Diane Cilento

Diane Cilento

Ex-mother-in-law of Mia Sara.

Grandmother of Dashiell Connery.

Has a daughter, Giovanna Margaret Volpe (born December 10, 1957) with her ex-husband, Andrea Volpe.

Manages and owns an open-air theater named 'Karnak Playhouse', located in the Daintree Rainforest, Mossman, Queensland. Hence why she has done very little screen work since the 1980s.

Mother of Jason Connery



She is interred at Highgate Cemetery (East) in High Gate, Greater London, England in a plot next to her husband of 16 years Anthony Shaffer.

She was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for her distinguished service to the arts especially theatre.

Sister-in-law of Peter Shaffer.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1956 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for portraying Helen of Troy in Jean Giraudoux' "Tiger at the Gates."


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