Actress Diane Delano, known for her work on the TV series “Northern Exposure,” has died. She was 67.
A rep for the late star confirmed Delano’s death to The Post on Monday. TMZ was first to report the news.
Delano passed away at her home in Los Angeles on Friday following a brief illness. Her official cause of death has not been released.
The actress played Sergeant Barbara Semanski on “Northern Exposure,” which ran from 1990 until 1995.
Diane Delano attends Touchstone Pictures’ Los Angeles premiere of “The Ladykillers” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 12, 2004. Debbie VanStory/Abaca
Diane Delano attends the Shine Awards on October 25, 2000, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
She had numerous other TV credits including “Popular,” “Days of Our Lives,” “St. Elsewhere,” “L.A. Law,” “Perfect Strangers,” “Married … With Children,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Monk,” “NCIS,” “Wizards of Waverly Place,” “2 Broke Girls” and “Two and a Half Men.”
In the movies, Delano was known for her roles in “The Wicker Man” (2006), starring Nicholas Cage, “Jeepers Creepers 2” (2003) and “The Ladykillers” (2003), opposite Tom Hanks.
Born on Jan. 29, 1957, in Los Angeles, she attended Canoga Park High School before graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1980. She began acting in films in 1983.
Diane Delano on “Northern Exposure.” EverettIn 1991, Delano joined the second season of “Northern Exposure,” a dramedy about a city doctor forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, replete with eccentric locals, starring Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin and John Corbett.
She appeared on 12 episodes of the show, appearing on every season of the show after her debut in Season 2.
“Northern Exposure” was a primetime smash in the early 1990s. The show received 39 Emmy Award nominations and took home seven wins, including Outstanding Drama Series (1992) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1992) for Valerie Mahaffey.
Diane Delano attends the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Me Time” at the Regency Village Theatre on August 23, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. WireImageIn addition to Delano’s on-camera work, she landed parts as a voice-over actress on several animated shows, including Cartoon Network’s “Ben 10: Alien Force,” “Teen Titans,” “American Dad!” and “Superman.”
She also voiced characters in video games, such as “Dead Rising 3,” “Lego DC Super-Villains” and “Rage 2.”
Delano won an Indie Series Award in 2012 for her supporting role in the made-for-TV movie “Fumbling Thru the Pieces.”
Diane Delano on “Wizards of Waverly Place,” 2010. Disney Channel via Getty ImagesThe actress continued working until the very end, appearing in three independent films released in 2024.
The most recent of which, “Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints,” was released on streaming platforms earlier this month. Directed by Justin Issac Ward, whom she had worked with in 2019 on his coming-of-age drama “Relish,” the film is billed as a “bluegrass musical comedy where good and evil fight for the soul of a dried up coal mining town.”
