Polley, Diane

Diane Polley

Diane Polley (born Diane Elizabeth McMillan) was born in 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Polley died of cancer on January 10, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was survived by her husband, actor Michael Polley and her children, actress Sarah Polley, actors John Buchan and Mark Polley (and two other children)

Film
Stories We Tell~2012 - Herself in archived photos/footage (directed by her daughter Sarah Polley)
Don't Come Knocking~2005 - uncredited Sky's Mother (in archived photograph)
The Little Canadian~1955 - Joan Todd

Film Casting Director
Crazy Moon~1986
A Judgment in Stone~1986
Bayo~1985

Film Dedication
Falling Over Backwards~1990 (dedicatee)

TV
Street Legal~1987-1990 - Gloria Beecham (44 episodes)
Ramona~1989 - Doctor in The Patient
Diamonds~1988 - in Separate Ways
Night Heat~1988 -
Ewoks~1985  (voice) -  Dobah - Phlog/ various characters (with the horns)

Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist~1971 - Mrs. Bradshaw
Encounter~1959 - Louise in:
     Second Home
     Fear Is No Stranger
Charlie Drake~1958 - in The Clapper Boy
Perspectives~1958 - lead in Student Nurse

TV Casting Director
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel~1987
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye~1986 (6 episodes)
Danger Bay~1985-1986 (6 episodes)
Tfhe Ray Bradbury Theatre~1985-1986 (5 episodes)
Anne of Green Gables~1985
Bizarre~1980-1985 (58 episodes)
King of Kensington~1975-1978 (21 episodes)

TV Consultant
The Kids in the Hall~1988 (creative consultant: Pilot)

Theatre
Nothing to Lose~1979 - Joan (Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal, Canada)

Miscellany
1958 - Chosen to appear as Miss Hospital Fund for an event relating to the National Film Board's film "Student Nurse."