Diane Stevenett
{{short description|Canadian artist, singer, actress, and producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Diane Stevenett
| image =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|6|16}}
| birth_place = Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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| website = [http://www.dianestevenett.com www.dianestevenett.com]
| spouse = Frank Harris (m. 1980)
| occupation = Producer, Actress, Singer, Artist
}}
Diane Stevenett (born June 16, 1954) is a Canadian artist, singer, actress and producer. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, she was the eldest of nine children and grew up Innisfail, Alberta, a farming community. She moved to California; in 1980 she married movie director Frank Harris.Wiser Earth - [http://www.wiserearth.org/user/TweetyBird Diane Stevenett Tweetybird] She has worked in film production in the action film genre.
Background
As an actress she has had roles in Mike Hammer,Listal.com - [http://www.listal.com/tv/mike-hammer-1984/cast Cast and credits of Mike Hammer] and in Low Blow with Leo Fong and Cameron Mitchell.Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 30, 1986 - [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174117401/ Page: Page 110] As a singer she has performed with the Santa Barbara Revels over the years.Noozhawk, December 16, 2011 - [https://www.noozhawk.com/article/121611_santa_barbara_revels Santa Barbara Revels Unite 'In Celebration of Winter Solstice' By Justine Sutton]Noozhawk, December 20, 2013 - [https://www.noozhawk.com/article/santa_barbara_revels_20131220 Santa Barbara Revels Returns to Its Roots with 'The Spirits of Haddon Hall' By Justine Sutton]Santa Barbara Independent, Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - [http://www.independent.com/news/2013/dec/24/review-christmas-revels-lobero-theatre/ Review: The Christmas Revels at the Lobero Theatre By Charles Donelan] Her brother Daryl Stevenett is a composer and musician.IMDb - [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828206/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Diane Steventt, Biography]
Film career
She has acted in a number of films in the 1980s. She is also the sister of composer and musician Daryl Stevenett.Santa Barbara Artists - [http://www.sbartists.com/diane-stevenett/news.htm Diane Stevenett Silk] She appeared in some of Leo Fong's films in the 1980s. She served as Producer, Production Manager and Assistant Director to Frank Harris in Killpoint, a film that Starred Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Rountree, Hope Holiday and Stack Pierce.Screen World, Volume 36, Daniel C. Blum, John Willis - Crown Publishers, 1985 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=ed5kAAAAMAAJ&q=Diane+Stevenett+KillPoint Page 127]The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999, By Paul Mavis - [https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&dq=Diane+Stevenett+KillPoint&pg=PA167 Page 167 799, Killpoint] In 1986, she acted in Low Blow which she played the part of Joe Wong's secretary Diane.Critical Condition - [http://www.critcononline.com/action%20part%202.htm ACTION PART 2, LOW BLOW (1986)]Los Angeles Times, June 02, 1986 - [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-02-ca-8531-story.html Movie Review : 'Low Blow' Takes Aim At The Heights Of Silliness - MICHAEL WILMINGTON] Also in 1986, she played the part of Maggie in The Patriot, another Frank Harris directed film, starring Leslie Nielsen, Gregg Henry, Michael J. Pollard, Jeff Conaway, Stack Pierce and Simone Griffith with a musical score by Jay Ferguson.Frame by Frame II: A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994, By Phyllis Rauch Klotman, Gloria J. Gibson - [https://books.google.com/books?id=kczcgHtgGfYC&dq=Diane+Stevenett+Patriot&pg=PA360 Page 360 PATRIOT, THE]Rotten Tomatoes - [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_patriot_1986 The Patriot (1986), Cast] She was also the producer of Lockdown, a 1990 film that starred Joe Estevez and Richard Lynch. And she also had a role in the film.Fischer Film Almanach, Horst Schäfer, Walter Schobert - [https://books.google.com/books?id=AHwrAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Diane+Stevenett%22Fischer+Film+Almanach Page 228]Letterboxd - [https://letterboxd.com/film/lockdown-1990/ Lockdown 1990 Directed by Frank Harris]
Music and theater
In 2010, Diane was the Female Lead as Vesta Victoria in Christmas REVELS (Santa Barbara Revels) at the Lobero Theatre. She also performed at the Hamilton Music Awards in Ontario, November 21, 2010 singing "I Love To Make Things Grow" by Gene Lees. She presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for Gene Lees which was accepted in his honor by his niece. She has appeared with Brian Slotnick Lastrico at the Historic Lobero Theatre and the Granada Theater of Santa Barbara, California and the Center Stage Theatre in a stage production of The Little Prince.Blue Dalmatian Productions Website - [http://www.bluedalmatian.com/blue_dal/public_html/valley_jour.htm From Broadway to Bluegrass!, Success as a Cult Classic] In 2013 she was the Santa Barbara Revels soloist for their The Spirits of Haddon Hall which was held at the Lobero Theatre.Santa Barbara Independent, Tuesday, December 24, 2013 - [http://www.independent.com/news/2013/dec/24/review-christmas-revels-lobero-theatre/ Review: The Christmas Revels at the Lobero Theatre By Charles Donelan]
Art
She is largely responsible for the formation of the C.A.C (Cuyama Arts and Culture Foundation) in 2010. C.A.C is an organization which has the purpose of using the arts to bring together, artists, teachers and resources together with the purpose of helping the local elementary and high schools. It also benefits the people of Cuyama.Santa Barbara Independent, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - [http://www.independent.com/news/2011/jun/21/solstice-sculptor-has-big-heart-young-artists/ Solstice Sculptor Has Big Heart for Young Artists
Diane Stevenett, County Arts Commissioner and Cuyama Educator, Helps Kids Discover Creative Gifts - By Francia Gaunt]
She was also an Arts Commissioner with The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission along with Michael Dawson and John Hood as a 5th district Arts Commissioner.Santa Barbara County Arts Commission [http://www.sbartscommission.org/about/index.html About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110114224/http://www.sbartscommission.org/about/index.html |date=2011-11-10 }}
Later years
In addition to mentoring young artists,Santa Barbara Independent, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - [http://www.independent.com/news/2011/jun/21/solstice-sculptor-has-big-heart-young-artists/ Solstice Sculptor Has Big Heart for Young Artists
Diane Stevenett, County Arts Commissioner and Cuyama Educator, Helps Kids Discover Creative Gifts - By Francia Gaunt] Stevenett has been a resident artist in Santa Barbara for some years and is involved in local events such as the Solstice Parades.edhat Santa Barbara, Jun 28 2018 - [https://www.edhat.com/news/solstice-parade-photos-and-video Solstice Parade Photos and Video By Robert Bernstein]
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Television shows |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Episode ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |
|---|
| scope="row" | Star Search
| Episode #2.12 | Herself | | 1984 | as Diana LeighIMDb - [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828206/ Diane Stevenett, Self] |
| scope="row" | Mike Hammer
| Sex Trap | Shawna | 1984 | as Diana LeighListal.com - [http://www.listal.com/tv/mike-hammer-1984/cast Cast and credits of Mike Hammer] |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Producer |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |
|---|
| scope="row" | Killpoint
| 1984 |
| scope="row" | Lockdown
| 1990 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Misc |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |
|---|
| scope="row" | Killpoint
| Production manager, assistant director | 1984 | AllMovie - [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/killpoint-v27349/cast-crew Killpoint (1984), Crew]The Great Cop Pictures, James Robert Parish - [https://books.google.com/books?id=on9ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Diane+Stevenett+Assistant+Director Page 314] |
| scope="row" | Catch the Heat
| Sound: second unit, Los Angeles | 1987 | as Diane Stevenett-Harris |
| scope="row" | Girl Talk
| Production manager, art director | 1989 | IMDb - [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828206/ Diane Stevenett, Filmography] |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0828206}}
- [http://www.dianestevenett.com/ Diane Stevenett Website]
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Category:Actresses from Alberta