Diane Delano, best known for her role on TV’s “Northern Exposure,” has died at the age of 67.
Friend Stepfanie Kramer confirmed the news to Deadline on Monday, telling the outlet that the veteran character actor passed away from cancer at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, on Friday.
The news was also confirmed by agent Dennis Sevier, who remembered Delano’s spark in a statement to People.
“When Diane entered any room you knew she was there!” Sevier told the magazine. “She was full of life and loved being an actor. She will be missed.”
The Los Angeles native’s film and television career included over 100 credits, starting in the television scene in the early 1980s.
She earned major recognition in the 1990s for her role in the quirky Emmy-winning, fish out of water dramedy, “Northern Exposure.”
Delano played by-the-book Alaskan state trooper, Officer Barbara Semanski, on the beloved CBS series, which ran for six seasons from 1990 to 1995.
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Other notable credits include roles in the 2006 reimagining of “The Wicker Man” and the 2004 Cohen brothers caper “The Lady Killers,” as well as the television series “Popular,” “Days of Our Lives,” “St. Elsewhere,” “L.A. Law” and “Perfect Strangers.”
She also worked as a voiceover artist, contributing to the animated series “Rugrats,” “Teen Titans” and “Batman: The Brave and the Bold.”
The prolific screen talent also appeared in three films released this year.