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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 19…
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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.
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Diana Lynn's Filmography
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Company of Killers
as Edwina DeSalles
A Marriage of Strangers
as Louise Benedict Shoemaker
A Sound of Different Drummers
as Susan Ward
The Star Wagon
as Martha Minch
No Poster
Forbidden Area
as Catherine Hume
You're Never Too Young
as Nancy Collins
The Kentuckian
as Susie Spann
An Annapolis Story
as Peggy Lord
The Thief
as Marie-Louise Voyson
Track of the Cat
as Gwen Williams
Plunder of the Sun
as Julie Barnes
Meet Me at the Fair
as Zerelda Wing
The People Against O'Hara
as Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
Bedtime for Bonzo
as Jane
Peggy
as Peggy Brookfield
My Friend Irma Goes West
as Jane Stacy
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Lady Marianne de Beaudray
Paid in Full
as Nancy Langley
Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
as Self
My Friend Irma
as Jane Stacy
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Julie Hudson
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Perry Dunklin
Ruthless
as Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Variety Girl
as Diana Lynn
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Connie Donovan
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
as Emily Kimbrough
The Bride Wore Boots
as Mary Lou Medford
Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Diana Lynn
Duffy's Tavern
as Diana Lynn
Out of This World
as Betty Miller
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
as Emily Kimbrough
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Emmy Kockenlocker
And the Angels Sing
as Josie Angel
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Phyllis Michael
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Phyllis Michael
The Major and the Minor
as Lucy Hill
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Diana Lynn (uncredited)
The Hard-Boiled Canary
as Dolly Loehr
They Shall Have Music
as Pianist (uncredited)