

Actor
July 5, 1926 · 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.
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
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