- She had an extensive modeling and television commercial career as a teenager, including campaigns for Coca-Cola, Trident, Jell-o and Maxwell House coffee.
- Sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium on June 1, 2004.
- Was one of the final two choices to replace Meg Tilly in Amadeus (1984). She and Elizabeth Berridge were flown to Prague and spent a week doing screen tests on set. Berridge was ultimately cast because director Milos Forman told them that Franklin was too pretty for the role.
- Mother of Olivia DeLaurentis and Nick DeLaurentis.
- With her appearance in The Last American Virgin (1982), she kickstarted the curly-hair fashion trend of the 1980s.
- Her parents were German immigrants.
- Appeared in Better Off Dead (1985) (as the French foreign exchange student) that happened to have a character named Jenny Meyer. Diane would later play a character named Jenny Meyers in Lovechild (2013).
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