Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Icconic TV role: Diane Delano

Actress Diane Delano is actually attractive, but as state trooper Sgt. Barbara Semanski on "Northern Exposure," she played a gruff, butch-looking toughie.

She landed this excellent role after having appeared as a bailiff on the series "L.A. Law."

Part of the fun she provided as Sgt. Semanski was the way her no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners approach to life appealed so strongly to another of the show's colorful characters: wealthy outdoorsman Maurice Minnifield, played by actor Barry Corbin.

This inventive series ran from 1990 to 1995.

Delano has appeared on "Dharma & Greg," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "ER," and a number of other shows since her celebrity-producing role on "Northern Exposure."

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