- Diane Shalet
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Diane Shalet (February 23, 1935 - February 23, 2006 Palm Springs, California) was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. Also, she made a guest appearance on The Monkees' TV show in the season two episode "The Fairy Tale," as The Fairy of The Locket (January 8, 1968). Ms. Shalet made over 200 guest appeaqrances on episodic television shows.They include Bonanza,Born Free,Cagney & Lacy.
Diane Shalet was married to fellow actor Michael Strong, and was the founder of Manhattan's Actors and Writers Lab.
She was also the author of the 1994 fiction novel, Grief in a Sunny Climate (ISBN 0-312-11054-5).
Shalet died on February 23, 2006 — her 71st birthday.
External links
- Diane Shalet at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Times Obituary
- http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=ObitFinderSSIResults
Categories:- American stage actors
- American television actors
- American novelists
- 2006 deaths
- 1935 births
- American television actor, 1930s birth stubs
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