Diana Canova

Diana Canova
Diana Canova in 2010
Born	Diane Canova Rivero (1953-06-01) June 1, 1953 (age 63) West Palm Beach, Florida
Other names	Diana Rivero Canova
Education	Hollywood High School
Alma mater	Los Angeles City College
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1974–present
Spouse(s)	Geoff Levin (1976–79) Elliot Scheiner (1985–present)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Judy Canova Filberto Rivero

Diana Canova (born June 1, 1953) is an American actress known for her role of the promiscuous Corinne Tate, daughter of Jessica Tate (played by Katherine Helmond) on Soap (1977–80). Since her departure, both she and Helmond have remained close friends.

Canova was born Diane Canova Rivero in West Palm Beach, Florida to actress and singer Judy Canova and Cuban musician Filberto Rivero. She was raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area, where she graduated from Hollywood High School. Canova later studied acting at Los Angeles City College.

Canova made her television acting debut in a 1974 episode of Happy Days portraying Richie's date who is taller than he. She later guest-starred on episodes of Chico and the Man and Starsky and Hutch and appeared in television films before landing the role of Corinne Tate on Soap in 1977, opposite Katherine Helmond. She remained with the series until 1980. In 1979, she made an appearance on Barney Miller as nude dancer/prostitute/graduate student Stephanie Wolf in "Strip Joint" (Season 6, Episode 6).

Later, in 1980, ABC executives offered Canova her own television series, starring alongside Danny Thomas in I'm a Big Girl Now. The show lasted just one season. She was cast as Sandy Beatty in Throb, a sitcom which was broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988. In 1990, she played Maggie McCauley in an episode of Murder, She Wrote, entitled "Murder: According to Maggie". In 1993, Canova co-starred in the ABC sitcom Home Free. Since the mid-1990s, she has mainly done voice work for cartoons in video shorts. In 1995, she played "Jenny" in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company.