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July 9, 2013: Dana Delany on Lois Lane's 75th Anniversary

Dana Delany Dana Delany, best known to Superman fans as the voice of Lois Lane in "Superman: The Animated Series" (amongst other animated shows), spoke with Wired.com about playing the iconic role. Here are a few excerpts from the interview...

    Wired: Watching the show again as an adult, I'm struck by how realistic Lois is. She reminds me of women I actually know. She's not just a cardboard cutout of the "strong female character" with no flaws and no contradictions. There's actually a whole episode about people who want to kill her for variously understandable reasons.

    Dana Delany: She's very much the kind of character I've always liked to play - the kind of person who can drive you crazy but you end up liking her anyway. But she is always true to herself. In the end you admire her for that.

    Wired: Did you know Lois Lane was modeled after Joanne Siegel, the wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel? Artist Joe Shuster hired her as a model and she met Jerry and they later fell in love and got married.

    Dana Delany: Oh my god, I love that story! That gives me chills. Wow. So they weren't married when she came in to model for the character? That's incredible. I met Noel Neill [who played Lois Lane in the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman] a few years ago. That was a huge thrill - a gigantic thrill. She was the nicest, nicest lady. Like me, she is as excited as anybody to have played Lois. Once you play Lois you just fall in love with her. It's hard to let her go. I love the fact that there's so much celebration of Superman's 75 years and that you're giving Lois her due.

Read the entire interview at Wired.com.



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