Actress Diane Delano, who performed Sergeant Barbara Semanski on the CBS tv collection Northern Publicity, has died. She was 67.
Her passing was confirmed by her agent, Dennis Sevier, who informed Folks that Delano died at her house in Los Angeles, California, on Friday, December 13, following a quick sickness. An official explanation for demise has but to be disclosed.
“When Diane entered any room you knew she was there! She was vigorous and beloved being an actor. She will likely be missed,” Sevier stated in an announcement.
Born on January 29, 1957, in Los Angeles, Delano graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AMDA) in 1980 and started her on-screen performing profession within the 1983 biographical sports activities movie Coronary heart Like a Wheel. That very same 12 months, she additionally made her tv debut within the medical drama collection St. Elsewhere.
She continued to look in basic TV collection all through the Eighties, together with L.A. Regulation, Good Strangers, Falcon Crest, Matlock, thirtysomething, and Doogie Howser, M.D.
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Her most notable position got here in 1991 when she joined the second season of Northern Publicity as Sergeant Barbara Semanski. She appeared in 12 episodes, that includes in each season after her Season 2 debut.
Delano continued performing as much as 2024, with credit in Married… with Kids, Coach, Distress Loves Firm, ER, The New Addams Household, third Rock from the Solar, The Ellen Present, Monk, Determined Housewives, and lots of extra. She additionally had components as a voice-over actress on a number of animated exhibits, together with Rugrats, Teen Titans, American Dad, and Superman.
In more moderen years, Delano appeared in episodes of PEN15, Good Women, Basic Hospital, AJ and the Queen, and The Upshaws. She additionally starred in three impartial movies launched in 2024, together with Paradise: A City of Sinners and Saints, which premiered on streaming earlier this month.
Her good friend and fellow actress Stefanie Kramer informed Deadline, “[Delano] was large and daring and introduced her sharp wit and ideal comedian timing to each position. Her earthy and raucous presence enabled her to all the time personal the room. She was considered one of a sort.”