- Born
- Birth nameDiane Louise Salinger
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Diane Salinger's striking features and offbeat nature make her a sought after character actress to several inventive filmmakers, particularly Tim Burton who directed Salinger at the start of her career in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). She played Simone, a roadside diner waitress determined to move to Paris to find eternal love. To date, Simone is Salinger's personally treasured and most watched movie role.- IMDb Mini Biography By: arv.0705@gmail.com
- Diane Salinger is of German ancestry.
- Diane is cousin to President John F. Kennedy's Press Secretary, the late Pierre Salinger.
- Appeared in three films with Paul Reubens: Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Batman Returns (1992) and Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016).
- She directed "Anna Karenina" for Oprah Winfrey and her Book of the Month Club.
- Tim Burton directed her in two of his films: Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and Batman Returns (1992).
- There is one scene in Creature (1985) when Salinger's character (Melanie Bryce) is groped by Hans Rudy Hofner (played by Klaus Kinski). It was not in the script, but an invention of Kinski's.
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