Cassandra Delaney

Cassandra Delaney (born 8 September 1961 in Brisbane), is an Australian actress best known for her marriage to and divorce from American singer John Denver.

Cassandra Delaney
Born	Cassandra Delaney (1961-09-08) 8 September 1961 (age 63) Brisbane, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	John Denver (m. 1988; div. 1993)
Children	Jesse Belle
Family	Delvene Delaney (sister)

Career

Delaney started her career in show business in 1982 with a one-off single, "Boots"—a reworked country version of the 1966 Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"—before moving into acting. Delaney starred in a number of Australian films, one of which, Fair Game (1986), has become a cult classic.^[1][2]

Personal life

Delaney married Denver in 1988, after a two-year courtship.^[3][4] Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. She and Denver separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993.^[5] Of this, his second marriage, Denver wrote "before our short-lived marriage ended in divorce, she managed to make a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other".^[6]

Delaney's older sister is actress Delvene Delaney.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1984	One Night Stand	Sharon	Feature film
1985	Rebel	All Girl Band	Feature film
1986	Fair Game	Jessica	Feature film
1988	Pledge Night	Party Girl (as Cassandra)	Feature film (France)
1992	Hurricane Smith	Julie	Feature film
2008	Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!	Herself	Feature film documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1987	Vietnam	Melissa	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1988	Barracuda	Cheri Scoane	TV movie
1988	Richmond Hill	Linda Preston	TV series, 3 episodes
1989	Rafferty's Rules		TV series, 1 episode
1989	Home and Away		TV series, 1 episode

Television (as self)

Year	Title	Role	Type
1988	Good Morning Australia	Guest (with John Denver)	TV series, 1 episode
1988	Christmas in Aspen	Herself	TV special, US
1992	The World Tonight	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1992	In Sydney Today	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1992	Tonight Live with Steve Vizard	Guest	TV series, 1 episode
1993; 2000	Good Morning Australia	Guest	TV series, 2 episodes
1998	Behind the Music	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
2002	Good Morning Australia	Guest performer (singing "Catch the Wind")	TV series, 1 episode
2013	John Denver: Country Boy	Herself	TV special, UK
2018	Fair Game: Extended Interview with Cassandra Delaney from Not Quite Hollywood	Herself	Video

References

1. "Heroine of 1980s fights 'roo hunters Woman makes a stand". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 565. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 31 July 1986. p. 2 (the good times a supplement to The Canberra Times). Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Fair Game | the Digital Fix".
3. "John Denver to remarry". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 213. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 May 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "World news". The Canberra Times. Vol. 62, no. 19, 304. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 August 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 31 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "John Denver Tried to Destroy Us", Australian Women's Weekly, March 1996 accessed 26 March 2013
6. Denver, John, Take Me Home: An Autobiography, Crown Archetype Press, ISBN 978-0-517-59537-4 (1994)
7. Nash, Cara (14 June 2018). "Hollywood On The Gold Coast: The Making Of Hurricane Smith". FilmInk. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

External links

• Cassandra Delaney at IMDb