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Diana Lynn

Born 1926-07-05
Died 1971-12-18
📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

She was a child prodigy, pianist, at age 10, and her first movie role was one of the children in, "They Shall Have Music" (1939). You see her playing the piano. She made another movie using her 'real name' - Dolly in, "There's Magic in Music" (1941). She signed a long term contract with Paramount in 1942, and had her named changed to Diana Lynn. She had good roles in, "The Major, and the Minor" (1942); "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", and, "Our Hearts Were Young, and Gay" - both in 1944. She had fewer roles as she matured; she did do, "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951), but had a nice career on TV shows. She died of a stroke when she was making a comeback in film. Her marriages were from 1948 to 1954 to architect John C. Lindsay; no children; then in December 6,1956, she married Mortimer C.Hall, president of L.A. radio station, KLAC. His mother was Dorothy Schiff, publisher then of the 'New York Post'. She had four children with him between 1958, and 1964. They moved to New York City so he could assume a post on his mother's paper. She passed away on December 18, 1971 of a stroke / brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles.

Filmography 61

Company of Killers
as Edwina DeSalles
1970
Burke's Law
as Marian Van Martin
1963
Burke's Law
as Elaine Truscott
1963
The Virginian
as Peggy Shannon
1962
The Investigators
as Manon Cuchet
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Checkmate
as Jodi Lynn
1960
Adventures in Paradise
as Nicole Hazen
1959
A Marriage of Strangers
as Louise Benedict Shoemaker
1959
A Sound of Different Drummers
as Susan Ward
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
as Ellen Curtis
1957
The Star Wagon
as Martha Minch
1957
Playhouse 90
as Catherine Hume
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
You're Never Too Young
as Nancy Collins
1955
The Kentuckian
as Susie Spann
1955
An Annapolis Story
as Peggy Lord
1955
The Thief
as Marie-Louise Voyson
1955
Track of the Cat
as Gwen Williams
1954
Climax!
1954
Climax!
as Catherine Barkley
1954
Climax!
as Ruth Barrows
1954
Climax!
as Hilde Fraser
1954
Climax!
as Julie Morton
1954
The United States Steel Hour
as Marie-Louise Voyson
1953
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Letter to Loretta
as Sylvia Adler
1953
Plunder of the Sun
as Julie Barnes
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Meet Me at the Fair
as Zerelda Wing
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bonnie Brewster
1951
The People Against O'Hara
as Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
1951
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Jane
1951
Peggy
as Peggy Brookfield
1950
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Jane Stacy
1950
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Lady Marianne de Beaudray
1950
Your Show of Shows
1950
Paid in Full
as Nancy Langley
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Self
1950
My Friend Irma
as Jane Stacy
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Julie Hudson
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Perry Dunklin
1948
Ruthless
as Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
1948
Variety Girl
as Diana Lynn
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Connie Donovan
1947
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
as Emily Kimbrough
1946
The Bride Wore Boots
as Mary Lou Medford
1946
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Diana Lynn
1945
Duffy's Tavern
as Diana Lynn
1945
Out of This World
as Betty Miller
1945
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Emily Kimbrough
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Emmy Kockenlocker
1944
And the Angels Sing
as Josie Angel
1944
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Phyllis Michael
1944
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Phyllis Michael
1943
The Major and the Minor
as Lucy Hill
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Diana Lynn (uncredited)
1942
The Hard-Boiled Canary
as Dolly Loehr
1941
They Shall Have Music
as Pianist (uncredited)
1939