Diana Lynn
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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.
Known for
Credits
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
as Julie Hudson
The Major and the Minor (1942)
as Lucy Hill
You're Never Too Young (1955)
as Nancy Collins
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
as Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
as Emily Kimbrough
Track of the Cat (1954)
as Gwen Williams
The Kentuckian (1955)
as Susie Spann
Forbidden Area (1956)
as Catherine Hume
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
as Julie Barnes
The Thief (1955)
as Marie-Louise Voyson
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Emmy Kockenlocker
They Shall Have Music (1939)
as Pianist (uncredited)
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
as Jane Stacy
My Friend Irma (1949)
as Jane Stacy
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
as Emily Kimbrough
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Josie Angel
A Sound of Different Drummers (1957)
as Susan Ward
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
as Lady Marianne de Beaudray
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
as Mary Lou Medford
Out of This World (1945)
as Betty Miller
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
as Phyllis Michael
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Connie Donovan
Meet Me at the Fair (1953)
as Zerelda Wing
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)
as Phyllis Michael
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
as Jane
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Diana Lynn (uncredited)
Variety Girl (1947)
as Diana Lynn
Paid in Full (1950)
as Nancy Langley
A Marriage of Strangers (1959)
as Louise Benedict Shoemaker
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
as Diana Lynn
The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941)
as Dolly Loehr
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (1950)
as Self
Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945)
as Diana Lynn
Peggy (1950)
as Peggy Brookfield
Ruthless (1948)
as Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
An Annapolis Story (1955)
as Peggy Lord
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
as Perry Dunklin
The Star Wagon (1957)
as Martha Minch
Company of Killers (1970)
as Edwina DeSalles