Schuyler Grant | |
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Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1985–2000 |
Known for |
Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story |
Spouse | Jeff Krasno (m. 1995) |
Relatives |
Katharine Hepburn (great-aunt) Katharine Houghton (aunt) |
Family | See Houghton family |
Website |
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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]
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, [10] 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 Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (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 |
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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 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Diana Barry Wright | TV movie |
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There she was, working with someone who is both a grand dame and a grandaunt. At 17, she was opposite Katharine Hepburn, whose flinty soul can demolish veterans. [...] 'My parents are sort of grownup hippies,' she said. [...] Jack Grant is an author ('Companions in Spirit,' 'Joan Rainbow') who isn't as well known as his sister, Katherine Houghton.