| Schuyler Grant | |
| Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
| Known For: | Anne of Green Gables |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 19852000 |
| Spouse: | Jeff Krasno (m. 1995) |
| Relatives: | Katharine Hepburn (great-aunt) Katharine Houghton (aunt) |
| Family: | See Houghton family |
Schuyler Grant is an American former actress best known for playing Diana Barry in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and for other supporting roles in television.
Grant is a graduate of Analy High School, class of 1988,[1] and of Columbia University, where she met her husband, Jeff Krasno, in 1993.[2] [3] They married in 1995 and have three children: Phoebe, Lolli, and Micah Krasno.[4]
See main article: Houghton family. Grant is the daughter of Jack Grant and Ann Grant.[1] She has one brother, Jason Grant.[5]
Her paternal grandmother was Connecticut historian Marion Hepburn, sister of actress Katharine Hepburn and daughter of suffragist Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn, who, with Margaret Sanger, played a prominent role in the American Birth Control League that would evolve into Planned Parenthood.[6] [7] [8] Her paternal grandfather was Ellsworth Strong Grant, a historian and former mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut, who was a direct descendant of Puritan minister Thomas Hooker.[9]
Notable relatives in the acting world include her aunt Katharine Houghton and her great-aunt Katharine Hepburn.[10] [11]
Grant is best known for her work in the Canadian Anne of Green Gables mini-series, in which she played Diana Barry opposite Megan Follows as Anne Shirley. Grant reprised her role in the sequel Anne of Avonlea (1987), in which Diana married Fred Wright and had a child, as well as the trilogy's finale (2000).
At age 17, Grant co-starred with her great-aunt Katharine Hepburn in Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988),[12] and she later played the role of Camille Hawkins on All My Children. This character had a brief romance with another All My Children character, Tad Martin.[13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Diana Barry | TV movie | |
| 1987 | Anne of Avonlea | |||
| 1988 | Laura Lansing Slept Here | Annette Gomphers | ||
| 1991 | Law & Order | Callie | Episode: "Aria" | |
| 1998 | Wrestling with Alligators | Delores | ||
| All My Children | Camille Hawkins / Joy Hawkins | 3 episodes | ||
| 2000 | Diana Barry Wright | TV movie |