Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress who made her mark in both television and film during her brief but promising career. Dominique Dunne: Complete ...

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 ...

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 ...