Diana Leblanc (born 1943) is a Canadian television and film actress,
best known to US audiences for her portrayal of Frannie Halcyon in the
TV miniseries More Tales of the City (1998) and its follow-up Further
Tales of the City (2001). These miniseries were sequels to Tales of
the City (1994), which starred Nina Foch in the role of
Frannie.Leblanc was born in Montreal and enrolled in the French
program at the National Theatre School of Canada, switching to the
English program in her second year. She was a founding member of the
Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto and a member of the Neptune
Theatre company in Halifax. Leblanc was artistic director for the
Théâtre français de Toronto.She had roles in the films Mahoney's
Last Stand, Lies My Father Told Me and The Third Walker and the
television series Swiss Family Robinson. She played Grace Elliott, the
mother of Pierre Trudeau, in the 2005 television miniseries Trudeau
II: Maverick in the Making. She also appeared in the television series
North of 60.As a director, she has worked not only in the theatre but
in radio, directing 75 one-minute radio dramas for the Bronfman
Heritage Minutes series, when it evolved from film into radio. Leblanc
has directed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival including a 1994
production of Long Day's Journey into Night, at the National Arts
Centre in Ottawa, at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal
and at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. She has also directed
productions for the Canadian Opera Company, Calgary Opera, Pacific
Opera Victoria and the International Opera Centrum in Amsterdam. She
continues to work in Toronto theatre as a director.
best known to US audiences for her portrayal of Frannie Halcyon in the
TV miniseries More Tales of the City (1998) and its follow-up Further
Tales of the City (2001). These miniseries were sequels to Tales of
the City (1994), which starred Nina Foch in the role of
Frannie.Leblanc was born in Montreal and enrolled in the French
program at the National Theatre School of Canada, switching to the
English program in her second year. She was a founding member of the
Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto and a member of the Neptune
Theatre company in Halifax. Leblanc was artistic director for the
Théâtre français de Toronto.She had roles in the films Mahoney's
Last Stand, Lies My Father Told Me and The Third Walker and the
television series Swiss Family Robinson. She played Grace Elliott, the
mother of Pierre Trudeau, in the 2005 television miniseries Trudeau
II: Maverick in the Making. She also appeared in the television series
North of 60.As a director, she has worked not only in the theatre but
in radio, directing 75 one-minute radio dramas for the Bronfman
Heritage Minutes series, when it evolved from film into radio. Leblanc
has directed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival including a 1994
production of Long Day's Journey into Night, at the National Arts
Centre in Ottawa, at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal
and at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto. She has also directed
productions for the Canadian Opera Company, Calgary Opera, Pacific
Opera Victoria and the International Opera Centrum in Amsterdam. She
continues to work in Toronto theatre as a director.
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