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May 22, 2024 · Since the first National Lampoon's Vacation movie was released in 1983, every generation has grown up with their own incarnation of the Griswold kids. So, where are Rusty and Audrey Griswold now?
Dana Barron (born April 22, 1966) is an American actress who is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television.
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Audrey Griswold (spelled Griswald in European Vacation) is the elder daughter of Clark and Ellen Griswold and the older sister of Rusty Griswold. She appears in all five Vacation movies along with the rest of her family.
Vacation (1983)
In the original Vacation, Audrey is portrayed by Dana Barron and is presumably thirteen or fourteen years old. She is implied to be very good at video games, able to fight off the enemies that Rusty keeps trying to fight Clark with when he's showing a map of the US in a video game. She is later given weed by Cousin Vicki and is shown smoking it outside one of the hotels.
European Vacation
In European Vacation, Audrey is portrayed by Dana Hill and is presumably sixteen or seventeen years old. She is portrayed as missing her boyfriend Jack during the entire vacation, and also worries about overeating.
Christmas Vacation
In Christmas Vacation (which chronologically takes place before European Vacation, at the end of the same year portrayed in the original Vacation), Audrey is portrayed by Juliette Lewis and is fourteen years old according to the script. She is portrayed as making sarcastic and snarky comments in almost every situation.
•Like her brother Rusty, Audrey was played by a different actress in every film
•Although commonly thought to be the younger sibling, Audrey is fourteen according to the script for Christmas Vacation while Rusty is only twelve. In addition to this, all five movies consistently cast actresses for Audrey that were older than Rusty's actors.
Dec 10, 2023 · The original Vacation movie stars Anthony Michael Hall as Rusty and Dana Barron as Audrey. Dana Barron revealed in an interview that when a sequel was announced after the first film's success, Anthony Michael Hall declined to return as Rusty so he could star in John Hughes’ Weird Science instead.
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Dana Hill (born Dana Lynne Goetz; May 6, 1964 – July 15, 1996) was an American actress and voice artist. She was known for playing Audrey Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, and also known for her roles in Shoot the Moon and Cross Creek. As a voice actress, she was known for her work as Max Goof in Goof Troop.
Dana Barron is an American actress who is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television. Barron was born in New York City.
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Actor Juliette Lewis recalls playing the role of Audrey Griswold at an Academy screening of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 12, 2019.
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