Diane Nyland Proctor (20 January 1944 â€" 6 October 2014) was a
Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is perhaps best
known for having portrayed the title role in the 1970-71 CTV
television series The Trouble with Tracy.[2]She joined the National
Ballet of Canada for two seasons, turning to acting in the mid-1960s.
She joined the Charlottetown Festival in 1965 and remained there for
several years, with roles including Josie Pye in the original
production of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical and Belinda in Johnny
Belinda.[2] She was cast in the title role in CTV Television's The
Trouble with Tracy in 1970. After that show's production run ended in
1971, she became a director and choreographer in musical theatre,[2]
with only one further television role, in a 1992 episode of Street
Legal.Her directorial credits included both Toronto and national
touring productions of musicals such as Dancing in the Dark,[3] Rose
Is a Rose,[4] Mame,[5] Oklahoma!,[6] My Fair Lady,[7] Guys and
Dolls[8] and I Do! I Do!.[9] She served as artistic director of the
Kawartha Summer Theatre in Kawartha Lakes in the 1990s;[6] in 1997 she
returned to the Charlottetown Festival to direct productions of both
Johnny Belinda and Anne of Green Gables - The Musical.[10]
Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is perhaps best
known for having portrayed the title role in the 1970-71 CTV
television series The Trouble with Tracy.[2]She joined the National
Ballet of Canada for two seasons, turning to acting in the mid-1960s.
She joined the Charlottetown Festival in 1965 and remained there for
several years, with roles including Josie Pye in the original
production of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical and Belinda in Johnny
Belinda.[2] She was cast in the title role in CTV Television's The
Trouble with Tracy in 1970. After that show's production run ended in
1971, she became a director and choreographer in musical theatre,[2]
with only one further television role, in a 1992 episode of Street
Legal.Her directorial credits included both Toronto and national
touring productions of musicals such as Dancing in the Dark,[3] Rose
Is a Rose,[4] Mame,[5] Oklahoma!,[6] My Fair Lady,[7] Guys and
Dolls[8] and I Do! I Do!.[9] She served as artistic director of the
Kawartha Summer Theatre in Kawartha Lakes in the 1990s;[6] in 1997 she
returned to the Charlottetown Festival to direct productions of both
Johnny Belinda and Anne of Green Gables - The Musical.[10]
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