Dena Dietrich

Biography

Date of Birth 4 December 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Trivia Best known for her TV margarine commercial in which she utters the famous line: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" For several years she resided in the Fairfield County town of Newtown, Connecticut. There she lived on a tranquil, naturalistic property replete with ponds and streams surrounding a modern, Japanese-esque house befitting the domicile of TV's beloved "Mother Nature". This theater-based character player appeared in a number of musicals over the years including "The Threepenny Opera" (as Lucy Brown), "Funny Girl" (understudy for Mrs. Brice), and "Here's Where I Belong," based on the novel "East of Eden".