Diana Barry

Diana was born in February 1865 in Orchard Slope, Avonlea, to George and Mrs. Barry. There was a schoolmaster boarding with the Barry's at the time and he named the newborn girlDiana.

She was raised there along with her friends, Jane Andrews and Ruby Gillis. In September of 1871, Diana and her friends attended Avonlea school. When she was eight years old, her younger sister Minnie May was born.

Arrival of Anne Shirley

When Anne Shirley moved into Green Gables, Marilla suggested Diana as a possible friend for her. Anne, the optomistic and dreamy, was immediately exuberant and excited. She was worried if Diana's mother would approve of her, the orphan of nowhere. Fortunately for Anne,Mrs. Barry did allow her to be Diana's playmate. The two became dear friends, following a serious ceremony in which they swore to be "bosom friends" forever. 

Diana's mother (Mrs. Barry) worried that Diana read too much. After Anne Shirley arrived, however, it is a.s.s.umed that she stopped reading so much and became intimate friends with Anne. 

Much to Anne's surprise, Diana said yes when Fred Wright asked her to marry him. During the course of Anne of Avonlea the two were engaged. Anne was glad her bosom friend was happy, but secretly considered Fred far different from the dashing, handsome, and wicked ideal Diana had dreamed of in younger years.

Marriage with Fred Wright

Wedding of Fred and Diana

In June 1886, Diana and Fred got married in Orchard Slope, Avonlea. She chose Anne for bridesmaid, Gilbert was Fred's groomsman. Diana wore a beautiful white wedding gown, pink roses, and a misty veil.

Diana and Fred had together three children. In July 1887, she gave birth to her eldest son, Fred Jr. who was named after his father and was extremely fat and round. 

In December of next year, her second child was born. She named her daughter Anne Cordelia after her childhood best friend Anne and her dream name, Cordelia Fitzgerald. Only Anne and Diana knew the reason behind it, however, simple Avonlea was shocked that she chose name Cordelia.

In late 1890, Diana gave birth to her youngest son and named him Jack.

Physical appearance

Diana was rosy cheeked with black, curly hair and black eyes. She was plump but wished to be tall and slender.

Schuyler Grant was born on April 29, 1971, the daughter of Katharine Houghton's brother, Jack and his wife, Ann. She was delivered by her dad, a writer, in her parents's apartment in California. She was in the mini-series of Anne of Green Gables (1985) as "Diana Barry". She was on the TV show All My Children (1970) as "Camille Hawkins" for three years from 1998-2001. Schuyler currently lives in New York with her college (she attended Columbia University) sweetheart husband, Jeff Krasno.

Most recently, Schuyler Grant is teaching yoga in New York as a director at the Kula Yoga Project in New York City. She has considered running for the Senate or moving back to Northern California to raise a family.