Diane Delano

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Diane Delano
Born (1957-01-29) January 29, 1957 (age 67)
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present

Diane Delano (born January 29, 1957 [2] ) is an American character actress. She is known for her numerous roles in films and television, such as Sergeant Barbara Semanski on the CBS television series Northern Exposure and Roberta "Bobbi" Glass on The WB television series Popular .

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Aside from Bobbi Glass and her twin sister Nurse Jessi Glass on Popular , she played the role of Hilda, an FBI agent hired to protect Sami Brady, on Days of Our Lives . She also provided the voice for Big Barda in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the superheroine Pantha in Teen Titans .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Heart Like a Wheel Shirley's sister Biographical film directed by Jonathan Kaplan [3] and based on the life of drag racing driver Shirley Muldowney.
1986 Ratboy Aurora Drama film directed by and starring Sondra Locke. [4] [5]
1988 Miracle Mile Stewardess Post-apocalyptic thriller film written and directed by Steve De Jarnatt. [6]
1992 Sleepwalkers Police Horror film directed by Mick Garris. [7]
1994 The River Wild Ranger Adventure crime-thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson. [8]
1998 The Thin Pink Line Sgt. Dot Jenkins Mockumentary directed by Joe Dietl and Michael Irpino. [9]
2000Highway 395Violet Action-crime film directed by and also starring Fred Dryer.
2001The Theory of the Leisure ClassPsychic Healer Crime drama-Mystery film directed and co-written by Gabriel Bologna. [10]
2002Out of These RoomsClaudetteDirected and written by Harri James.
2003 A Mighty Wind Witch #2Mockumentary comedy film directed, co-written and composed by Christopher Guest. [11]
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 Bus Driver Betty BormanHorror film written and directed by Victor Salva. [12]
2004 The Ladykillers Mountain Girl
2006Midnight ClearTrudyDrama film directed by Dallas Jenkins. [15]
2006 The Wicker Man Sister Beech
2006Surf SchoolTillieComedy-Sports film directed and written by Joel Silverman. [18]
2007Choose ConnorLara ConnorDrama film directed by Lucas Elliot Eberl. [19]
2010 Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo Ms. Alma RumblebunsVoice, direct-to-video animated film directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. [20] [21]
2018RelishOfficer Oz

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 St. Elsewhere NurseEpisode: "The Count"
1986Stark: Mirror ImageSimone LubchanskyTelevision film
1987 Scarecrow and Mrs. King MaidEpisode: "All That Glitters"
1987 L.A. Law Rhonda Vasek6 episodes
1988 Growing Pains Sonya OlsenEpisode: "Fool for Love"
1988 Hunter Getaway DriverEpisode: "Honorable Profession"
1989 Perfect Strangers FlameEpisode: "That Old Gang of Mine"
1989 Falcon Crest Deputy Marcia MooreEpisode: "Missing Links"
1989 Matlock Dodo the ClownEpisode: "The Clown"
1989 Major Dad MartyEpisode: "Jane Wayne Day"
1989 thirtysomething IsabelEpisode: "New Baby"
1989 Doogie Howser, M.D. Miss McCormickEpisode: "Every Dog as His Doogie"
1990The Great American Sex ScandalTelevision film
1990 Who's the Boss? BevEpisode: "Micelli's Marauders"
1990 Cop Rock CopEpisode: "Marital Blitz"
1991 Quantum Leap Prostitute #2Episode: "Southern Comforts"
1991 Acting Sheriff Deputy Judith MahoneyTV pilot
1991–1995 Northern Exposure Sergeant Barbara Semanski12 episodes
1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. SheriffEpisode: "The Pet Peeve"
1992 Married... with Children GladysEpisode: "Al on the Rocks"
1992Wild CardTelevision film
1993 Bakersfield P.D. Jessie PrestonEpisode: "The Snake Charmer"
1993 Hearts Afire DorisEpisode: "Moonlighting"
1994 Coach BetsyEpisode: "Jailbirds"
1994 Step by Step CopEpisode: "Something Wild"
1995 Platypus Man BerniceEpisode: "The Crush"
1995 Pig Sty FreddiEpisode: "Nightmare in 15C"
1995 Unhappily Ever After VicEpisode: "Rocky VI"
1995 Misery Loves Company MelanieEpisode: "Uneasy Rider"
1995–1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Dr. Sinkenclogger, Cindy, Eye DoctorVoice, 3 episodes [21]
1996 Renegade Judge CresciaEpisode: "Stationary Target"
1996 Step by Step Lady CopEpisode: "Torn Between Two Mothers"
1997 Goode Behavior Debbie CaruthersEpisode: "The Goode, the Bad, and the Willie"
1997 The Single Guy Pit BossEpisode: "Vegas Finale"
1997 Meego JudithEpisode: "Fatal Attraction"
1997–2002 Rugrats Sheila, NaomiVoice, 2 episodes [21]
1997 ER DeloresEpisode: "Fortune's Fools"
1998 Addams Family Reunion Delores AdamsVideo
1998The Eddie FilesBetty LouEpisode: "Ratios: The Lonesome Pine"
1998 Cow and Chicken Tough Buffalo GalVoice, episode: "Buffalo Gals" [21]
1998 The New Addams Family GingerEpisode: "Uncle Fester's Toupee"
1998–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Stompa Voice, 4 episodes [21]
1999 Dharma & Greg LinaEpisode: "Dharma and the Horse She Rode in On"
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun LorraineEpisode: "Paranoid Dick"
1999 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Cave GirlVoice, episode: "When Granny Ruled the Earth" [21]
1999 Silk Hope LindaTelevision film
1999 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd Brenda MayEpisode: "All Howls Eve"
1999 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Officer Barry2 episodes
1999–2001 Popular Roberta 'Bobbi' Glass36 episodes
2000 Providence B.J. MaximusEpisode: "The Good Doctor"
2000 The Michael Richards Show Security GuardEpisode: "The Consultant"
2001 The Angry Beavers Announcer / NarxaVoice, episode: "All in the Colony/Line Duncing" [21]
2001 The Ellen Show Bunny Hopstetter6 episodes
2002St. SassMs. FesterTelevision film
2002 The Brothers García Tall GirlEpisode: "School Daze"
2002 The Division PattiEpisode: "Brave New World"
2002 ER Stella Willis4 episodes
2002 The Zeta Project Miss BerkleyVoice, episode: "Lost and Found" [21]
2002 One on One Officer Esther JusticeEpisode: "Give Me Some Credit"
2002 Robbery Homicide Division NicoleEpisode: "Had"
2003 A Painted House Mrs. SpruillTelevision film
2004 Six Feet Under TeriEpisode: "Terror Starts at Home"
2004 Joan of Arcadia Coach Carol Keady4 episodes
2005 Quintuplets CarmenEpisode: "The Coconut Kapow"
2005 Monk Krystal the TruckerEpisode: "Mr. Monk Gets Stuck in Traffic"
2005 American Dragon: Jake Long Ophelia OgelvyVoice, episode: "Fu Dog Takes a Walk"
2005–2006 Zoey 101 Nurse Krutcher2 episodes
2005 Death to the Supermodels MerleVideo
2006 Teen Titans Pantha Voice, 2 episodes [21]
2006 Desperate Housewives DonnaEpisode: "Everybody Says Don't"
2006 Two and a Half Men Prison MatronEpisode: "Golly Moses, She's a Muffin"
2006 Everwood MaryEpisode: "The Land of Confusion"
2007 NCIS Dee Dee ChesneyEpisode: "Dead Man Walking"
2007 The War at Home P.E. TeacherEpisode: "The Graduate"
2007 Cold Case Maggie LaffertyEpisode: "Justice"
2008 American Dad! SupervisorVoice, episode: "The One That Got Away"
2008 'Til Death SammyEpisode: "Sob Story"
2008 Ben 10: Alien Force DNAlien #1, EdnaVoice, episode: "Max Out"
2008 According to Jim MoEpisode: "Cabin Boys"
2008–2009 Days of Our Lives Hilda Van Beno9 episodes
2009 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Big Barda Voice, episode: "The Last Bat on Earth!" [21]
2010CraftyLeslie LawfordEpisode: "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Baked"
2010 Good Luck Charlie Mad DogEpisode: "Charlie Is 1"
2011 Wizards of Waverly Place Coach PennyEpisode: "Everything's Rosie for Justin"
2011 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Ma VreedleVoice, episode: "The Mother of All Vreedles"
2012 Fred: The Show Culinary Arts TeacherEpisode: "Flour Baby"
2012 DeVanity Shara RoseEpisode: "Payback's a Bitch"
2012 The Middle Police OfficerEpisode: "Year of the Hecks"
2012, 2019 Young Justice: Invasion Devastation Voice, 2 episodes [21]
2013 Mike & Molly IsabelleEpisode: "Molly Unleashed"
2013 Shake It Up Nurse BarbaraEpisode: "Remember It Up"
2013–2014 Ben 10: Omniverse Ma Vreedle, Pretty Boy #1Voice, 2 episodes [21]
2014–2015 100 Things to Do Before High School Coach LeBeau7 episodes
2015 2 Broke Girls Officer StanleyEpisode: "And the Crime Ring"
2015, 2018 K.C. Undercover Regina Honey2 episodes
2016 General Hospital Margarethe [22] [23] Recurring role
2016 Mom LeslieEpisode: "Sparkling Water and Ba-dinkers"
2018 Niko and the Sword of Light Captain NektonVoice, episode: "Sky Whale City"
2019 PEN15 Jan3 episodes
2019 Good Girls KarenEpisode: "This Land Is Your Land"
2020 AJ and the Queen Police OfficerEpisode: "Dallas"
2020 Infinity Train TubaVoice, 4 episodes [24]
2021 The Upshaws Jan2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Dead Rising 3 Sgt. Hilde Schmittendorf [25] Open world survival horror beat 'em up
2018 Lego DC Super-Villains Granny Goodness, Big Barda, Stompa
2019 Rage 2 Gunbarrel Civilian, Dreadwood Civilian, Treasure Hunter [21]

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