Diane Robin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

63

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

RoboCop
7.3%

RoboCop

Jul 17, 1987

Malcolm in the Middle
8.5%

Malcolm in the Middle

Jan 9, 2000

Desperate Housewives
7.9%

Desperate Housewives

Oct 3, 2004

Big Time Rush
8.6%

Big Time Rush

Nov 28, 2009

The Fisher King
7.3%

The Fisher King

Sep 20, 1991

MacGyver
7.7%

MacGyver

Sep 29, 1985

Sudden Death
6.0%

Sudden Death

Oct 27, 1995

The Relic
6.0%

The Relic

Jan 10, 1997

Crossroads
7.3%

Crossroads

Mar 14, 1986

Wilfred
7.6%

Wilfred

Jun 23, 2011

Renegade
6.6%

Renegade

Sep 19, 1992

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Acting

2025
The Wrong Obsession as Dr. S. Madden
2024
A Nanny to Die For as Dani
2024
Down Below as Ghost Mother's Voice
2024
Fatal Fixer Upper as Doctor Shaw
2023
As Luck Would Have It as Mrs. Bursack
2023
RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop as Self
2023
Murder Syndicate as Isa
2023
This Time
2021
Deadly Due Date as Alice O'Donnell
2020
Free Lunch Express as Dorothy
2020
Deadly Mile High Club as Margaret
2020
You Can't Take My Daughter as Lawyer
2019
A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane as Flight Attendant
2019
Spiral as Aunt Jane
2018
House of Deadly Secrets as Helen
2016
Holiday Breakup as Elizabeth
2016
Dating Daisy as Eleanor
2014
Authors Anonymous as Lois Pepper
2012
Murder on the 13th Floor as Rhonda
2011
Wilfred as Mother
2009
Big Time Rush as Casting Director
2008
Grave Misconduct as Miranda Darkling
2008
A Line in the Sand as Karla
2005
Crazylove as Monica
2005
Annie's Point as Brenda Treger
2004
Desperate Housewives as Ms. Freeman
2004
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus as Woman Customer
2003
Secret Lives
2003
Boys on the Run as Ms. Coleman
2002
Santa, Jr. as Pietra Nero
2002
Mary Christmas as Rita Jackson
2000
Nikki as Nurse
2000
Malcolm in the Middle as Heidi's Mom
1999
Wicked Ways as Real Estate Agent
1998
Whatever It Takes as Connie
1998
Oh Baby
1997
George & Leo
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
Night of the Running Man
1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Stark
1995
In the Flesh as Gloria
1994
Playmaker as Terry
1994
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
1994
Burke's Law as Marci
1993
At Home with the Webbers as 1st Woman On Street
1992
Renegade as IRS agent Blecker
1992
Crazy in Love as Jean Snizort
1991
The Fisher King as Receptionist
1990
Thanksgiving Day as Mary Beth
1990
The Family Man
1988
Heartbreak Hotel as Donna
1987
Retribution as Crash Victim
1987
RoboCop as Chandra
1987
Adventures in Babysitting as Nurse
1986
Crossroads as Nurse
1985
MacGyver as Louella
1985
Head Office as Gross' Secretary
1984
Hunter as Redhead
1984
Night Court as Mandy Davis
1979
Angie as DiDi Malloy

Production

2023
Murder Syndicate as Co-Producer

Writing

2022
Just One Kiss as Writer
2022
Just One Kiss as Teleplay
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