Diane Venora is an American stage, television and film actress.
Venora was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, one of six children of Marie and Robert P. Venora, who owned a dry cleaning establishment. Diane graduated from East Hartford High School , during which she was active in musicals and plays. She studied at Boston Conservatory of Music and two years later won a scholarship to The Juilliard School in New York City, where she graduated in 1977. At Juilliard she was a member of the Drama Departments Group , which also included Kelsey Grammer, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Robin Williams.
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