Diane Gendron
Actress Model Singer
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Height: 5’ 9”
Weight: 125 pounds
Size: 6 - 8 |
Hair Colour: Silvery Steel
Eyes: Hazel |
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Plays
The Sound of Murder - Kelowna
The Line - Burnaby
Hay Fever - Burnaby
Thurber Carnival - Quesnel
Par for the Corpse (Bettina) - Langley Players - February 2003
Silver Dagger - Langley Players - February 2006
Steel Magnolias (Ouiser) - Langley Players - February 2009
I Remember You (Prunella) - Langley Players - April 2009
The Inheritance (The Very-Much-Alive Corpse) -
Centre Stage Players - September 2009
A Simple Diagnosis (Ethyl) - Murrayville Players - October 2009 |
Musicals
The Mikado - Port Alberni
Pirates of Penzance - Port Alberni
Oklahoma - in Quesnel and
with the Victoria Operatic Society |
Reviews etc
OK Daze (a summer review - I danced, sang and acted) - Kelowna
The Trip (a review I created, produced, sang, danced and acted in) - Port Alberni
Produced Eerie Nights of Fright at the Fort Langley Historic site - 2008
Professional Theatre - Bastion Children’s Theatre - Victoria
The Mirror Man
Midnight Madness
Cinderella
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TV Commercials
A series of three commercials for Windsor Plywood
A hardware store - Kelowna
Standard Furniture - Victoria
The Princess Marguerite - Victoria/Seattle
And others with CHEK TV in Victoria
Gold Digger Commercial for the
Northlands Racetrack in Edmonton - 2008
Voice Overs - Radio & TV
ChekTV - several commercials
Educational video for BC Transit
C-FAX Radio - several commercials |
As Bettina in 'Par for
the Corpse' February 2003
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Fashion Shows
Eaton’s
Woodwards
The Bay
Port’s International
Hillside Shopping Centre
Mayfair Shopping Centre
W&J Wilson’s
Miss Frith’s
Guildford Mall
Carnaby Street
Malary's
Ber-Nardi's
West Coast Bridal Trends |
Photography Assignments
d’Estrube Photography
Times Colonist
Monday Magazine
Jeff Barber - Photographer
Cydney Mar - Clothing Designer
Koret
Brochures for various products including hotels, restaurants, condos, clothes, etc.
Hastings Racetrack - 2008
Showroom Modelling
For several design companies |
TV Series
I played an aging Amanda in one episode of Painkiller Jane - 2007
Singing
Singer at the King’s Den (a Victoria restaurant) for two years
Singer at the Variety Club Telethon in Victoria
Other solo engagements
Robbie Burns Dinners
Opening of the new wing at Langley Hospital
The Fairy Princess/singing MC at BC Transit’s Children’s Christmas Parties - 1990 to 1995.
With groups
Sang and played bass with the four-piece rock band Renaissance - 2006 to 2008
Currently singing and playing bass guitar with Ron May in Second Chance - 2009
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As Bettina in 'Par for
the Corpse' February 2003
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Over the years I've taught...
Self-Improvement classes for women
Visual poise, deportment, runway modelling for youth council at The Bay
Theatre classes for school students - Quesnel & Victoria
Related Training & Education
Six years of voice training - singing and speaking
Acting Classes with
the Fine Arts Program at Burnaby Parks and Recreation - 1968
Patricia Stevens modelling school - 1969
Voice over and radio commercial training - 1977
On Camera media training with Bob Spence and Christine Hearn - 1985
Acting classes with Mark Brandon - 2003 & 2006
Film Acting Classes with Andrew McIlroy - 2004
Voice-over/Animation Workshop with Michael R. Dobson - 2006
Audition Workshop - levels I & II with Pamela Wise - 2006
Acting workshop with Scott Swan - 2006
Film Acting Classes with Ingrid Torrance - 2007
Improv Classes with Veena Sood - 2007
Tap Dancing at Lisa's School of Dance - 2007 & 2008
Film Acting Classes with Aaron Craven - 2007 & 2008
American Accent Workshop with Andy Krieger - 2008
Shakespeare Classes with Dion Johnstone - 2008
Shakespeare Workshop with Dean Paul Gibson - 2009
Other related experience
Pictured on the Patricia Stevens Modelling Agency head sheet - 1970
Created and Produced The Trip, a Port Alberni Variety Show - 1973
My Agent
Since 2006 I have been respresented by Lloyd Talent Management 604.589.7533
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Other interests
I love to play my bass guitar, travel, read, garden, sing, be on the stage, take acting lessons and spend time with my family and friends. We have a small farm and raise llamas. In my 20-year career in communications, I managed departments and gave many public speeches. I developed my public speaking skills as a member of the Cloverleaf Toastmasters Club. I have my grade 8 piano from the Royal Toronto Conservatory of Music. I am married and have two grown children.
A New Era in Advertising
The first wave of 76 million baby boomers in North America has hit 50 years old. Over the next decade, this “class” of 50-somethings will swell by 50 percent, making us the fastest-growing segment of the population. We are hungry for information and products that will turbo-charge the quality of our lives, keeping us fabulous, fit, flexible, and fun-loving - both mentally and physically - forever. This group will redefine what it is to grow old - it’s going to be 'in'. Women over 40 are upset about not being represented in the media. It's time advertisers started reaching this growing group of women with their message. It's time to put mature women 'in the picture'. Contact me: diane@valis.ca
