Diana Lynn
Actor
Born July 5, 1926 in 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
Company of Killers
Edwina DeSalles
Burke's Law
Marian Van Martin
The Virginian
Peggy Shannon
The Investigators
Manon Cuchet
Bus Stop
Checkmate
Jodi Lynn
Adventures in Paradise
Nicole Hazen
A Marriage of Strangers
Louise Benedict Shoemaker
A Sound of Different Drummers
Susan Ward
DuPont Show of the Month
Ellen Curtis
The Star Wagon
Martha Minch
Playhouse 90
Catherine Hume
Matinee Theater
You're Never Too Young
Nancy Collins
The Kentuckian
Susie Spann
An Annapolis Story
Peggy Lord
The Thief
Marie-Louise Voyson
Track of the Cat
Gwen Williams
Climax!
The United States Steel Hour
Marie-Louise Voyson
Letter to Loretta
Sylvia Adler
Plunder of the Sun
Julie Barnes
General Electric Theater
Meet Me at the Fair
Zerelda Wing
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The People Against O'Hara
Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
Bedtime for Bonzo
Jane
Peggy
Peggy Brookfield
My Friend Irma Goes West
Jane Stacy
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Lady Marianne de Beaudray
Your Show of Shows
Paid in Full
Nancy Langley
Robert Montgomery Presents
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
Self
My Friend Irma
Jane Stacy
Every Girl Should Be Married
Julie Hudson
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Perry Dunklin
Ruthless
Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Variety Girl
Diana Lynn
Easy Come, Easy Go
Connie Donovan
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Emily Kimbrough
The Bride Wore Boots
Mary Lou Medford
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Diana Lynn
Duffy's Tavern
Diana Lynn
Out of This World
Betty Miller
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Emily Kimbrough
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Emmy Kockenlocker
And the Angels Sing
Josie Angel
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Phyllis Michael
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Phyllis Michael
The Major and the Minor
Lucy Hill
Star Spangled Rhythm
Diana Lynn (uncredited)
The Hard-Boiled Canary
Dolly Loehr
They Shall Have Music
Pianist (uncredited)