Diane Louise Salinger

Diane Louise Salinger

74 · Born: Jan 25, 1951

Personal Details

BornJan 25, 1951 Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Biography

Diane Salinger's striking facial features and unconventional personality have endeared her to numerous imaginative filmmakers, with a special affinity towards the visionary director Tim Burton, who initially showcased her talent in the 1985 cult classic Pee-wee's Big Adventure.

Within this iconic film, Salinger portrayed Simone, a spirited waitress at a roadside diner, resolute in her determination to escape to the City of Light, Paris, in pursuit of eternal love.

Career

2025
Things Like This
Things Like This as Darlene Bat
Dante's Inferni - A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Dante's Inferni - A Journey to the Center of the Earth as Speaker – 6th Circle: The Heretics / Medusa
2018
Slay Belles
Slay Belles as Cherry
2016
All Hallows' Eve
All Hallows' Eve as Delayna Hallow
Ovation
Ovation as Hildi
2015
Forever
Forever as Hilary
No Deposit
No Deposit as Gloria Markovitz
2014
Freedom
Freedom as Fanny
Stitch
Stitch as Landlady
2013
First Period
First Period as Ms. Mallow
2012
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway as Vivien Cooper Isaacs
2011
Terri
Terri as Mrs. Vick
2010
2009
Dark House
Dark House as Mrs. Darrode
2008
20 Years After
20 Years After as Margaret
2006
Rest Stop
Rest Stop as Mother
2005
Love's Long Journey
Love's Long Journey as Barbara Taylorson
2003
Carnivàle
Carnivàle as Apollonia
2002
Almost a Woman
Almost a Woman as Mrs. Moore
2001
Ghost World
Ghost World as Psychiatrist
The Auteur Theory
The Auteur Theory as Jane Holmes-Caprice
1997
Guy
Guy as Gail
1995
One Night Stand
One Night Stand as Barbara Joslyn
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Last Summer in the Hamptons as Marian Mora Garfield
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter as Margaret Bellingham
1992
Batman Returns
Batman Returns as Penguin's Mother
1991
1990
Alice
Alice as Carol
1988
The Verne Miller Story
The Verne Miller Story as Mortician's Wife
Street of Dreams
Street of Dreams as Anne Kepler
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby as Dr. Strauss
Bird
Bird as Baroness Nica
1987
1986
The Morning After
The Morning After as Isabel Harding
On Wings of Eagles
On Wings of Eagles as Emily Gaylord
Creature
Creature as Melanie Bryce