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Birthday: Jul 23, 1966
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Diane Robin

Diane Robin (born 23 July 1966) is an Aerican actress. Although often cast as a New Yorker, Diane Robin was born in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Her training began in high school, with a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and she was the youngest person to have been accepted into the adult program.Diane got a manager who convinced her to sneak on to the Universal lot, and personally hand deliver her picture and resumé to a casting director. She did ,but was then thrown off the lot by a security guard. Telling the story of the fiasco to a complete stranger ,he replied "I'm an agent and don't have anyone like you." She signed with him the next day, and has gone on to appear in over 120 television and film productions. Diane has worked with Academy Award-winning actors including Holly Hunter, Robin Williams, and Jeff Bridges. Some of the legendary directors with whom she has worked include, Terry Gilliam , Peter Hyams,Chris Columbus , and Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, as Chandra in the infamous "bitches Leave " scene. She has guest starred on numerous TV shows including NCIS, Desperate Housewives, and MacGyver. She's also costarred in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies such as McBride, Mystery Woman and Annie's Point. She can be seen in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco, House of Deadly Secrets with Patty McCormack, and Lifetimes You Can't Take My Daughter with Lyndsy Fonseca. In the Indie Award-winning comedy Dating Daisy she plays one of her favorite roles, the pushy endearing mother Eleanor .She is very excited about her acclaimed comedy web series Strange Therapy, in which she stars , and wrote , on Amazon Prime. She recently completed costarring in the thriller Deadly Reunion, and has just been cast as of of the leads in The Sweepers. Always happy on a set, Diane got a license plate so there would be no ambiguity about who she is and what she loves to do. It simply reads CAST ME.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Relic The Mayor's Wife 1997
RoboCop Chandra 1987
Crazylove Monica 2005
Adventures in Babysitting Nurse 1987
Boys on the Run Ms. Coleman 2003
Grace of My Heart Waitress in Diner 1996
Annie's Point Brenda Treger 2005
This Time 2023
Murder Syndicate Isa 2023
Heartbreak Hotel Donna 1988
Crazy in Love Jean Snizort 1992
Murder on the 13th Floor Rhonda 2012
Wicked Ways Real Estate Agent 1999
Authors Anonymous Lois Pepper 2014
A Line in the Sand Karla 2008
At Home with the Webbers 1st Woman On Street 1993
Crossroads 1986
Mary Christmas Rita Jackson 2002
Santa with Muscles Dr. Watt 1996
Thanksgiving Day Mary Beth 1990
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love 1994
Free Lunch Express Dorothy 2020
Retribution Crash Victim 1987
Deadly Due Date Alice O'Donnell 2021
The Fisher King Receptionist 1991
Fatal Fixer Upper Doctor Shaw 2024
Dating Daisy Eleanor 2016
In the Flesh Gloria 1995
Whatever It Takes Connie 1998
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Stark 1995
Playmaker Terry 1994
Santa, Jr. Pietra Nero 2002
Holiday Breakup Elizabeth 2016
House of Deadly Secrets Helen 2018
Night of the Running Man 1995
A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane Flight Attendant 2019
You Can't Take My Daughter Lawyer 2020
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus Woman Customer 2004
Sudden Death Mrs. Baldwin 1995
Deadly Mile High Club Margaret 2020
Head Office Gross' Secretary 1985
Grave Misconduct Miranda Darkling 2008
Spiral Aunt Jane 2019
A Nanny to Die For Dani 2024
Series Cast Year
Big Time Rush Casting Director 2009
Wilfred Mother 2011
Hunter Redhead 1984
Secret Lives 2003
Oh Baby 1998
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop Self 2023
As Luck Would Have It Mrs. Bursack 2023
Angie DiDi Malloy 1979
Night Court Mandy Davis 1984
Burke's Law Marci 1994
MacGyver Louella 1985
Desperate Housewives Ms. Freeman 2004
The Family Man 1990
George & Leo 1997
Malcolm in the Middle Heidi's Mom 2000
Renegade IRS agent Blecker 1992
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