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| 1 | Dominique's father was of Irish descent. Her maternal grandmother, Beatriz Charlotte Sandoval, was born in Nogales, Mexico, to a Mexican father, Alfredo Sandoval, and a mother from Wyoming, Clara Mathilda Holler, who was of German and Swedish descent. Dominique's mother's other ancestry was Irish and English. |
| 2 | She was cast as Robin Maxwell in V (1983) and filmed several scenes before she was murdered. After her death, Blair Tefkin was cast in the role. The only footage of her which remains in the miniseries is a shot of her back in the scene in which the Maxwells observe the arrival of the Los Angeles mothership. The miniseries was dedicated to her memory. |
| 3 | Along with Lou Perryman, she is one of two cast members of Poltergeist (1982) to have been murdered. |
| 4 | Poltergeist (1982) is the only theatrical movie in which she appeared. |
| 5 | Her mother Ellen died in 1997. |
| 6 | First of two co-stars from Poltergeist (1982) to die unexpectedly within a few years of each other, the second being Heather O'Rourke. Dunne at age 22 and O'Rourke at age 12. |
| 7 | Close friend of Charles B. Wessler from childhood and who was a pallbearer at her funeral in November, 1982. |
| 8 | Traveled to Florence, Italy where she studied art and Italian at the Michelangelo- School and at the British Institute. |
| 9 | Attended Westlake School in Los Angeles, Taft School in Connecticut, and Fountain Valley High School in Colorado. |
| 10 | Her murderer, John Thomas Sweeney, later moved to the Northwestern USA and changed his name to John Maura. |
| 11 | She loved animals, especially unwanted stray animals, and her home became an asylum for a lot of them. |
| 12 | Some of her favorite actresses were Julie Andrews, Jane Fonda, Susan Hayward and Natalie Wood. And for actors of her own generation, she liked Kristy McNichol and Timothy Hutton. |
| 13 | She was very superstitious and believed in supernatural phenomena. |
| 14 | Loved cooking, foreign countries and languages (Dominique spoke Italian well) and playing baseball. |
| 15 | She preferred casual clothes like jeans and shirts instead of more fashionable ones. |
| 16 | Drove a blue VW Bug convertible. |
| 17 | Met her boyfriend turned killer at a party in the Fall of 1981. |
| 18 | After John Sweeny was released from prison after only serving two and a half years he found work quickly. Dunne's mother, Ellen Griffin, started a grievance support group called, "Justice for Victims of Homicide." On the nights that he worked (as a chef) Griffin and other group members would hand out slips of paper to restaurant patrons that read, "The hands that will prepare your meal tonight also murdered Dominique Dunne." He was fired almost immediately. |
| 19 | A day before she was to guest star on Hill Street Blues (1981), she was badly beaten by her boyfriend. She showed up on the set with bruises on her face; since she was playing an abused teen in the episode, she wore no make-up. The bruises we see in the episode are real. |
| 20 | Found work within three weeks of her arrival on the Hollywood scene. |
| 21 | Is interred at Westwood Memorial Park (in Los Angeles, California): Section D, #189. This is near her Poltergeist (1982) co-star Heather O'Rourke, who died in 1988 from intestinal stenosis. |
| 22 | John Thomas Sweeney, Dunne's killer, was 26 years old at the time. After being sentenced to 6 years in prison for assault and unintentional manslaughter, he was freed after less than four years. |
| 23 | Cedars-Sinai Hospital Medical Center, where Dunne died, were adamant in stating that they did not shut off her life-support system. |
| 24 | Niece of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. |
| 25 | Sister of Griffin Dunne. Their father is novelist Dominick Dunne. |
| 26 | Murdered by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, just nineteen days before her 23rd birthday. |
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