Dunne was an actress who got her start in 1979's Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker. She was born in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 23, 1959, to Ellen, a ranching heiress, and Dominick, a writer, actor and ...

Valerie Harper, Dominique Dunne and Dennis Weaver in a promotional photo for the ABC TV movie 'The Day the Loving Died' in 1981 In 1982, 22-year-old Dominique Dunne was killed on the driveway of her ...

Griffin Dunne opens up about his family like never before in his candid memoir The Friday Afternoon Club, available now. The actor charts his family’s early years, his relationship with his enigmatic ...

In 1982, 22-year-old Dominique Dunne was killed on the driveway of her West Hollywood home. Over 40 years later, her family is still recovering from her death. The young actress gained fame after ...

Her father, Dominick Dunne, was a crime journalist who covered the Menendez brothers' trial In 1982, Dominique Dunne's career was on the rise, with her role in the supernatural hit, Poltergeist, but ...

Dominique, who starred in Poltergeist and The Shadow Riders, was strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, John Sweeney, on October 30, 1982. She died five days later at 22 years old. The subsequent ...