Cassandra Delaney

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

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.

Personal life Delaney married Denver in 1988, after a two-year courtship. Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. She and Denver separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993. 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".

Delaney's older sister is actress Delvene Delaney.

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