Diane
Lane

Biography

"Diane Lane was 13 when she was cast by director George Roy Hill in his wonderful 1979 film A Little Romance (1979), opposite Sir Laurence Olivier. The film only did so-so commercially, but Olivier praised his young co-star, calling her the new Grace Kelly. After her well-received debut, Diane found herself on magazine covers all over the world, including ""Time"", which declared her the ""new young acting sensation"". However, things quietened down a bit when she found herself in such critical and financial flops.

She also made several TV movies during this period, but it was in 1983 that she finally began to fulfill the promise of stardom that had earlier been predicted for her. Acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola took note of Diane's appeal and cast her in two ""youth""-oriented films based on S.E. Hinton novels. Indeed, Rumble Fish (1983) and The Outsiders (1983) have become cult classics and resulted in her getting a loyal fan base.

She starred in the critically acclaimed but little seen The Big Town (1987) with Matt Dillon and Tommy Lee Jones but it wasn't until 1989's smash hit TV mini-series ""Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove"" (1989) that Diane made another big impression on a sizable audience. Her performance in the hugely popular and critically acclaimed western epic as a vulnerable ""whore with a heart"" won her an Emmy nomination and much praise.

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