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.
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
2023Murder Syndicate ... Co-Producer
2022Just One Kiss ... Writer, Teleplay