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Diana Hyland

Diana Hyland

Actor · Born 1936-01-25 · Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

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Biography

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)…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Anne Henderson / Rider in Black
  2. The Chase (1966) — Elizabeth Rogers
  3. Happy Days (1974)
  4. Kojak (1973) — Cleo Donatello
  5. The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) — Mickey Lubitch
  6. Gunsmoke (1955) — Dallas Fair
  7. The Green Hornet (1966) — Claudia Bromley
  8. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Janet Nelson
  9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Miranda Bryant / Irina
  10. Ironside (1967)
  11. S.W.A.T. (1975)
  12. The Fugitive (1963) — Stella Savano
  13. The Invaders (1967) — Sherri Vikor
  14. Mannix (1967) — Janice Graham
  15. Eight Is Enough (1977) — Joan Bradford
  16. Cannon (1971)
  17. Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
  18. The F.B.I. (1965) — Marie-Luise Karn
  19. Tarzan (1966) — Diana Russell
  20. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Dr. Lilith McGraw
  21. Ben Casey (1961)
  22. Medical Center (1969)
  23. Naked City (1958) — Vivian North
  24. The Name of the Game (1968) — Lisa Adrian
  25. Burke's Law (1963) — Laurel Peachey
  26. Harry O (1974)
  27. Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965) — Princess Diana
  28. Ritual of Evil (1970) — Leila Barton
  29. Peyton Place (1964) — Susan Winter
  30. Search (1972)
  31. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
  32. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Judy
  33. Run for Your Life (1965) — Eileen Henderson
  34. The Rogues (1964) — Celeste Martel
  35. Felony Squad (1966)
  36. Hawkins (1973) — Jennifer Pearson
  37. The Iron Horse (1966) — Marta Grenier
  38. One Man's Way (1964) — Ruth Stafford Peale
  39. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) — Laura DeLinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch
  40. Stoney Burke (1962)