Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 5, 1926
Place of Birth:
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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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1970 | Company of Killers | Edwina DeSalles |
1959 | A Marriage of Strangers | Louise Benedict Shoemaker |
1956 | Forbidden Area | Catherine Hume |
1955 | The Kentuckian | Susie Spann |
1955 | You're Never Too Young | Nancy Collins |
1955 | An Annapolis Story | Peggy Lord |
1955 | The Thief | Marie-Louise Voyson |
1954 | Track of the Cat | Gwen Williams |
1953 | Plunder of the Sun | Julie Barnes |
1953 | Meet Me at the Fair | Zerelda Wing |
1951 | The People Against O'Hara | Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne |
1951 | Bedtime for Bonzo | Jane |
1950 | Paid in Full | Nancy Langley |
1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Jane Stacy |
1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Lady Marianne de Beaudray |
1950 | Peggy | Peggy Brookfield |
1950 | Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy | Self |
1949 | My Friend Irma | Jane Stacy |
1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Julie Hudson |
1948 | Ruthless | Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg |
1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Perry Dunklin |
1947 | Variety Girl | Diana Lynn |
1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Connie Donovan |
1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Mary Lou Medford |
1946 | Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Emily Kimbrough |
1945 | Out of This World | Betty Miller |
1945 | Hollywood Victory Caravan | Diana Lynn |
1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Diana Lynn |
1944 | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Emmy Kockenlocker |
1944 | And the Angels Sing | Josie Angel |
1944 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | Emily Kimbrough |
1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Phyllis Michael |
1943 | Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Phyllis Michael |
1942 | The Major and the Minor | Lucy Hill |
1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Diana Lynn (uncredited) |
1941 | The Hard-Boiled Canary | Dolly Loehr |
1939 | They Shall Have Music | Pianist (uncredited) |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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1963 | Burke's Law | Marian Van Martin |
1963 | Burke's Law | Elaine Truscott |
1962 | The Virginian | Peggy Shannon |
1961 | Bus Stop | |
1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Charlotte Bell Wheeler |
1960 | Checkmate | Jodi Lynn |
1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Nicole Hazen |
1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Ellen Curtis |
1956 | Playhouse 90 | Catherine Hume |
1955 | Matinee Theater | |
1954 | Climax! | |
1954 | Climax! | Catherine Barkley |
1954 | Climax! | Ruth Barrows |
1954 | Climax! | Hilde Fraser |
1954 | Climax! | Julie Morton |
1953 | General Electric Theater | |
1953 | Letter to Loretta | Sylvia Adler |
1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Marie-Louise Voyson |
1953 | The United States Steel Hour | |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bonnie Brewster |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ruth Deeves |
1950 | Your Show of Shows | |
1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Princess Maria |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Honor |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Louise Franklin |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ellen |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Singleton |