She played Corinne on "Soap". See Diana Canova now at 69 years old.

The former SitCom star retired from Oncreen acting almost 25 years ago.


As a girl from the film, Broadway and the radio starJudy Canova,,Diana Canova was exposed to the entertainment industry from a young age. His important first television role was to play a date of Richie Cunningham onHappy Days, after which she made episodes of shows, especiallyChico and Man,,Starsky and Hutch, andBarney Miller. But he was interpreted as Corinne Tate, Jessica's crazy girl (Katherine Helmond) and Chester (Robert Mandan), on the sitcom of day television parodySoapIt made the youngest Canova a big name. She stayed on the show until the start of the last season and won more roles, although she did not act on the screen in about a decade. Read the rest to find out what Canova did until the late 1980s.

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She was everywhere on television.

Diana Canova in 1986
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AfterSoap, Canova continued to act, mainly on television. She had a handful of main roles, including Diana Cassidy inI am a big girl now, Harriet Foot inFoot in the door, Sandy Beatty inThrob, then Vanessa BaileyFree welcome. And she played in shows of whichThe love boat;The murder she wrote; andSaint elsewhere. After appearing in the 1998 dramatic filmA real thing, Canova moved mainly to vocal work, lending his voice to several characters mainly in animated shorts over the years. His most recent credit is the 2011 short filmHow (not) to borrow a car.

She also played in the theater.

Diana Canova in 1987
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Canova is also a singer and has played in several musicals. In 1981, she appeared in Broadway inNeil Simon's They play our song. In 1995, she was in a Broadway production of theStephen SondheimmusicalCompany, and she sang more of her music in a 2003 production ofPut togetherAt Cape Playhouse in Massachusetts. She also made musicalsInchandI do! I do!In the same New England Theater and played roles in other productions in other American cities.

She left and denounced Scientology.

Diana Canova in 1988
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Canova was a member of the controversial (and presumed by some to be abusive)Church of Scientology Probably before a large part of the public even heard about it. Accordingtelevision guide,,She criticized the organization In an interview of 1993 withFirstMagazine to bleed its members for money. "The first time I walked in these doors, they said," Give us all the money on your bank account. You will recover it increased tenfold "", she recalls. "It took me years before deciding to leave. I suppose that in the end, I was so tired of being afraid. You heard all these horror stories ... I believed them. ""

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She is a professor and theater director.

Diana Canova in 2014
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Nowadays, Canova teaches the next generation of artists. TheSoapStar is a teacher of part -time music andManhattanville College Upon purchase, New York. Canova also directs musicals and theater for charitable events, and she directed the theater program inJoel Barlow high school In Connecticut at several prices over the years.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

She has been married to her husband for 40 years.

Canova was first married to the singer-songwriterGeoff Levin From 1976 to 1979. In 1982, she marriedElliot Scheiner, a sound engineer and producer who worked with the Foo Fighters,Van,,Beyonce,,Jimmy Buffett, Phish, andEric Clapton. They have two children,MastandJordie, and tend to keep their private life outside their community.


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