| Birth Date: | 23 February 1935 |
| Death Place: | Palm Springs, California |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | Michael Strong (? - 1980, his death) |
Diane Shalet (February 23, 1935 – February 23, 2006) was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. She made a guest appearance on The Monkees in the season-two episode, "The Fairy Tale", as the Fairy of the Locket (January 8, 1968).
Shalet's Broadway credits include Tartuffe (1965), The Changeling (1964), But For Whom Charlie (1964), and After The Fall (1964).[1] She also had roles in the touring companies of Bloomer Girl, Brigadoon, Connecticut Yankee, and Oklahoma.[2]
Films in which Shalet appeared included The Reivers (1969), Deadhead Miles (1972), and The Last Tycoon (1976).[3] She also made over 200 guest appearances on episodic television shows. They include Bonanza, Born Free (TV series), “The Phil Silvers Show”, and Cagney & Lacey.
For 14 years, Shalet taught at UCLA; she also was a founder of the Actors and Writers Lab in Manhattan. A life member of The Actors Studio,[4] she was the author of the 1994 novel Grief in a Sunny Climate, which a review in The New York Times described as a "deceptively silly story to disguise some serious lessons about sorrow and dependency."[5] The book received first prize for fiction writing at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference.
Shalet was married to actor Michael Strong,[6] with whom she appeared in an episode of the television detective series Harry O.
Shalet died in Palm Springs, California, on February 23, 2006,[7] her 71st birthday.