Diana Lynn
Acting • Born 1926-07-05 – Died 1971-12-18
Biography
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
69 credits
The People Against O'Hara
Movie • 1951
Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
Emmy Kockenlocker
Bedtime for Bonzo
Movie • 1951
Jane
Every Girl Should Be Married
Movie • 1948
Julie Hudson
Ruthless
Movie • 1948
Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Paid in Full
Movie • 1950
Nancy Langley
The Kentuckian
Movie • 1955
Susie Spann
The Major and the Minor
Movie • 1942
Lucy Hill
You're Never Too Young
Movie • 1955
Nancy Collins
Plunder of the Sun
Movie • 1953
Julie Barnes
Track of the Cat
Movie • 1954
Gwen Williams
My Friend Irma
Movie • 1949
Jane Stacy
My Friend Irma Goes West
Movie • 1950
Jane Stacy
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Movie • 1950
Lady Marianne de Beaudray
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Diana Lynn (uncredited)
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Diana Lynn
The Bride Wore Boots
Movie • 1946
Mary Lou Medford
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Connie Donovan
An Annapolis Story
Movie • 1955
Peggy Lord
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Movie • 1944
Emily Kimbrough
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Josie Angel
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Movie • 1948
Perry Dunklin
A Marriage of Strangers
Movie • 1959
Louise Benedict Shoemaker
Forbidden Area
Movie • 1956
Catherine Hume
Out of This World
Movie • 1945
Betty Miller
Company of Killers
Movie • 1970
Edwina DeSalles
They Shall Have Music
Movie • 1939
Pianist (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Movie • 1943
Phyllis Michael
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Movie • 1944
Phyllis Michael
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Movie • 1946
Emily Kimbrough
Meet Me at the Fair
Movie • 1953
Zerelda Wing
Peggy
Movie • 1950
Peggy Brookfield
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Movie • 1950
Self
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Movie • 1945
Diana Lynn
Duffy's Tavern
Movie • 1945
Diana Lynn
The Thief
Movie • 1955
Marie-Louise Voyson
The Hard-Boiled Canary
Movie • 1941
Dolly Loehr
The Star Wagon
Movie • 1957
Martha Minch
A Sound of Different Drummers
Movie • 1957
Susan Ward
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Marian Van Martin
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Catherine Hume
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Peggy Shannon
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Ruth Deeves
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
Climax!
TV • 1954
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Nicole Hazen
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Sylvia Adler
The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953
Marie-Louise Voyson
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Princess Maria
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Bonnie Brewster
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Honor
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Louise Franklin
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Ellen
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Singleton
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Elaine Truscott
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Charlotte Bell Wheeler
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Jodi Lynn
Climax!
TV • 1954
Catherine Barkley
Climax!
TV • 1954
Ruth Barrows
Climax!
TV • 1954
Hilde Fraser
Climax!
TV • 1954
Julie Morton
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Ellen Curtis
The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Manon Cuchet