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Trivia
Birth name: Diane Lane
Date of birth: 22 January 1965
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Nickname: Di, Dicey, Didi
Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Spouse: Josh Brolin (14 August 2004 - present),
Christopher Lambert (October 1988 - March 1994) (divorced) 1 child.
Daughter of acting coach Burt Lane and Playboy centerfold Colleen
Farrington (Miss October 1957).
Admitted in Esquire Magazine in February 2000 that she had an affair
with both Timothy Hutton and Christopher Atkins.
Dated rocker/actor Jon Bon Jovi in the mid-80s.
Was a multi-millionaire by the time she was 18 years old.
One of Francis Ford Coppola's favourite actresses - she has starred in
no less than four of his films.
She enjoys music and movies and has a large home-theater in her home.
Collects antique furniture and has a strange fetish - she admitted in
Playboy (1995) that she has "a thing for really high thigh-boots. I
have a cool collection! I love high heels."
In her off time, she likes to travel, ride her horses and go walking.
She also enjoys keeping fit and does Yoga. She especially loves to spend
as much time as possible with her daughter, Eleanor, whom she had with
ex-husband and fellow actor, Christopher Lambert of Highlander fame.
Was on the cover of Time Magazine (August 1979) at the age of 14.
Attended the 2003 Oscars with Josh Brolin.
Her father passed away shortly before Unfaithful (2002), in which Diane
Lane gave an Academy Award nominated performance, was released. He did
see a rough cut of the film three weeks before his death.
Voted one of People Magazine's "Most Beautiful People in the
World" (2003).
July 2003: Engaged to actor Josh Brolin.
Measurements: 35C-25-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Once pursued professional modeling as a teen but was told by Eileen Ford
(of the Ford Modeling Agency) that her neck was "too short" to
be a model.
Two of her movies - Hard Ball (2001) and The Glass House (2001) - opened
in theaters in the US on the same day. [14 September 2001]
Voted one of the "World's Most Desirable Women" (2004)
Has said that some of her biggest acting influences have been Jane
Fonda, Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Susan Sarandon.
When she was 13, George Roy Hill wanted her to star opposite Laurence
Olivier in his 1979 film, A Little Romance (1979). At the time, she was
working on Broadway for Joseph Papp at the Public Theatre in the
original production of The Runaways. Both George Roy Hill and Joseph
Papp wanted her, and a series of telegrams between Papp, Hill, Laurence
Olivier, and Diane's father transpired, with Hill, Olivier, and Diane's
father wanting her in the film, and Papp wanting to keep her in the
play. She ended up doing the film.
Daughter Eleonora Lambert (b. 1993) with ex-husband Christopher Lambert
Her mother, Colleen Farrington, was the October 1957 Playmate of the
Month.
Daughter-in-law of James Brolin.
Best friend of Elizabeth Perkins.
Daughter-in-law of Barbra Streisand
Stepmother of Josh Brolin's children Eden and Trevor from Brolin's first
marriage to Alice Adair
Born on the same day as actor Mads Koudal.
One of the "later" members of the Brat Pack, along with John
Cusack.
There is a street in Ashland, Massachusetts named "Diane
Lane."
Was considered for the role of Ana in the 2004 remake of Dawn of the
Dead (2004). The part eventually went to Sarah Polley. |
