Diana Blanche Barrymore (1921 - 1960)

Actress. She was the daughter of actor John Barrymore, half-sister of actor John Barrymore, Jr. and the aunt of actress Drew Barrymore.

Diana Dill (1923 - 2015)

Actress. She was formerly married to actor Kirk Douglas and during their union (1943 to 1951), their children Michael Douglas (who went on to become a successful actor and producer) and Joel Douglas were born. Diana Love Dill was the daughter of a high-ranking Bermudian military official and made a name for herself as a […]

Diana Dors (1931 - 1984)

Actress. One of her generation’s “blonde bombshells”, she was a pinup model, sometimes singer, and film actress with over 100 credits whose full ability was probably not realized due to her relegation to sex-kitten status. Born Diana Mary Fluck, she was educated at Colville House, Swindon, and was expressing her theatrical ambitions as early as […]

Diana Douglas (1923 - 2015)

Douglas was born Diana Love Dill in Devonshire, Bermuda on January 22, 1923. Her father Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Melville Dill (also the name of her great-grandfather, a mariner) was a former Member of the Colonial Parliament (MCP) (representing the Parish of Devonshire in the Parliament of Bermuda), Attorney General of Bermuda, and former Commanding Officer […]

Diana Hyland (1936 - 1977)

Diana Hyland was born Diana Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. (Some sources indicate Diane Gentner). She made her acting debut at age 19 (in 1955) in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents. Over the next decade she played numerous guest and supporting roles in various television series, including Naked City, The Eleventh Hour, The Fugitive […]

Diana Karenne (1970 - 1940)

Actress. Born Leucadia Konstanti in Poland, she was considered one of Europe’s foremost leading actresses of the silent motion picture era. She moved to Italy in 1914 where she began to write, direct and produce films. Between 1916 and 1929 she starred in many successful pictures, among them “Redenzione” (1919), “Playing with Fire” (1921), “Marie […]

Diana King (1918 - 1986)

Actress. She was born in Buckinghamshire, England and died in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, England. Film and television credits include “Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense,” “Are You Being Served?,” “Tales of the Unexpected,” “Pink Floyd: The Wall,” “Terry and June,” “The Wildcats of St. Trinian’s,” “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em,” “Angels,””George and Mildred,” “Fawlty Towers,” “Bless […]

Diana Lewis (1919 - 1997)

Diana “Mousie” Lewis (September 18, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American film actress and a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star. Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King’s Horses (1934) and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles. Her more notable films include It’s a […]

Diana Lynn (1926 - 1971)

Actress. Born Dolores Marie Loehr in Los Angeles, California, because of her exceptional abilities as a pianist, she was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra by age 12. She made her film debut playing the piano in “They Shall Have Music” (1939), followed by “There’s Magic in Music” (1941), and debuted in a […]

Diana Sands (1934 - 1973)

Diana Sands (August 22, 1934 – September 21, 1973) was an American actress, perhaps most famous for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier’s character in the original stage and film versions of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (1961). She also appeared in a number of dramatic television series in […]

Diana Vreeland (1903 - 1989)

She was born as Diana Dalziel in Paris, France, at 5, avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne (Avenue Foch since World War I). Vreeland was the eldest daughter of American socialite mother Emily Key Hoffman (1876–1928) and British father Frederick Young Dalziel (1868–1960). Hoffman was a descendant of George Washington’s brother as well as a cousin of Francis […]

Diana Wynyard (1906 - 1964)

Leading British actress of both stage and screen. Born Dorothy Isobel Cox in London, she began her acting career on stage in 1927. In 1932 she made her Hollywood debut in “Rasputin and the Empress” anlongside John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore. Her film career went on to include the likes of “Cavalcade”(1933), “Reunion in Vienna”(1933), […]

Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971)

Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, a Jewish couple who lived in New York City and owned Russek’s, a famous Fifth Avenue department store. Because of her family’s wealth, Arbus was insulated from the effects of the Great Depression while growing up in the 1930s. Her father became […]

Diane Brewster (1931 - 1991)

Actress. She began her career at a Kansas City TV station doing weather shows before moving to Los Angeles to except a part in a “Maverick” television episode. She is best noted for the role as schoolteacher ‘Miss Canfield’ on “Leave It To Beaver” series and also played Richard Kimball’s murdered wife in “The Fugitive” […]

Diane Cilento (1933 - 2011)

Actress, Author. Born to well-versed parents in the medical field, her father Sir Ralph West Cilento was an expert on tropical medicine, her mother Lady Phyllis Cilento was a gynecologist; she settled with her family in the Brisbane region of Australia. She began her acting studies, initially at New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts […]

Diane Cilento (1933 - 2011)

Diane Cilento was born in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. Her parents, Sir Raphael Cilento and Phyllis, Lady Cilento (née Phyllis Dorothy McGlew),[4] were both distinguished medical practitioners in Queensland. Her paternal great-grandfather was Italian. Her maternal grandfather was merchant and exporter Charles Thomas McGlew. At an early age she decided to follow a career as an actress […]

Diane Clare (1938 - 2013)

Actress. Born Diane Dirsztay in London, her paternal grandmother was an accomplished ballerina, she began her career in the entertainment industry at an early age and initiated her film career with an uncredited part in the Cary Grant picture “Indiscreet” (1958). More substantial roles followed with “Ice Cold in Alex” (1958), “The Reluctant Debutant” (1958, […]

Diane Disney Miller (1933 - 2013)

Diane Disney Miller (December 18, 1933 – November 19, 2013) was the elder and only biological child of Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney. Diane and her husband, Ron W. Miller, had seven children. She had a younger sister, Sharon Mae Disney, whom the Disneys adopted at birth in 1936. Sharon died in […]

Diane Holland (1930 - 2009)

Diane Holland (28 February 1930[3] – 24 January 2009) was a British actress best known for playing Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi! from 1980 to 1988. She was unmarried and trained as a dancer before being given the part of Yvonne Stewart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi! (1980) by her brother-in-law, Jimmy Perry. Jimmy, who co-wrote Hi-de-hi!, married Diane’s sister […]

Diane Marie Antonia Varsi (1938 - 1992)

Movie and TV Actress. Diane Varsi was in the late 1950s a very promising and competent rising screen star. Her first starring roll was the portrayal of Allison MacKenzie in ‘Peyton Place’. For this work Diane received an Academy Award nomination and was the winner of a Golden Globe as New Star of the Year. […]

Diane Varsi (1938 - 1992)

Varsi was born in San Mateo, California, a suburb of San Francisco. There she unsuccessfully tried to become a model and a restaurant hostess. While in high school, she was called an “oddball” by her classmates. She often played truant from school to visit San Francisco and was therefore labeled a “rebel”. She dropped out […]

Diane Whipple (1968 - 2001)

Diane Whipple was born in Princeton, New Jersey. She grew up and attended high school in Manhasset, New York, on Long Island. She was raised primarily by her grandparents, and was a gifted athlete from a young age. She became a two-time All-American lacrosse player in high school, and later at Penn State. She was […]

Dick York (1928 - 1992)

Dick York Actor, most remembered for his role as Darrin Stephens, the often-frustrated husband of Elizabeth Montgomery, in the Television sitcom series, Bewitched. Born Richard Allen York in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 4 September 1928, he quickly found work in the entertainment industry. In 1943, at age 15, he became the star of the network radio […]

Dick Alban (1929 - 2016)

Dick Alban was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and attended La Porte High School in La Porte, Indiana, where he graduated in 1948. While in La Porte, Alban was named to the United Press International All-State football team in 1946 and 1947. For his accomplishments, Alban was later inducted to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame […]

Dick Attlesey (1929 - 1984)

American Track and Field Athlete. The world’s top-ranked high hurdler in 1950 and 1951, he was called the “greatest hurdler of all time” by University of Southern California coach Jess Hill in 1950. Born Richard Harold Attlesey, “Dick” Attlesey broke the world record twice in 1950 for the 110-meter hurdles, getting it down to 13.5 […]

Dick Cangey (1933 - 2003)

Actor and stuntman. Cangey appeared in guest roles in several television shows including, “The Wild Wild West” from 1966 to 1968, “Gunsmoke” in 1971, and “Mission: Impossible” in 1968. In 1975 he appeared in and did the stunts for the film, “Capone.” He also did stunts for the television shows, “Daniel Boone” from 1964 to […]

Dick Cathcart (1924 - 1993)

Actor and entertainer. Played ‘Roy Cleaver’ in the 1954 movie, “Dragnet.”  Family links:  Children:  John Wylie Cathcart (1955 – 1983)* *Calculated relationship Inscription:CATHCARTFatherLoving HusbandAnd FatherCHARLES RICHARD1924 – 1993SonLoving HusbandAnd FatherJOHN WYLIE1955 – 1983

Dick Chevillat (1905 - 1984)

Writer for motion pictures and television. Most notable for his work on the long running “The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet” tv series of the 1950s and 60s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Dick Clark (1929 - 2012)

Dick Clark Host and TV producer Dick Clark has died. He was 82. Spokesman Paul Shefrin said the “American Bandstand” creator had a heart attack Wednesday morning at Saint John’s hospital in Santa Monica, a day after he was admitted for an outpatient procedure. Long dubbed “the world’s oldest teenager” because of his boyish appearance, […]

Dick Crawford (1915 - 1990)

Actor and radio announcer of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Barbara Baker Hillard Crawford (1917 – 1966)* *Calculated relationship