wheaton, Casper Van Dien, Jenny McCarthy, Keith Coogan, Robert Englund , and Sean Whalen.The film concerns a...	Kristin	Richard Clabaugh
2001	Night Class	Heather	Sheldon Wilson
2003	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure is an American made-for-TV comedy movie. It premiered December 20, 2003 on NBC...	Audrey Griswold	Nick Marck Nick Marck Nick Marck is an American television director.He has worked most notably on a number of episodes from the television series Veronica Mars, Northern Exposure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Wonder Years. Some of his other directing credits include Monk, Gilmore Girls, Malcolm in the Middle,...
2005	McBride: Murder Past Midnight	Marta Arnack	Kevin Connor Kevin Connor (director) Kevin Connor is an English film and television director currently based in Hollywood.Connor was born in London on the 24 of September 1937 and grew up during the 2nd World War...
2006	National Lampoon's Pucked National Lampoon's Pucked National Lampoon's Pucked is a 2006 comedy movie starring Jon Bon Jovi in the main role.-Plot:...	Tiny	Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller, OC is a Canadian film director. His filmography includes 33 major studio releases, including the 1970 film Love Story...
2010	The Invited	Kristy	Ryan McKinney
	happythankyoumoreplease Happythankyoumoreplease happythankyoumoreplease is a 2010 comedy-drama film written and directed by Josh Radnor in his directorial debut. The film stars Radnor, Malin Åkerman, Kate Mara, Zoe Kazan, Michael Algieri, Pablo Schreiber, and Tony Hale, and it tells the story of a group of young New Yorkers, struggling to...	The Gynecologist	Josh Radnor Josh Radnor Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor is an American actor, director, and writer, best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, for which he has received worldwide fame and recognitions.He made his writing and directorial debut...

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Brass Ring	Darlene	TV movie
1984	One Life to Live One Life to Live One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...	Michelle Boudin
1985	The Equalizer The Equalizer The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...	Melinda
1987	Crossbow Crossbow (TV series) Crossbow is a 1987 action/adventure television series that aired on The Family Channel. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France.-Synopsis:Crossbow follows...	Eleanor	52 appearances
1988	CBS Schoolbreak Special CBS Schoolbreak Special CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series originally premiered under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was later changed during the 1984 - 85 season...	Megan Wells
1989	In the Heat of the Night In the Heat of the Night (TV series) In the Heat of the Night is a television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name. It was broadcast on NBC from 1988 until 1992, and then on CBS until 1995...	Corrie Kroller
1998	Babylon 5 Babylon 5 Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...	Lauren Ashley	"The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father" The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father" is an episode from the fifth season of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. Unlike other episodes, it follows the actions of the Psi Corps from the Corps' internal view.-Synopsis:...

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