Daughter of Collen Farrington, a singer and model for Playboy magazine, and acting teacher Burt Lane, Diane Lane is an American actress of great talent. She was born in New York City in 1965.
She made her stage debut at age six with the experimental company "Cafe La Mama," and at age thirteen, as a burgeoning actress who was already quite successful, she was chosen by director George Roy Hill to play the role of a thirteen-year-old girl who flees to Venice with a contemporary with the assistance of an elderly man, played by the great LAURENCE OLIVIER, in the movie "A little love story."
She gains enormous popularity because to this movie,
With the release of this movie, she gains enormous popularity, is featured on the covers of major American and European publications, and is named one of the most promising actresses in American cinematography by the venerable publication "Time."
After making a great debut, she plays a young girl who runs away from home and joins a gang of outlaws in the western "Wild Pack."
She then starred in a number of unremarkable movies and TV shows before meeting the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola in 1983. Francis Ford Coppola directed her in "The Boys on 56th Street," "RUSTY THE WILD," and finally "Cotton Club," three important moments in movie history that helped launch a career.