The statuesque and porcelain featured Diane Salinger studied acting with Uta Hagen and Stella Adler before graduating from Columbia University, where she studied drama. Her film debut was in the 1980's horror-flick, Creature (1985), Diane then went on to guest-star as Simone in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), she later reunited with Paul Reubens in Batman Returns (1992), the two made cameo appearances as Penguin's Mother and Father. Diane's most recent and memorable character was as Apollonia, the fortune teller in HBO's Carnivàle (2003).