Diane Delano

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Actress

Birth Date: January 29, 1957

Death Date: December 13, 2024

Birth Place: Los Angeles, California

Actress Diane Delano has appeared in various television shows and movies since the early 1980s, while picking up a few extended roles along the way. Delano got her start with appearances on television and movies during the early to mid 1980s, before landing a six-episode stint on the popular legal drama "L.A. Law."

One-off appearances on established television shows soon followed, before Delano finally became a regular cast member on a series, appearing as Officer Barbara Semanski on the quirky Alaska-set romantic comedy "Northern Exposure" from 1991 to 1995.

This would prove to be a pattern Delano would continue to follow throughout her career: guest appearances on popular comedies and dramas interspersed with more stable recurring roles.

The turn of the millennium would see Delano land perhaps her best-known role, as the harsh science teacher Miss Roberta 'Bobbi' Glass on the critically-acclaimed high school dramedy "Popular," created by Ryan Murphy.

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Paradise: A Town of Sinners & Saints

Actor
Movie
2024

Me TimeStream

Actor
Crossing Guard Lenore
Movie
2022
7%

We Bare BearsStream

Guest Voice
Series
2015

MomStream

Guest Star
Leslie
Series
2013

2 Broke GirlsStream

Guest Star
Officer Stanley
Series
2011

Shake It UpStream

Guest Star
Nurse Barbara
Series
2010

Mike & MollyStream

Guest Star
Isabelle
Series
2010

The MiddleStream

Guest Star
Police Officer
Series
2009

Wizards of Waverly PlaceStream

Actor
Coach Penny
Series
2007

Choose Connor

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Lara Connor
Movie
2007

'Til DeathStream

Guest Star
Series
2006

The Wicker ManStream

Actor
Sister Beech
Movie
2006
15%

Surf School

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Tillie
Movie
2006

The War at Home

Guest Star
Show
2005

American DadStream

Guest Voice
Supervisor
Series
2005

Death to the Supermodels

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Movie
2005

Desperate HousewivesStream

Guest Star
Donna
Series
2004
72%

The LadykillersStream

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Mountain Girl
Movie
2004
54%

Cold CaseStream

Guest Star
Series
2003

Joan of Arcadia

Guest Star
Series
2003
96%

NCISStream

Guest Star
Dee Dee Chesney
Series
2003

Two and a Half MenStream

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Prison Matron
Series
2003
65%

A Painted House

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Mrs. Spruill
Movie
2003

Jeepers Creepers 2Stream

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Bus Driver Betty Borman
Movie
2003
24%

MonkStream

Guest Star
Krystal the Trucker
Series
2002
91%

The Ellen Show

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Show
2001

One on OneStream

Guest Star
Series
2001

Six Feet UnderStream

Guest Star
Series
2001
81%

Highway 395

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Violet
Movie
2000

Popular

Actor
Bobbi Glass/Nurse Jessie Glass
Series
1999
60%

Providence

Guest Star
Series
1999

Silk Hope

Actor
Linda
Movie
1999

Dharma & Greg

Guest Star
Lina
Series
1997

Meego

Guest Star
Show
1997

Goode Behavior

Guest Star
Show
1996

Rattled

Actor
Ronnie
Movie
1996

Misery Loves Company

Guest Star
Show
1995

JAGStream

Guest Star
Series
1995

Pig Sty

Guest Star
Show
1995

Platypus Man

Guest Star
Show
1995

Unhappily Ever After

Guest Star
Series
1995

ERStream

Guest Star
Stella Willis
Series
1994

The River WildStream

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Ranger
Movie
1994
57%

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Guest Star
Officer Barry
Series
1993

RenegadeStream

Guest Star
Nurse
Series
1992

Step by StepStream

Guest Star
Series
1991

RugratsStream

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Naomi
Series
1991

Northern ExposureStream

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Officer Barbara Semanski
Series
1990

Quantum LeapStream

Guest Star
Prostitute 2
Series
1989

CoachStream

Guest Star
Betsy
Series
1989

thirtysomething

Guest Star
Isabel
Series
1987
83%

Married ... With ChildrenStream

Guest Star
Gladys
Series
1987

MatlockStream

Guest Star
Series
1986

HunterStream

Guest Star
Getaway Driver
Series
1984

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