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Born: |
January
22, 1965, New York, New York, USA |
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Height: |
5'6" |
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Father: |
Burt Lane (acting
coach; separated) |
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Mother: |
Colleen
Farrington (Playboy's Miss October 1957) |
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Daughter: |
Eleanor (born
in 1993; father: Christopher Lambert) |
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Husband: |
Christopher Lambert (French; actor; married in October 1988; divorced in
March 1994) |
| Quote: |
"There's
a persona to being an actress.... That
could put anyone into the shrink's office.
Especially if you're fifteen, sixteen,
eighteen years old going through that;
realizing that the job is to have a
persona." |
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True
but strange: |
Francis
Ford Coppola admitted to always having
had a crush on Diane, even though she
starred in his films when she was barely
pubescent. |
| Factoid: |
The
daughter of drama coach Burt Lane, Lane made her
acting debut at the age of six, working with New
York's renowned experimental group Cafe La Mama.
With them, Lane toured Europe in productions of Medea
and The Trojan Women, among other plays.
Working for Joseph Papp, Lane appeared in his
productions of The Cherry Orchard and Agamemnon
at Lincoln Center. In 1978, she received critical
acclaim for her lead performance in the off-Broadway
hit Runaways. Following her success in A
Little Romance (1979), Lane was lucky enough
to be able to sustain a steady career as a young
adult actress. Lane's enchanting combination of
sexuality and innocence made her popular with
adolescent audiences and landed her on the cover
of Time magazine. Her profile was
noticeably enhanced after director Francis Ford
Coppola became her mentor and provided her with
roles in such films as The Outsiders (1983),
Rumble Fish (1983), and The Cotton Club
(1984). |
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