Nineties drama star dies aged 67 after brief illness
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Diane Delano, known for her role on ‘Northern Exposure,’ died on December 13. Diane Delano, known for her roles in the popular Nineties series Northern Exposure, has died aged 67. The actor died at her home in Los Angeles, California, on Friday (December 13) after a brief illness, her agent Dennis Sevier confirmed.
![[Diane Delano in 2006]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/17/15/GettyImages-57633390.jpg)
Her cause of death has not been publicly announced, though Deadline reports it was cancer. Delano is best known for playing Officer Barvara Semanski on CBS’s Northern Exposure, which ran for six seasons from 1990 to 1995. Her other film and TV credits included Nurse Roberta “Bobbi” Glass on Ryan Murphy’s WB Network series Popular, which aired from 1999 to 2001, and as Sister Beech in the 2006 movie The Wicker Man.
Born in Los Angeles on January 29, 1957, Delano begin acting at age 6. Throughout her decades-long career, Delano also appeared in popular shows such as Mom, Mike & Molly, Everwood, Days of Our Lives, Desperate Housewives, Six Feet Under, Monk, Good Girls, Zoey 101, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men and General Hospital.
As a voice actor, her credits included Rugrats, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Teen Titans, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, American Dad!, and Ben 10. “When Diane entered any room you knew she was there! She was full of life and loved being an actor. She will be missed,” Sevier told People.
