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 infamous 1970-71 CTV television series The Trouble with Tracy.
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. 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, 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,"Cast does its best with skimpy '30s-style plot". Toronto Star, 9 February 1986. Rose Is a Rose,"Enchanting kids' show blazes with color, life". Toronto Star, 14 May 1987 Mame,"Acting's great in Leah Posluns version of Mame". Toronto Star, 3 May 1988. Oklahoma!,"Director can't escape her sitcom past". Calgary Herald, 27 November 1996. My Fair Lady,"A welcome return for an evergreen musical". Calgary Herald, 3 December 1999. Guys and Dolls"Stage West on right track: This Guys and Dolls has brio". Calgary Herald, 29 November 1998. and I Do! I Do!."Lightweight musical fine for summer". Ottawa Citizen, 16 August 1990. She served as artistic director of the Kawartha Summer Theatre in Kawartha Lakes in the 1990s; in 1997 she returned to the Charlottetown Festival to direct productions of both Johnny Belinda and Anne of Green Gables - The Musical."Johnny joins Anne at Charlottetown Fest". The Globe and Mail, 23 November 1996.
Death Nyland died in Toronto from heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 6 October 2014.
Awards 1986 - Dora Award winner, Outstanding Choreography for Nunsense"Spring Awakening sweeps Doras". Toronto Star, 17 June 1986.
Career
Television 1970-71 - The Trouble with Tracy 1992 - Street Legal, guest on episode "It's a Wise Child"
Theatre 1968-69 - Charlottetown Festival, Johnny Belinda as Belinda MacDonald
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