1980s Actresses: Then and Now

Diane Lane

Diane Lane is an actress and producer born in New York City; she picks up acting after her father who was a Manhattan drama coach. Her first starring feature was in Child Bride of short Creek at the age of 15, she later got into more serious acting in roles such as The Outsiders, which launched her career. She recently starred in the Broadway production Cherry Orchard; Lane previously was in this play as an extra at the age of 12 and is now starring in it four decades later.