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Kimmell was born in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1959.
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Dana Kimmell
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She played Dawn Marshall on Texas and appeared on Days of Our Lives as Diane Parker from 1983–1984. While in high school, Kimmell was a cheerleader, and got her status as an actress by appearing in a 1977 Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. She has appeared as a model for Noxzema in Glamour and Seventeen magazines.
Her first big acting role was in the 1982 3-Doctorate horror classic Friday the 13th Participant III as Chris Higgins, the final girl.
She had also made a cameo apperrence in the show Happy Days as Carla. Another big role came in 1983 in the action movie Lone Wolf McQuade, playing Chuck Norris"s daughter, Sally McQuade.
Kimmell made a guest appearance on the 2-part Second Season episode "When you coming back, Range Rider?" of The A-Team in October 1983, and has made some guest appearances on television shows, including Charlie"s Angels, Different Strokes, Eight is Enough, The Facts of Life, and Hunter. Kimmell does not act anymore but did audio commentary for the Digital Video Disc release of Friday the 13th Participant III (1982), talking about the experiences making the film and the aftermath of lieutenant
