- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Diane grew up in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Her parents were John and Ann Peterson and she has one brother Dr. John M. Peterson of Montpelier, Vermont..Diane graduated from the University of Miami with a BA Degree in Drama. She did a stint as a Playboy Bunny in Great Gorge, New Jersey and then London, England. Diane got her start in New York on an acting role in Kojak. There she saw two stuntmen do a car chase and she knew she found her calling. Diane worked in New York with the Eastcoast Stuntmen's Association for two years and then moved to Los Angeles. She became the President of the Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures for seven years and continues to work as an actress and stuntwoman in television and film.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Diane Peterson
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- Was a drama major at the University of Miami.
- For a scene in Hi-Riders (1978) she was required to go skinny dipping, and decided to talk with her mother about it. After having to explain to her mother what skinny dipping was, she was surprised to hear her mother react with, "Well, that's not so bad," instead of being horrified.
- Dressed for her reading for Hi-Riders (1978) as she would in the film.
- Has said that the most fun she had making Hi-Riders (1978) was doing the stunt at the end.
- [describing the motto of she and her fellow stunt people] To heck with the dialogue, let's just wreck something!
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