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| name = Diane Nyland | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 20 January 1944[1] | birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|10|6|1944|1|20}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | nationality = Canadian | occupation = Actress | known_for = The Trouble with Tracy}}Diane Nyland Proctor (20 January 1944 – 6 October 2014) was a Canadian actress, director and choreographer. She is perhaps best known for having portrayed the title role in the 1970-71 CTV television series The Trouble with Tracy.[2] She joined the National Ballet of Canada for two seasons, turning to acting in the mid-1960s. She joined the Charlottetown Festival in 1965 and remained there for several years, with roles including Josie Pye in the original production of Anne of Green Gables - The Musical and Belinda in Johnny Belinda.[2] She was cast in the title role in CTV Television's The Trouble with Tracy in 1970. After that show's production run ended in 1971, she became a director and choreographer in musical theatre,[2] with only one further television role, in a 1992 episode of Street Legal. Her directorial credits included both Toronto and national touring productions of musicals such as Dancing in the Dark,[3] Rose Is a Rose,[4] Mame,[5] Oklahoma!,[6] My Fair Lady,[7] Guys and Dolls[8] and I Do! I Do!.[9] She served as artistic director of the Kawartha Summer Theatre in Kawartha Lakes in the 1990s;[6] in 1997 she returned to the Charlottetown Festival to direct productions of both Johnny Belinda and Anne of Green Gables - The Musical.[10] DeathNyland died in Toronto from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 6 October 2014.[2] Awards
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Theatre
References1. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA458 |title=International Who's Who of Women|first=Elizabeth|last=Sleeman|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2001|page=458|isbn=9781857431223|accessdate=7 October 2014}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2014/10/07/diane_nyland_proctor_dead_at_70.html|title=Diane Nyland Proctor dead at 70|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=7 October 2014|first=Richard|last=Ouzounian|accessdate=7 October 2014}} 3. ^"Cast does its best with skimpy '30s-style plot". Toronto Star, 9 February 1986. 4. ^"Enchanting kids' show blazes with color, life". Toronto Star, 14 May 1987 5. ^"Acting's great in Leah Posluns version of Mame". Toronto Star, 3 May 1988. 6. ^1 "Director can't escape her sitcom past". Calgary Herald, 27 November 1996. 7. ^"A welcome return for an evergreen musical". Calgary Herald, 3 December 1999. 8. ^"Stage West on right track: This Guys and Dolls has brio". Calgary Herald, 29 November 1998. 9. ^"Lightweight musical fine for summer". Ottawa Citizen, 16 August 1990. 10. ^"Johnny joins Anne at Charlottetown Fest". The Globe and Mail, 23 November 1996. 11. ^"Spring Awakening sweeps Doras". Toronto Star, 17 June 1986. External links
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