Diana Lynn
Acting
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.
Born: July 5, 1926
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Edwina DeSalles
as Marian Van Martin
as Elaine Truscott
as Peggy Shannon
as Jodi Lynn
as Charlotte Bell Wheeler
as Nicole Hazen
as Louise Benedict Shoemaker
as Susan Ward
as Ellen Curtis
as Martha Minch
as Catherine Hume
as Catherine Hume
as Nancy Collins
as Susie Spann
as Peggy Lord
as Marie-Louise Voyson
as Gwen Williams
as Catherine Barkley
as Ruth Barrows
as Hilde Fraser
as Julie Morton
as Marie-Louise Voyson
as Sylvia Adler
as Julie Barnes
as Zerelda Wing
as Bonnie Brewster
as Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
as Jane
as Peggy Brookfield
as Jane Stacy
as Lady Marianne de Beaudray
as Nancy Langley
as Jane Stacy
as Julie Hudson
as Perry Dunklin
as Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
as Diana Lynn
as Connie Donovan
as Emily Kimbrough
as Mary Lou Medford
as Diana Lynn
as Diana Lynn
as Betty Miller
as Emily Kimbrough
as Emmy Kockenlocker
as Josie Angel
as Phyllis Michael
as Phyllis Michael
as Lucy Hill
as Diana Lynn (uncredited)
as Dolly Loehr
as Pianist (uncredited)