
The process of rebuilding her career was a slow and gradual one. "retirement" have since grown in popularity, and "Streets of Fire"Įspecially seems to have found the kind of audience it couldn't get Ironically, the two films that were the main causes of her She stayed away from the screen for the next three The film business at age 19, saying that she had forgotten what she had Unhappy with the direction her career was taking, she "retired" from Possibly "burned out" by the lambasting these films received and The back-to-back failure of both of these filmsĬould have ended her career there and then - but thankfully it didn't. Not the huge summer success that many had thought it would be, and the She turned down the first,įor Daryl Hannah). Industry was now taking notice of Diane Lane, and she soon secured lead

Acclaimed directorĭiane's appeal and cast her in two "youth"-oriented films based onĬult classics and resulted in her getting a loyal fan base.

That she finally began to fulfill the promise of stardom that hadĮarlier been predicted for her. She also made several TV movies during this period, but it was in 1983 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)Īll of which failed to set her career on fire. Herself in such critical and financial flops as However, things quietened down a bit when she found Only did so-so commercially, but Olivier praised his young co-star,Īfter her well-received debut, Diane found herself on magazine coversĪll over the world, including "Time", which declared her the "new youngĪcting sensation".

Theater productions as "The Cherry Orchard" and "Medea" led to herīeing called to Hollywood. Diane was acting from a very young age and Her parents' families were bothįrom the state of Georgia.

She is theĭaughter of acting coach Burton Eugene "Burt" Lane and nightclub Diane Lane was born on January 22, 1965, in New York.
