Diane Frank

Diane Frank (née Duval) is a recurring character in From the Sidelines and a psychologist living in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the older sister of Claire Duval.

She was good friends with Abby Bennett.

Diane is a member of the Duval Family and the Frank Family.

History
Diane was born on February 23 1976, in Mystic Falls, Virginia. Her father, Henri Duval, was a piano teacher, and her mother, Marcia Fuller, is a history professor. She grew up in Mystic Falls, spending many summers in southern France where her father had extended family.
 * -|Childhood and Youth=

After finishing high school, Diane left Mystic Falls to study psychology at the University of Baltimore. It was there that she met her future husband, Emil Frank, also a psychologist. Following graduation, she stayed in Baltimore, married and set up her own private practice with her husband. In April of 2006, her paternal grandmother passed away, and in February 2009 her father died of cancer.
 * -|Late Teenage Years and Adulthood =

Personality
Diane is a warm and caring individual, full of concern for others. Her kindness is balanced by a cool head and a sensible nature, traits that are helpful in her chosen occupation. She is a skilled speaker, her natural eloquence charming those she meets.

Physical Appearance
Diane is a slim woman, standing at 5'6½", with a light olive complexion, blue-gray eyes and sandy-blonde hair. In terms of fashion, she dresses for elegance, favoring pencil skirts and shirts, blouses and slim-fit pants, blazers and low heels.

Diane and Claire
Diane and her younger sister have always been close, despite their five-year gap in age. They are each other's confidantes, and even though living in different states, they speak on the phone almost daily.

Diane and Abby
Diane and Abby met through their parents, as Diane's father and Abby's mother, Sheila, were good friends. During their childhood and teenage years, the two girls had grown close, but their friendship began to wane after high school. The two eventually lost contact after Abby left Mystic Falls.

Name

 * Diane is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Latin Diāna; from the Proto-Indoeuropean root *dyeu- ("to shine") or dius ("godly"). Diana was the Roman goddess of the hunt, counterpart of the Greek goddess Artemis.
 * Frank is an English last name, deriving from the medieval tribal name for a Germanic federation that inhabited parts that are now France, the Low Countries, and Germany; from the Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).
 * Duval is a French last name that means "of the valley"; from French du ("of the") and val ("valley").

Trivia

 * Diane's zodiac sign is Pisces.
 * She was raised a bilingual, speaking fluent French due to her father's French family.
 * She is a competent piano player due to her father's being a piano teacher.