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Diana Hyland
Actor
Born January 25, 1936Died March 27, 1977 (41 years)
Diana Hyland, a striking, knowing beauty with a confident air about her, was born Diane Gentner on January 25, 1936, in Ohio and appeared on stage in summer stock as a teen before graduating from Cleveland Heights High School. Moving to New York in 1955 to test her acting mettle, the slim-faced, honey-blonde actress began to find TV roles almost immediately (one of her first being a "Robert Montgomery Presents" episode) in between supplementing her income as a switchboard operator. Initially billed Diane Gentner, she changed it to Diana Hyland (taking her mother's maiden name). Following a tour of the play "Look Back in Anger," she broke through quite impressively on the Broadway boards as the neurotic ingénue in the acclaimed 1959 Tennessee Williams production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page. Her role of Heavenly Finley could have made her a film star had she been allowed to take it the big screen, but Shirley Knight was given that honor. In the early 60s, Diana focused on the small screen with strong, emotional roles on such soaps as "Young Dr. Malone" (1958) and "Peyton Place" (1964) (in a particularly showy role as a minister's alcoholic wife). She also scored well in a series of guest parts, notably "The Twilight Zone," "The Fugitive," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and "Alcoa Presents," the last for which she received an Emmy nomination. She was a particularly sought-after presence on medical shows as well, spicing up such popular tearjerkers as "Ben Casey," "Dr. Kildare," "The Doctors and the Nurses," "Medical Center" and "Marcus Welby, M.D.". Strangely, Diana made noticeably few films during her career, her best showcase being that of the unconventional minister's wife opposite Don Murray's Rev. Norman Vincent Peale in One Man's Way (1964). In addition to a small, downbeat supporting turn in The Chase (1966) starring Marlon Brando, Robert Redford and, Jane Fonda, she also co-starred with Fess Parker in the routine western yarn Smoky (1966). Remaining focused on TV, Diana continued to brightened up the TV medium into the 1970s with an emphasis on crime ("Kojak, "Harry O", "Cannon," "Mannix," etc.). IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / [email protected]
Filmography
| 1977 | Eight is Enough (TV Series) · as Joan Bradford |
| 1976 | The Boy in the Plastic Bubble · as Mickey Lubitch |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Happy Days (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Cleo Donatello |
| 1973 | Hawkins (TV Series) · as Jennifer Pearson |
| 1973 | Harry O (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Nora Bradford |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1972 | Search (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Lita Coleman |
| 1971 | Banyon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Phyllis Hendricks |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) · as Norma Ryan |
| 1970 | Ritual of Evil · as Leila Barton |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Mary Draper |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Janet Trent |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Lisa Adrian |
| 1968 | Jigsaw · as Sarah |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Janice Graham |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Ellie Markham |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Marta Grenier |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet (TV Series) · as Claudia Bromley |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Diana Russell |
| 1966 | Smoky · as Julie Richards |
| 1966 | Scalplock · as Martha Grenier |
| 1966 | The Chase · as Elizabeth Rogers |
| 1965 | The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) · as Margaret Cochran |
| 1965 | Convoy (TV Series) · as Lt. Katya Katrovich |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Joanne Kinston |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Marisa Terizcu |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Eileen Henderson |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Nancy Pruitt |
| 1965 | Hercules and the Princess of Troy · as Princess Diana |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Miranda Bryant / Irina |
| 1964 | Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Heidi Voss |
| 1964 | Peyton Place (TV Series) · as Susan Winter |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Celeste Martel |
| 1964 | One Man's Way · as Ruth Stafford Peale |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Laura Delinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Laurel Peachey |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Stella Savano |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Madelyn Marner |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Dr. Mai Lind |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Grace Renford |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Lilith Mcgraw |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Ellen Graham |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Mary Difalco Robinson |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Estelle (no Exit) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Anne Henderson / Rider In Black |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Vivian North |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Kitty Pryer |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Isabel |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Dallas Fair |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Alice Holden #2 (1956-1958) |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Judy |
| 1949 | The Big Story (TV Series) · as Pearl |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Deputy's Girlfriend |