Diana Hyland

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 / gr-home@pacbell.net

Known For: Acting

Born: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA, 1936-01-25

Died: 1977-03-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	One Man's Way	Ruth Stafford Peale	40
2	1965	Hercules and the Princess of Troy	Princess Diana	56
3	1966	The Chase	Elizabeth Rogers	71
4	1966	Scalplock	Martha Grenier	65
5	1966	Smoky	Julie Richards	55
6	1968	Jigsaw	Sarah	60
7	1970	Ritual of Evil	Leila Barton	58
8	1976	The Boy in the Plastic Bubble	Mickey Lubitch	56

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Judy	56
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Dallas Fair	66
3	1958	Naked City	Vivian North	55
4	1958	Young Doctor Malone		30
5	1959	The Twilight Zone	Anne Henderson / Rider in Black	84
6	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Lilith McGraw	55
7	1961	Dr. Kildare	Marguerite Williams	55
8	1961	Ben Casey		56
9	1961	Alcoa Premiere		50
10	1962	Sam Benedict		60
11	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Janet Nelson	78
12	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Grace Renford	78
13	1962	Stoney Burke		57
14	1963	The Fugitive	Stella Savano	72
15	1963	The Fugitive	Carol Hollister	72
16	1963	The Fugitive	Penny	72
17	1963	The Fugitive	Alison Priestley	72
18	1963	Burke's Law	Laurel Peachey	60
19	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		57
20	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Laura DeLinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch	53
21	1964	The Rogues	Celeste Martel	72
22	1964	Peyton Place	Susan Winter	66
23	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Miranda Bryant / Irina	72
24	1965	Run for Your Life	Eileen Henderson	72
25	1965	Run for Your Life	Diana Hays	72
26	1965	The F.B.I.	Marie-Luise Karn	55
27	1965	The F.B.I.	Virginia Lamberth	55
28	1965	The F.B.I.	Joanne Kinston	55
29	1965	The F.B.I.	Pat Laner	55
30	1966	Tarzan	Diana Russell	67
31	1966	The Green Hornet	Claudia Bromley	71
32	1966	Felony Squad		64
33	1966	The Iron Horse	Marta Grenier	68
34	1967	The Invaders	Sherri Vikor	68
35	1967	The Invaders	Ellie Markham	68
36	1967	Ironside		68
37	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
38	1967	Mannix	Janice Graham	67
39	1968	The Name of the Game	Lisa Adrian	68
40	1969	Medical Center		61
41	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
42	1971	Cannon		65
43	1972	Search		69
44	1972	Banyon		70
45	1973	Hawkins	Jennifer Pearson	72
46	1973	Kojak	Cleo Donatello	70
47	1974	Happy Days		76
48	1974	Harry O		46
49	1975	S.W.A.T.		70
50	1977	Eight Is Enough	Joan Bradford	60

Diana Hyland

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