Diane Robin

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1966-07-23 (58 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Fatal Fixer Upper

as Doctor Shaw

2023
2023
As Luck Would Have It

as Mrs. Bursack

2021
Deadly Due Date

as Alice O'Donnell

2020
2020
2019
A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane

as Flight Attendant

2019
Spiral

as Aunt Jane

2016
Holiday Breakup

as Elizabeth

2016
Dating Daisy

as Eleanor

2014
Authors Anonymous

as Lois Pepper

2011
Wilfred

as Mother

2009
Big Time Rush

as Casting Director

2008
Grave Misconduct

as Miranda Darkling

2008
2005
Crazylove

as Monica

2005
Annie's Point

as Brenda Treger

2004
2004
Desperate Housewives

as Ms. Freeman

2003
Boys on the Run

as Ms. Coleman

2002
Santa, Jr.

as Pietra Nero

2002
Mary Christmas

as Rita Jackson

2000
Malcolm in the Middle

as Heidi's Mom

1999
Wicked Ways

as Real Estate Agent

1998
1997
The Relic

as The Mayor's Wife

1996
Santa with Muscles

as Dr. Watt

1996
Grace of My Heart

as Waitress in Diner

1995
Sudden Death

as Mrs. Baldwin

1995
In the Flesh

as Gloria

1994
Playmaker

as Terry

1994
Burke's Law

as Marci

1993
At Home with the Webbers

as 1st Woman On Street

1992
Crazy in Love

as Jean Snizort

1991
The Fisher King

as Receptionist

1990
Thanksgiving Day

as Mary Beth

1988
1987
Retribution

as Crash Victim

1987
RoboCop

as Chandra

1985
Head Office

as Gross' Secretary

1985
MacGyver

as Louella

1984
Hunter

as Redhead

1984
Night Court

as Mandy Davis

1979
Angie

as DiDi Malloy

Writer

2022
Just One Kiss

as Writer

2022
Just One Kiss

as Teleplay

Producer

2023
Murder Syndicate

as Co-Producer