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