Diane Shalet
Biography
Diane Shalet was an American character actress who worked on Broadway and in television. A native of New York, she studied at New York's High School of Performing Arts and at Queens College, and in 1953 she made her professional debut in Dark of the Moon with the Honolulu Repertory Theatre. Her career gained momentum in 1963 when she was picked from 1,500 applicants for the founding company at Lincoln Center Repertory Theater and appeared in all three of its productions that year. Her Broadway credits included After the Fall (1964) and Tartuffe (1965). On screen she appeared in The Reivers (1969) and The Last Tycoon (1976), and she was best known as Ms. Hawkins, a recurring role on Matlock. She also did more than 200 guest appearances on episodic television, taught at UCLA for 14 years, and helped found the Actors and Writers Lab in Manhattan.
71years old at death
- Born
- Died Palm Springs
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 7 years1969 to 1976
Every film, newest first
- 1976The Last TycoonIMDb rating 6.2
- 1973The Night StranglerIMDb rating 7.3
- 1969The ReiversIMDb rating 6.6
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Behind the camera
Shalet spent 14 years as a teacher at UCLA. She was also one of the founders of the Actors and Writers Lab, which is located in Manhattan.
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Worked with
Diane Shalet shares two films with John Carradine, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Robert De Niro's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Robert Mitchum's page
Seymour Cassel's page
Jack Nicholson's page
All films by Elia Kazan
All films by Dan Curtis
All films by Mark Rydell
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