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{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{infobox person
| name = Diana McLean
| birth_place = [[Sydney, New South Wales]]
| birth_date =5 December 1941
| occupation = Actress. voice artist
| known_for  = ''[[The Young Doctors]]'' 
| years_active= 1969-present
}}
'''Diana McLean''' is an Australian stage and television actress and voice over artist., best known for her roles as Sister Vivienne Jeffreys in TV soap opera ''[[The Young Doctors]]'' in 549 episodes from 1978 and 1981.

== Acting career ==
In 1969, McLean appeared in an episode of the comedy series ''[[Good Morning Mr Doubleday]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/GMDoubleday.htm|title=Good Morning Mr Doubleday|website=www.classicaustraliantv.com|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>

In the early 1970s, she appeared in an episode of the classic Australian police series ''[[Division 4]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/div4eps1-50.htm|title=Division 4 episodes|website=www.classicaustraliantv.com|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> and an episode of ''[[Boney (TV series)|Boney]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classicaustraliantv.com/BoneyEpisodes.htm|title=Boney episodes|website=www.classicaustraliantv.com|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> She also appeared as "Dorothy Dunlop" in the Australian series [[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/series/number-96/|title=Number 96 on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online|website=aso.gov.au|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
 
In the mid 1970s, she appeared as "Helen McGuire" in nine episodes of the series ''[[Ben Hall (TV series)|Ben Hall]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1970s/ben-hall/|title=Ben Hall {{!}} Nostalgia Central|last=Webmaster|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> and then as "Sister Vivienne Jeffries" from 1978 until 1982 in the series ''[[The Young Doctors]]''.<ref name="YD">{{Cite web|last=O'Hanlon|first=Paul|url=https://www.australiantimes.co.uk/culture/the-young-doctors-laughter-medicine-of-yesteryear/|title=The Young Doctors: laughter medicine of yesteryear|date=17 June 2016|website=Australian Times|publisher=Blue Sky Publications|language=en-GB|access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The Young Doctors|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IhetWStoUQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/6IhetWStoUQ |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1999 she played the part of "[[Bess O'Brien]]" in [[Neighbours]].<ref name="YD" />

In 1982, she appeared in the film, ''[[Early Frost]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.videospace.fi/title/early_frost_1982|title=Early Frost (1982) {{!}} movie {{!}} videospace|website=www.videospace.fi|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Early Frost (1982) Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-6vPDLevjU|language=en|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

Her work in the theatre has included ''[[The Cold Child]]'' in 2006 and ''[[Love and Money (play)|Love & Money]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Colin|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-cold-child-20060717-gdnza5.html|title=The Cold Child|date=17 July 2006|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dunne|first=Stephen|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/slow-unravelling-of-imperfect-lives-20070926-gdr70w.html|title=Slow unravelling of imperfect lives|date=26 September 2007|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> In 2014, she reprised her role of "Vera" ''[[4000 Miles]]'', for which she was nominated for the "Best Actress in a Leading Role in an Independent Production"  [[Sydney Theatre Award]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneytheatreawards.com/history/2013|title=2013{{mdash}}Nominations and Winners|publisher=[[Sydney Theatre Awards]]|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gioia|first=Michael|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tim-minchin-tony-sheldon-cate-blanchett-and-more-among-2013-sydney-theatre-award-nominees-com-213035|title=Tim Minchin, Tony Sheldon, Cate Blanchett and More Among 2013 Sydney Theatre Award Nominees|date=20 December 2013|magazine=[[Playbill]]|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> She toured Australia in 2017 and 2018, playing "[[Florence Foster Jenkins]]" in the stage comedy ''Glorious''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/how-diana-mclean-sings-as-amusingly-as-florence-foster-jenkins-in-glorious-20170828-gy5nvp.html|title=How Diana McLean sings as amusingly as Florence Foster Jenkins in Glorious|last=Blake|first=Elissa|date=30 August 2017|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

She also appeared in the play ''[[Air (play)|Air]]'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Simmonds|first=Diana|author-link=Diana Simmonds|url=http://www.stagenoise.com/review/2018/air|title=Air|date=24 June 2018|website=Stage Noise|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref>

==Other work==
In 2010 she attended a book launch<ref>{{Citation|title=Alan Coleman Book Launch Part 2 of 3 filmed by Doug Moody.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5arLKNRN8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Xk5arLKNRN8 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07}}{{cbignore}}</ref> by screen writer, director and producer [[Alan Coleman]]. His autobiography, One Door Shuts was launched at the Hotel Bondi, Sydney on 10 January 2010.

In 2014, McLean explained her voice techniques in a video called ''The other side of the glass''.<ref>{{Citation|title=DIANA McLEAN - The other side of the glass|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUPYTbuc324 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/tUPYTbuc324 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-08-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2018, she appeared on the Australian programme ''[[The Daily Edition]]'' to discuss her career.<ref>{{Citation|title=Diana McLean's Latest Project|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyEdition7/videos/1416608158485241/|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
| Title
| Year
| Role 
|-
| ''Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday'' (TV series)
| 1969
| Debbie
|-
| ''Division 4'' (TV series)
| 1970
| Colleen Rankin
|-
| ''Boney'' (TV series)
| 1975
| Jessica Menzies
|-
| ''Number 96'' (TV series)
| 1973
| Dorothy Dunlop
|-
| ''Ben Hall'' (TV miniseries)
| 1975
| Helen McGuire
|-
| ''[[The Young Doctors]]'' (TV series)
| 1978-1981
| Vivienne Jeffreys
|-
| ''Winner Takes All'' (TV miniseries)
| 1982
| Margaret Coleman
|-
| ''Early Frost''
| 1982
| Val Meadows
|-
| ''Murder Call'' (TV series)
| 1997
| Adele Anderitte
|-
| ''The Adventures of Sam'' (TV series)
| 1997
| Guest
|-
| ''Neighbours'' (TV series)
| 1999
| Bess O'Brien 
|-
| ''Paperback Hero''
| 1999
| Harmony
|-
| ''Water Rats'' (TV series)
| 1998-2001
| Trish/ Elizabeth Cartland
|-
| ''Backberner'' (TV series)
| 2001
| unknown
|-
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)]]'' (TV series)
| 2002
| Mary Willard
|-
| ''A Model Daughter:The Killing of Caroline Byrne''
| 2009
| Brenda Wood
|-
| ''Wonderland'' (TV series)
| 2013
| Celebrant
|-
|''Not Here to Behave'' (TV series)
| 2015
| Ensemble cast
|-
| ''The End'' (TV series)
| 2020
| Iris
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0572529|Diana McLean}}
* [https://www.showcast.com.au/showcast/View/ViewActorProfile?actorId=1866&d=5nxZi-EwHA-IblHyp5-FHQ Showcast profile page]

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