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Personal Info

Birth date

1966-07-23 (58 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as

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Diane Robin

Biography

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

Acting

2025The Wrong Obsession as Dr. S. Madden

2024A Nanny to Die For as Dani

2024Down Below as Ghost Mother's Voice

2024Fatal Fixer Upper as Doctor Shaw

2023As Luck Would Have It (1 Episode) as Mrs. Bursack

2023RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2 Episodes) as Self

2023Murder Syndicate as Isa

2023This Time as Unknown

2021Deadly Due Date as Alice O'Donnell

2020Free Lunch Express as Dorothy

2020Deadly Mile High Club as Margaret

2020You Can't Take My Daughter as Lawyer

2019A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane as Flight Attendant

2019Spiral as Aunt Jane

2018House of Deadly Secrets as Helen

2016Holiday Breakup as Elizabeth

2016Dating Daisy as Eleanor

2014Authors Anonymous as Lois Pepper

2012Murder on the 13th Floor as Rhonda

2011Wilfred (1 Episode) as Mother

2009Big Time Rush (1 Episode) as Casting Director

2008Grave Misconduct as Miranda Darkling

2008A Line in the Sand as Karla

2005Crazylove as Monica

2005Annie's Point as Brenda Treger

2004Desperate Housewives (1 Episode) as Ms. Freeman

2004Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus as Woman Customer

2003Secret Lives (7 Episodes) as Unknown

2003Boys on the Run as Ms. Coleman

2002Santa, Jr. as Pietra Nero

2002Mary Christmas as Rita Jackson

2000Nikki (1 Episode) as Nurse

2000Malcolm in the Middle (1 Episode) as Heidi's Mom

1999Wicked Ways as Real Estate Agent

1998Whatever It Takes as Connie

1998Brimstone (1 Episode) as Counselor

1998Oh Baby (1 Episode) as Unknown

1997George & Leo (1 Episode) as Unknown

1997The Relic as The Mayor's Wife

1996Santa with Muscles as Dr. Watt

1996Grace of My Heart as Waitress in Diner

1995Sudden Death as Mrs. Baldwin

1995Night of the Running Man as Unknown

1995In the Flesh as Gloria

1995Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Stark

1994Playmaker as Terry

1994Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love as Unknown

1994Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Marci

1993At Home with the Webbers as 1st Woman On Street

1992Renegade (1 Episode) as IRS agent Blecker

1992Crazy in Love as Jean Snizort

1991The Fisher King as Receptionist

1990Thanksgiving Day as Mary Beth

1990The Family Man (1 Episode) as Unknown

1988Heartbreak Hotel as Donna

1987Retribution as Crash Victim

1987RoboCop as Chandra

1987Adventures in Babysitting as Nurse

1986Crossroads as Nurse

1985MacGyver (1 Episode) as Louella

1985Head Office as Gross' Secretary

1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Redhead

1984Night Court (1 Episode) as Mandy Davis

1979Angie (12 Episodes) as DiDi Malloy

Production

2023Murder Syndicate ... Co-Producer

Writing

2022Just One Kiss ... Writer, Teleplay