Diane Delano
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Diane Delano | |
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| Born | January 29, 1957 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Diane Delano (born January 29, 1957[1]) is an American character actress. She is known for her numerous roles in films and television, such as Sergeant Barbara Semanski on the CBS television series Northern Exposure and Roberta 'Bobbi' Glass on The WB television series Popular.
Early life
Delano was born on January 29, 1957 in Los Angeles, California.[1][2]
Career
Delano's best known roles may be Bobbi Glass and her twin sister Nurse Jessi Glass in Popular and the recurring character Barbara Semanski in Northern Exposure. She recently played the role of Hilda, an FBI agent hired to protect Sami Brady, on Days of Our Lives. She also recently provided the voice for Big Barda in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Prior to this, she had voiced the superheroine Pantha in Teen Titans.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Heart Like a Wheel | Shirley's sister | Biographical film directed by Jonathan Kaplan[3] and based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney. |
| 1986 | Ratboy | Aurora | Drama film directed by and starring Sondra Locke.[4][5] |
| 1988 | Miracle Mile | Stewardess | Post-apocalyptic thriller film written and directed by Steve De Jarnatt.[6] |
| 1992 | Sleepwalkers | Police | Horror film directed by Mick Garris.[7] |
| 1994 | The River Wild | Ranger | Adventure crime-thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson.[8] |
| 1998 | The Thin Pink Line | Sgt. Dot Jenkins | Mockumentary directed by Joe Dietl and Michael Irpino.[9] |
| 2000 | Highway 395 | Violet | Action-crime film directed by and also starring Fred Dryer. |
| 2001 | The Theory of the Leisure Class | Psychic Healer | Crime drama-Mystery film directed and co-written by Gabriel Bologna.[10] |
| 2002 | Out of These Rooms | Claudette | Directed and written by Harri James. |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Witch #2 | Mockumentary comedy film directed, co-written and composed by Christopher Guest.[11] |
| 2003 | Jeepers Creepers 2 | Bus Driver Betty Borman | Horror film written and directed by Victor Salva.[12] |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Mountain Girl |
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| 2006 | Midnight Clear | Trudy | Drama film directed by Dallas Jenkins.[15] |
| 2006 | The Wicker Man | Sister Beech |
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| 2006 | Surf School | Tillie | Comedy-Sports film directed and written by Joel Silverman.[18] |
| 2007 | Choose Connor | Lara Connor | Drama film directed by Lucas Elliot Eberl.[19] |
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo | Ms. Alma Rumblebuns (voice) | Direct-to-video animated film directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone.[20] |
| 2012 | Dark Star Hollow | Ranger Station Dispatcher | Pre-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | Nurse | Episode: "The Count" |
| 1986 | Stark: Mirror Image | Simone Lubchansky | TV movie |
| 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Maid | Episode: "All That Glitters" |
| 1987 | L.A. Law | Rhonda Vasek | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | Growing Pains | Sonya Olsen | Episode: "Fool for Love" |
| 1988 | Hunter | Getaway Driver | Episode: "Honorable Profession" |
| 1989 | Perfect Strangers | Flame | Episode: "That Old Gang of Mine" |
| 1989 | Falcon Crest | Deputy Marcia Moore | Episode: "Missing Links" |
| 1989 | Matlock | Dodo the Clown | Episode: "The Clown" |
| 1989 | Major Dad | Marty | Episode: "Jane Wayne Day" |
| 1989 | thirtysomething | Isabel | Episode: "New Baby" |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Miss McCormick | Episode: "Every Dog as His Doogie" |
| 1990 | The Great American Sex Scandal | TV movie | |
| 1990 | Who's the Boss? | Bev | Episode: "Micelli's Marauders" |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Cop | Episode: "Marital Blitz" |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Prostitute #2 | Episode: "Southern Comforts" |
| 1991 | Acting Sheriff | Deputy Judith Mahoney | TV pilot |
| 1991–1995 | Northern Exposure | Sergeant Barbara Semanski | 12 episodes |
| 1992 | Rachel Gunn, R.N. | Sheriff | Episode: "The Pet Peeve" |
| 1992 | Married... with Children | Gladys | Episode: "Al on the Rocks" |
| 1992 | Wild Card | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Bakersfield P.D. | Jessie Preston | Episode: "The Snake Charmer" |
| 1993 | Hearts Afire | Doris | Episode: "Moonlighting" |
| 1994 | Coach | Betsy | Episode: "Jailbirds" |
| 1994 | Step by Step | Cop | Episode: "Something Wild" |
| 1995 | Platypus Man | Bernice | Episode: "The Crush" |
| 1995 | Pig Sty | Freddi | Episode: "Nightmare in 15C" |
| 1995 | Unhappily Ever After | Vic | Episode: "Rocky VI" |
| 1995 | Misery Loves Company | Melanie | Episode: "Uneasy Rider" |
| 1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Cindy (voice) | Episode: "Monster Blues" |
| 1996 | Renegade | Judge Crescia | Episode: "Stationary Target" |
| 1996 | Step by Step | Lady Cop | Episode: "Torn Between Two Mothers" |
| 1997 | Goode Behavior | Debbie Caruthers | Episode: "The Goode, the Bad, and the Willie" |
| 1997 | The Single Guy | Pit Boss | Episode: "Vegas Finale" |
| 1997 | Meego | Judith | Episode: "Fatal Attraction" |
| 1997 | Rugrats | Naomi (voice) | Episode: "Crime and Punishment/Baby Maybe" |
| 1997 | ER | Delores | Episode: "Fortune's Fools" |
| 1998 | Addams Family Reunion | Delores Adams | Video |
| 1998 | The Eddie Files | Betty Lou | Episode: "Ratios: The Lonesome Pine" |
| 1998 | The New Addams Family | Ginger | Episode: "Uncle Fester's Toupee" |
| 1998 | Superman | Stompa (voice) | Episode: "Little Girl Lost: Part 1" Episode: "Little Girl Lost: Part 2" |
| 1999 | Dharma & Greg | Lina | Episode: "Dharma and the Horse She Rode in On" |
| 1999 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Lorraine | Episode: "Paranoid Dick" |
| 1999 | Silk Hope | Linda | TV movie |
| 1999 | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Brenda May | Episode: "All Howls Eve" |
| 1999 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Officer Barry | Episode: "The Captain and Maria" Episode: "Don't Follow the Leader" |
| 1999–2001 | Popular | Roberta 'Bobbi' Glass | 36 episodes |
| 2000 | Superman | Stompa (voice) | Episode: "Legacy: Part 1" Episode: "Legacy: Part II" |
| 2000 | Providence | B.J. Maximus | Episode: "The Good Doctor" |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | Security Guard | Episode: "The Consultant" |
| 2001 | The Angry Beavers | Announcer / Narxa (voice) | Episode: "All in the Colony/Line Duncing" |
| 2001 | The Ellen Show | Bunny Hopstetter | 6 episodes |
| 2002 | St. Sass | Ms. Fester | TV movie |
| 2002 | The Brothers García | Tall Girl | Episode: "School Daze" |
| 2002 | The Division | Patti | Episode: "Brave New World" |
| 2002 | ER | Stella Willis | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | One on One | Officer Esther Justice | Episode: "Give Me Some Credit" |
| 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division | Nicole | Episode: "Had" |
| 2003 | A Painted House | Mrs. Spruill | TV movie |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | Teri | Episode: "Terror Starts at Home" |
| 2004 | Joan of Arcadia | Coach Carol Keady | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Quintuplets | Carmen | Episode: "The Coconut Kapow" |
| 2005 | Monk | Krystal the Trucker | Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic" |
| 2005 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Ophelia Ogelvy (voice) | Episode: "Fu Dog Takes a Walk" |
| 2005 | Zoey 101 | Nurse Krutcher | Episode: "The Play" |
| 2006 | Zoey 101 | Nurse Krutcher | Episode: "Girls Will Be Boys" |
| 2005 | Death to the Supermodels | Merle | Video |
| 2006 | Teen Titans | Pantha (voice) | Episode: "Calling All Titans" Episode: "Titans Together" |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Donna | Episode: "Everybody Says Don't" |
| 2006 | Two and a Half Men | Prison Matron | Episode: "Golly Moses, She's a Muffin" |
| 2006 | Everwood | Mary | Episode: "The Land of Confusion" |
| 2007 | NCIS | Dee Dee Chesney | Episode: "Dead Man Walking" |
| 2007 | The War at Home | P.E. Teacher | Episode: "The Graduate" |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Maggie Lafferty | Episode: "Justice" |
| 2007 | American Dad! | (voice) | Episode: "Black Mystery Month" |
| 2008 | American Dad! | Supervisor (voice) | Episode: "The One That Got Away" |
| 2008 | 'Til Death | Sammy | Episode: "Sob Story" |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | DNAlien #1 / Edna (voice) | Episode: "Max Out" |
| 2008 | According to Jim | Mo | Episode: "Cabin Boys" |
| 2008–2009 | Days of Our Lives | Hilda Van Beno | 9 episodes |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Big Barda (voice) | Episode: "The Last Bat on Earth!" |
| 2010 | Crafty | Leslie Lawford | Episode: "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Baked" |
| 2010 | Good Luck Charlie | Mad Dog | Episode: "Charlie Is 1" |
| 2011 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Coach Penny | Episode: "Everything's Rosie for Justin" |
| 2012 | Young Justice: Invasion | Devastation (voice) | Episode: "Beneath" |
| 2012 | The Middle | Police Officer | Episode: "Year of the Hecks" |
| 2013 | Mike & Molly | Isabelle | Episode: "Molly Unleashed" |
| 2015 | 100 Things to Do Before High School | Coach LeBeau | 7 episodes |
| 2015 | K.C. Undercover | Regina Honey | Episode: "Off The Grid" |
| 2016 | General Hospital | Margarethe[21][22] | Recurring role |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dead Rising 3 | Sgt. Hilde Schmittendorf (voice)[23] | Open world survival horror beat 'em up video game. |
References
- ^ a b "Diane Delano". Hollywood.com. Emeryville, California: Baseline. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Diane Delano Biography". Film Reference Library. Toronto: International Federation of Film Archives. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Heart Like a Wheel". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (October 17, 1986). "Ratboy (1986) SCREEN: 'RATBOY'". The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Ratboy". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Miracle Mile". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Sleepwalkers". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "The River Wild". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ Miller 2012, p. 224.
- ^ "The Theory of the Leisure Class". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "A Mighty Wind". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Jeepers Creepers 2". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "The Ladykillers 2004". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "The Ladykillers 1955". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Midnight Clear". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "The Wicker Man 2006". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "The Wicker Man 1973". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Surf School". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Choose Connor". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ "Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 11, 2016.
- ^ SOD (June 7, 2016). "DIANE DELANO JOINS GH". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media Inc. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ Eades, Chris (June 7, 2016). "Diane Delano Joins the Cast of GENERAL HOSPITAL!". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States: Bauer Media Group. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
- ^ "Dead Rising 3". Voice Chasers. Milford, Pennsylvania: Dekiru Productions. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
Sources
- Miller, Cynthia J. (2012). Chris Hansen (ed.). Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big Screen to Small. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0810885189.
External links
- Diane Delano at IMDb
- Diane Delano on Twitter
- Diane Delano at TV Guide