Diane Nyland
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Diane Nyland Proctor (20 January 1944 – 6 October 2014) was a Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is perhaps best known for having portrayed the title role in the 1970-71 CTV television series The Trouble with Tracy.[1]
She joined the National Ballet of Canada for two seasons, turning to acting in the mid-1960s. She joined the Charlottetown Festival in 1965 and remained there for several years, with roles including Josie Pye in the original production of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical and Belinda in Johnny Belinda.[1] She was cast in the title role in CTV Television's The Trouble with Tracy in 1970. After that show's production run ended in 1971, she became a director and choreographer in musical theatre,[1] with only one further television role, in a 1992 episode of Street Legal.
Her directorial credits included both Toronto and national touring productions of musicals such as Dancing in the Dark,[2] Rose Is a Rose,[3] Mame,[4] Oklahoma!,[5] My Fair Lady,[6] Guys and Dolls[7] and I Do! I Do!.[8] She served as artistic director of the Kawartha Summer Theatre in Kawartha Lakes in the 1990s;[5] in 1997 she returned to the Charlottetown Festival to direct productions of both Johnny Belinda and Anne of Green Gables - The Musical.[9]
Death
Nyland died in Toronto from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 6 October 2014.[1]
Awards
- 1986 - Dora Award winner, Outstanding Choreography for Nunsense[10]
Career
Television
- 1970-71 - The Trouble with Tracy
- 1992 - Street Legal, guest on episode "It's a Wise Child"
Theatre
- 1968-69 - Charlottetown Festival, Johnny Belinda as Belinda MacDonald
References
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- ↑ "Cast does its best with skimpy '30s-style plot". Toronto Star, 9 February 1986.
- ↑ "Enchanting kids' show blazes with color, life". Toronto Star, 14 May 1987
- ↑ "Acting's great in Leah Posluns version of Mame". Toronto Star, 3 May 1988.
- ↑ a b "Director can't escape her sitcom past". Calgary Herald, 27 November 1996.
- ↑ "A welcome return for an evergreen musical". Calgary Herald, 3 December 1999.
- ↑ "Stage West on right track: This Guys and Dolls has brio". Calgary Herald, 29 November 1998.
- ↑ "Lightweight musical fine for summer". Ottawa Citizen, 16 August 1990.
- ↑ "Johnny joins Anne at Charlottetown Fest". The Globe and Mail, 23 November 1996.
- ↑ "Spring Awakening sweeps Doras". Toronto Star, 17 June 1986.
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External links
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- 1944 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 20th-century Canadian women musicians
- Actresses from Kitchener, Ontario
- Canadian choreographers
- Canadian stage actresses
- Canadian musical theatre directors
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian women choreographers
- Deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Deaths from congestive heart failure
- Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
- Musicians from Kitchener, Ontario
- Respiratory disease deaths in Ontario
- Canadian women theatre directors