Biography for
Dana Reeve More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

17 March 1961, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA

Date of Death

6 March 2006, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (lung cancer)

Birth Name

Dana Morosini

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

Christopher Reeve

(11 April 1992 - 10 October 2004) (his death) 1 child

Trivia

Mother of Will Reeve. (b. June 7, 1992).

Daughter-in-law of F.D. Reeve.

2005 - despite having never smoked, she was diagnosed with lung cancer

Singer with a cabaret act.

Had two sisters.

Stepmother of her husband, Christopher Reeve's two children: Matthew Reeve and Alexandra Reeve.

She was a singer and actress who gave up some of her own career to be one of the nation's best known caregivers for her husband, Christopher Reeve.

She won a Mother of the Year award from the American Cancer Society in 2005.

Friends with former hockey great Mark Messier, and sang Carole King's "Now and Forever" at his jersey retirement at Madison Square Garden on January 12, 2006.

Announced she had lung cancer two days after Peter Jennings' death, also from lung cancer.

Superman Returns (2006) is dedicated to her memory.

Personal Quotes

Asked how she kept her spirits up, Reeve said she "had a great model." "I was married to a man who never gave up."

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