Dimitra Arliss

'Dimitra Arliss' (qv)' acting career began at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, she first caught audience's eyes appearing in 'Arthur Kopit' (qv)'s Broadway play "Indians", she played a Native American character who spoke with an Italian accent. While she continued acting on stage, she began to appear in several television and film productions, such as _The Sting (1973)_ (qv), _Xanadu (1980)_ (qv), _Firefox (1982)_ (qv) and _It's My Party (1996)_ (qv). To horror film aficionados, Dimitra is best remembered as Dahnya in _Bless the Child (2000)_ (qv); it would be her last film before dying from complications of a stroke, she died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was 79.::tony.r.vario@gmail.com