KOOL TV BABE OF THE WEEK: 'BODY OF PROOF's DANA DELANY

Red delight! Actress Dana Delany. Image: via ULIKE.

Her semi-regular appearances in hit modern soap DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES as fiery and clever Wisteria Lane neighbour Katherine Mayfair (who should have been named Katherine Maymean), and as Medical Examiner Megan Hunt, the criminologist with the sharp instincts and the equally sharp wit in the popular ABC drama BODY OF PROOF (currently showing on the UK"s ALIBI channel), may not make any impact with KOOL TV in general, but our interest in sexy actress Dana Delany has been a constant ever since we first saw her back in the late-eighties, in TV's Vietnam War version of MASH, CHINA BEACH, playing sparky and compassionate Colleen McMurphy, and winning several Emmy Awards in the process. A vibrant personality, and still downright sexy in her mature years, the sassy New York- born talent has carved a solid career on the big and small screen playing all kinds of heroines and bitches, winners and losers, including appearances in movies like out there comedy EXIT TO EDEN (alongside Dan Aykroyd) , family drama FLY AWAY HOME and TOMBSTONE (with Kurt Russell), as well as roles in hit series like CHEERS, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, Oliver Stones sci-fi fable WILD PALMS (as the doomed Grace, wife to Jim Belushi), short-lived thriller series KIDNAPPED, CASTLE and BOSTON LEGAL. She's also lent her memorable, often sardonic voice to numerous DC COMICS animated series, and was a pleasing Lois Lane in the mid-nineties SUPERMAN series.

Delany as Colleen McMurphy in CHINA BEACH. Image: ABC.

Taking a rest on the slab in BODY OF PROOF. Image: ABC.

With BODY OF PROOF's three-year run now over, we're sure that Miss Delaney's own unique "body" of future work will continue to be both diverse and satisfying for her fans...