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Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Born: 1926-07-05 • 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 poster
Company of Killers
1970 • Edwina DeSalles
A Marriage of Strangers poster
A Marriage of Strangers
1959 • Louise Benedict Shoemaker
A Sound of Different Drummers poster
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957 • Susan Ward
The Star Wagon poster
The Star Wagon
1957 • Martha Minch
No Image
Forbidden Area
1956 • Catherine Hume
You're Never Too Young poster
You're Never Too Young
1955 • Nancy Collins
The Kentuckian poster
The Kentuckian
1955 • Susie Spann
An Annapolis Story poster
An Annapolis Story
1955 • Peggy Lord
The Thief poster
The Thief
1955 • Marie-Louise Voyson
Track of the Cat poster
Track of the Cat
1954 • Gwen Williams
Plunder of the Sun poster
Plunder of the Sun
1953 • Julie Barnes
Meet Me at the Fair poster
Meet Me at the Fair
1953 • Zerelda Wing
The People Against O'Hara poster
The People Against O'Hara
1951 • Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
Bedtime for Bonzo poster
Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 • Jane
Peggy poster
Peggy
1950 • Peggy Brookfield
My Friend Irma Goes West poster
My Friend Irma Goes West
1950 • Jane Stacy
Rogues of Sherwood Forest poster
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950 • Lady Marianne de Beaudray
Paid in Full poster
Paid in Full
1950 • Nancy Langley
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy poster
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
1950 • Self
My Friend Irma poster
My Friend Irma
1949 • Jane Stacy
Every Girl Should Be Married poster
Every Girl Should Be Married
1948 • Julie Hudson
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven poster
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 • Perry Dunklin
Ruthless poster
Ruthless
1948 • Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Variety Girl poster
Variety Girl
1947 • Diana Lynn
Easy Come, Easy Go poster
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 • Connie Donovan
Our Hearts Were Growing Up poster
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 • Emily Kimbrough
The Bride Wore Boots poster
The Bride Wore Boots
1946 • Mary Lou Medford
Hollywood Victory Caravan poster
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 • Diana Lynn
Duffy's Tavern poster
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • Diana Lynn
Out of This World poster
Out of This World
1945 • Betty Miller
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay poster
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944 • Emily Kimbrough
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek poster
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 • Emmy Kockenlocker
And the Angels Sing poster
And the Angels Sing
1944 • Josie Angel
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid poster
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944 • Phyllis Michael
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour poster
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943 • Phyllis Michael
The Major and the Minor poster
The Major and the Minor
1942 • Lucy Hill
Star Spangled Rhythm poster
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 • Diana Lynn (uncredited)
The Hard-Boiled Canary poster
The Hard-Boiled Canary
1941 • Dolly Loehr
They Shall Have Music poster
They Shall Have Music
1939 • Pianist (uncredited)