Diana Canova

Diana Canova
Diana Canova

Diana Canova in recent years
Born Diane Canova Rivero[1]
June 1, 1953 (1953-06-01) (age 58)
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 1974–present
Spouse Elliot Scheiner (1985–present) 2 children
Geoff Levin (1976–1979; divorced)

Diana Canova (born June 1, 1953, West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American actress best known for her role of promiscuous daughter Corinne Tate on Soap, a sitcom that parodied soap operas, between 1977 and 1980. Born as Diane Canova Rivero, her professional surname is the maiden name of her mother, actress and singer Judy Canova. She was raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area, where she graduated from Hollywood High School.

Canova in 1979

In 1980, ABC executives offered Canova her own television series, starring alongside Danny Thomas in I'm a Big Girl Now. The show lasted just one season. Canova's acting career entered a slump for years before she was cast as Sandy Beatty in Throb!, a successful sitcom which was broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988. She played "Jenny" in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company in 1995.

Canova spent a number of years as a member of the Church of Scientology, an organization she later began to criticize. She found the Scientologists straightforward in their desire for money, declaring in 1993 in a Premier magazine interview, "The first time I walked in those doors, they said, 'Just give us all the money in your bank account.'" She also criticized the Church's counseling practice called auditing, when she said "They're telling you, 'Don't spend $100 an hour on a shrink's couch, it'll ruin your mind.' Auditing is so much better?"[2]

Retired life

For the most part, Canova has retired from acting and is living in Connecticut. Her last role was in the 1998 movie One True Thing. She occasionally voices for cartoons in video shorts but now mostly works on various plays in Redding, Connecticut for local public schools.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Born Diane Canova Rivero on June 2, 1953 per Canova family genealogy site
  2. ^ John H. Richardson, "The poorer and famous Hollywood Scientologists", Premiere, September 1993

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