Diane Robin

Diane Robin

Born: July 23, 1966
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Although often cast as a New Yorker, Diane Robin was born in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. Her training began in high school, with a scholarship to the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, and she was the youngest person to have been accepted into the adult program.Diane got a manager who convinced her to sneak on to the Universal lot, and personally hand deliver her picture and resumé to a casting director. She did ,but was then thrown off the lot by a security guard. Telling the story of the fiasco to a complete stranger ,he replied "I'm an agent and don't have anyone like you." She signed with him the next day, and has gone on to appear in over 120 television and film productions. Diane has worked with Academy Award-winning actors including Holly Hunter, Robin Williams, and Jeff Bridges. Some of the legendary directors with whom she has worked include, Terry Gilliam , Peter Hyams,Chris Columbus , and Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, as Chandra in the infamous "bitches Leave " scene. She has guest starred on numerous TV shows including NCIS, Desperate Housewives, and MacGyver. She's also costarred in many Hallmark and Lifetime movies such as McBride, Mystery Woman and Annie's Point. She can be seen in Authors Anonymous with Kaley Cuoco, House of Deadly Secrets with Patty McCormack, and Lifetimes You Can't Take My Daughter with Lyndsy Fonseca. In the Indie Award-winning comedy Dating Daisy she plays one of her favorite roles, the pushy endearing mother Eleanor .She is very excited about her acclaimed comedy web series Strange Therapy, in which she stars , and wrote , on Amazon Prime. She recently completed costarring in the thriller Deadly Reunion, and has just been cast as of of the leads in The Sweepers. Always happy on a set, Diane got a license plate so there would be no ambiguity about who she is and what she loves to do. It simply reads CAST ME.

Movies for Diane Robin...

Fatal Fixer Upper
Title: Fatal Fixer Upper
Character: Doctor Shaw
Released: April 25, 2024
Type: Movie
Vivienne and Ryan Williams couldn’t be happier after buying their dream home from a mysterious man named Josh in a beautiful California suburb. Their newfound paradise soon turns into a living nightmare as Josh, still strangely attached to the house, suddenly appears after they move in to help fix up certain parts of the home. When his erratic behavior turns to obsession for Vivienne, the young couple soon find themselves caught up in a volatile confrontation that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear.
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Title: As Luck Would Have It
Character: Mrs. Bursack
Released: August 31, 2023
Type: TV
Recently retired criminology professor turned amateur sleuth Gabbi Luck uses her classroom smarts, charm and tenacity to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters. She balances each case with daughter Lisa who is a detective and partner Rick. Gabbi is sometimes assisted by police Captain Taylor, Barbara who works at the station, husband Michael and police psychologist, Dr. Nolan.
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Title: RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2023
Type: TV
An in-depth look into the ground breaking franchise and features new interviews with cast and crew.
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Murder Syndicate
Title: Murder Syndicate
Character: Isa
Released: June 13, 2023
Type: Movie
When the matriarch of a family of assassins falls ill, her three children and younger boyfriend fight among themselves to take over her empire.
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This Time
Title: This Time
Released: May 6, 2023
Type: Movie
This Time introduces us to long lost high school sweethearts, Laela and Colin, who unexpectedly reunite in Los Angeles 23 years after being separated during the 1998 riots in Jakarta, where they were torn apart without notice, unable to say goodbye, and flown away to different countries. As the star-crossed lovers examine the choices that led them down their separate paths and back again, Laela and Colin must decide if they’re still in love or just nostalgic for the past.
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Deadly Due Date
Title: Deadly Due Date
Character: Alice O'Donnell
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: Movie
A childless couple runs into a pregnant classmate at their high school reunion and agrees to adopt her baby, little realizing she has sinister plans for them.
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The Wrong Family
Title: The Wrong Family
Character: Mrs. Bartok
Released: July 8, 2021
Type: Movie
After the death of patriarch Theodore Jones, his second wife assumed control of the family business; now, someone is coming after the family business, trying to beat it at it's own game, using blackmail and even murder.
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Free Lunch Express
Title: Free Lunch Express
Character: Dorothy
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
From the creators who watched Airplane too many times, comes the surreal story of Bernie Sanders. This farcical tale takes us from childhood to political icon with battles against the Clintons, Drinks with AOC and weed with Ben and Jerry along the way.
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Deadly Mile High Club
Title: Deadly Mile High Club
Character: Margaret
Released: May 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Obsessed with a handsome student, a deranged flight instructor tries to destroy the people in his life and make him fall in love with her.
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You Can't Take My Daughter
Title: You Can't Take My Daughter
Character: Lawyer
Released: February 15, 2020
Type: Movie
A young woman fights to keep her rapist from gaining custody of her daughter.
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A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane
Title: A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane
Character: Flight Attendant
Released: November 5, 2019
Type: Movie
A romantic drama in the backdrop of Christmas time in Wisconsin, revolving around two college sweethearts who rekindle their love during the holiday season.
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Spiral
Title: Spiral
Character: Aunt Jane
Released: June 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Alone in his new apartment for the first time, a young man is tricked into smoking laced weed and must survive an all-night adventure with his maniacal next-door neighbor.
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House of Deadly Secrets
Title: House of Deadly Secrets
Character: Helen
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A mother and her young daughter move into a new house looking for a fresh start. But they soon realize they've just become part of a dark history.
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Holiday Breakup
Title: Holiday Breakup
Character: Elizabeth
Released: November 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Polar opposites meet and fall in love, but it isn't long before their relationship is on the rocks. In order to get through the holiday season without too much drama they decide to pretend they are still a couple, but their plan takes an unexpected turn.
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Dating Daisy
Title: Dating Daisy
Character: Eleanor
Released: April 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Dating Daisy is a romantic comedy about the honest and crazy truth of dating in your twenties! The story follows Michael and Daisy, two exes who decide to road trip home together for the holidays and get caught up in their crazy past.
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Authors Anonymous
Title: Authors Anonymous
Character: Lois Pepper
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: Movie
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovable misfits achieve their artistic dreams and avoid killing one another in the process?
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Murder on the 13th Floor
Title: Murder on the 13th Floor
Character: Rhonda
Released: May 18, 2012
Type: Movie
A neglectful mother concocts a plan to kill her live-in nanny when she discovers the nanny is having an affair with her husband.
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Title: Wilfred
Character: Mother
Released: June 23, 2011
Type: TV
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him.
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Title: Big Time Rush
Character: Casting Director
Released: November 28, 2009
Type: TV
Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these friends embark on an exciting comedy and music-filled journey to prove to themselves and their record label that they are serious about their new career choice.
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Grave Misconduct
Title: Grave Misconduct
Character: Miranda Darkling
Released: November 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur that seem to implicate her.
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A Line in the Sand
Title: A Line in the Sand
Character: Karla
Released: May 15, 2008
Type: Movie
A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinating on the Mayor's limo. The explosive combination of character and situation balances intense drama with laugh out loud comedy.
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Crazylove
Title: Crazylove
Character: Monica
Released: October 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Letty Mayer, young and beautiful, has a cherished job as a teacher, a successful attorney boyfriend, and a tight knit family that is excited about her sister's impending wedding. But inside Letty there¹s an anxiety that¹s building. Suddenly the pressure of Letty's world overwhelms her and she suffers a devastating nervous breakdown. Institutionalized, she meets Michael, a schizophrenic who has been in and out of hospitals his entire life. Although major obstacles exist, Letty and Michael throw caution to the wind to pursue an intense new love as Letty finds herself torn between a safe past and a daring future...
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Annie's Point
Title: Annie's Point
Character: Brenda Treger
Released: January 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey.
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Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
Title: Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
Character: Woman Customer
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Nick's plan to let fate bring his wife to him must be altered because he must replace his father as Santa Claus on December 26. Ernst, the right-hand man to several generations of Santas, generates a list of potential mates. Nick dutifully sets off to meet them, but fate may have a candidate after all.
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Title: Secret Lives
Released: August 11, 2003
Type: TV
The series revolves around the SWAT leader (who is played by Lee Perkins) and a young female character (played by Elizabeth Duran) who leads a double life
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Boys on the Run
Title: Boys on the Run
Character: Ms. Coleman
Released: June 17, 2003
Type: Movie
When Jessy burns down his adoptive parents garage he is put into a youth prison. There he meets Roark another troublemake with whom he escapes and ends up in deserted woodlands. On their way they meet Rain, a girl that flees from her militia-captain Father. Together and with the Militia on their trail they try to escape in the hope of finding somewhere to make a new start of their lives.
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Santa, Jr.
Title: Santa, Jr.
Character: Pietra Nero
Released: December 6, 2002
Type: Movie
While delivering toys, Santa's son (Nick Stabile) is arrested for trespassing. Dispirited, he turns for help to a public defender (Lauren Holly).
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Mary Christmas
Title: Mary Christmas
Character: Rita Jackson
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Heidi's Mom
Released: January 9, 2000
Type: TV
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Wicked Ways
Title: Wicked Ways
Character: Real Estate Agent
Released: December 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A wife, her two-timing husband and a flirting neighbor are unpredictable competitors in a warped game that turns into a life-or-death affair.
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Whatever It Takes
Title: Whatever It Takes
Character: Connie
Released: November 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Two Los Angeles cops go undercover to investigate the distribution of steroids to wrestlers and body builders.
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Title: Oh Baby
Released: August 26, 1998
Type: TV
Tracy is a successful career woman who longs to be a mom. When her boyfriend refuses to commit, Tracy decides she can't wait around...
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The Relic
Title: The Relic
Character: The Mayor's Wife
Released: January 10, 1997
Type: Movie
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.
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Santa with Muscles
Title: Santa with Muscles
Character: Dr. Watt
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun fight that goes too far. Blake escapes the cops by running into a shopping mall, quickly donning a Santa Suit and pretending to be St. Nick. A head injury causes Blake to suffer amnesia, and an opportunistic "elf" decides to convince Blake that he is indeed Santa. This leads "Santa" to help save an orphanage, filled with adorable moppets, from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor.
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Grace of My Heart
Title: Grace of My Heart
Character: Waitress in Diner
Released: September 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.
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Sudden Death
Title: Sudden Death
Character: Mrs. Baldwin
Released: October 27, 1995
Type: Movie
When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
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Night of the Running Man
Title: Night of the Running Man
Released: January 19, 1995
Type: Movie
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Character: Stark
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Orphaned after her parents are killed in an accident, Goldilocks is sent to live with her Uncle Hal in the country. Meanwhile, Uncle Hal, an eco-friendly engineer, discovers that greedy developers plan to destroy the wilderness around his home by building a ski resort.
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Playmaker
Title: Playmaker
Character: Terry
Released: May 14, 1994
Type: Movie
A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets.
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Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Title: Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Released: May 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Lewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prevent the wedding going ahead. Meanwhile, Lewis awaits with eagerness the birth of his unborn foetal child...
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Marci
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: TV
Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke, a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire, and his son, Peter, who is a detective under his command.
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At Home with the Webbers
Title: At Home with the Webbers
Character: 1st Woman On Street
Released: April 24, 1993
Type: Movie
AT HOME WITH THE WEBBERS explores what happens when a typical American family is turned into a hot, new, totally uncensored TV show. Viewers get hooked on the real-life soap, while the Webbers grapple with their unexpected fame.
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Crazy in Love
Title: Crazy in Love
Character: Jean Snizort
Released: August 10, 1992
Type: Movie
Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom they have no end of problems.
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The Fisher King
Title: The Fisher King
Character: Receptionist
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
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Thanksgiving Day
Title: Thanksgiving Day
Character: Mary Beth
Released: November 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.
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Heartbreak Hotel
Title: Heartbreak Hotel
Character: Donna
Released: September 30, 1988
Type: Movie
When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to kidnap Elvis and have him hooked up with his mother.
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Retribution
Title: Retribution
Character: Crash Victim
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
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RoboCop
Title: RoboCop
Character: Chandra
Released: July 17, 1987
Type: Movie
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
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Adventures in Babysitting
Title: Adventures in Babysitting
Character: Nurse
Released: July 1, 1987
Type: Movie
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Released: March 14, 1986
Type: Movie
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Louella
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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Head Office
Title: Head Office
Character: Gross' Secretary
Released: June 6, 1985
Type: Movie
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Redhead
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: TV
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
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Title: Night Court
Character: Mandy Davis
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Title: Angie
Character: DiDi Malloy
Released: February 8, 1979
Type: TV
Angie is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast by the ABC network from February of 1979 to October of 1980.