Diana Lynn


Actor
Diana Lynn

About

Also Known As
Dolly Loehr, Dolores Loehr
Birth Place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born
October 07, 1926
Died
December 17, 1971
Cause of Death
Stroke

Biography

Diana Lynn's acting career first began when she was just 16 years old. Lynn began her acting career appearing in various films, such as "The Major and the Minor" (1942), the Eddie Bracken comedy "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (1944) and "And the Angels Sing" (1944) with Dorothy Lamour. She also appeared in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" (1944), "Duffy's Tavern" (1945) and the come...

Family & Companions

Mortimer Hall
Husband
Executive. Second husband.

Biography

Diana Lynn's acting career first began when she was just 16 years old. Lynn began her acting career appearing in various films, such as "The Major and the Minor" (1942), the Eddie Bracken comedy "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (1944) and "And the Angels Sing" (1944) with Dorothy Lamour. She also appeared in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" (1944), "Duffy's Tavern" (1945) and the comedy adaptation "The Bride Wore Boots" (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. She continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties and the fifties, appearing in "Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven" (1948), "Peggy" (1950) and "Rogues of Sherwood Forest" (1950). She also appeared in "Bedtime For Bonzo" (1951). In the latter part of her career, she continued to act in "An Annapolis Story" (1955), "You're Never Too Young" (1955) with Dean Martin and the action flick "The Kentuckian" (1955) with Burt Lancaster. She also appeared in the Van Johnson thriller "Company of Killers" (1970). Lynn was most recently credited in "Angel" (1984). Lynn passed away in December 1971 at the age of 45.

Life Events

Photo Collections

Every Girl Should Be Married - Lobby Cards
Here are a few Lobby Cards from Every Girl Should Be Married (1948), starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Movie Clip

Miracle Of Morgan's Creek, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Swaffled Or Something! The morning after the soldier’s sendoff party, where Trudy (Betty Hutton) drank spiked lemonade and got bonked on the head, she picks up Norval (Eddie Bracken) who provided her alibi and loaned her his car, way later than they should be, concocting a story for her father, in writer-director Preston Sturges’ The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek, 1944.
Miracle Of Morgan's Creek, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Let's All Get Married! Betty Hutton as Trudy Kockenlocker is let loose in an action sequence by writer-director Preston Sturges, in the car borrowed from her 4-F boyfriend, all-in for the sendoff for the soldiers shipping out, to the church basement, the country club, then the juke joint, Len Hendry the soldier with the big idea, in The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek, 1944.
You're Never Too Young (1955) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not Loaded Music teacher Bob (Dean Martin) rescues girlfriend and colleague Nancy (Diana Lynn), who’s about to be fired for consorting with a man on their recent train trip, explaining that it’s really just Wilbur (Jerry Lewis), who posed as a 12-year old in order to pay half fare, in You’re Never Too Young, 1955.
You're Never Too Young (1955) -- (Movie Clip) I Know Your Mother Loves You Dean Martin as visiting Oregon music teacher Bob has commandeered the PA at Los Angeles Union Station to stage a song for his fellow teacher and girlfriend Nancy (Diana Lynn), tune by Arthur Schwartz and Sammy Cahn, in the Martin & Jerry Lewis vehicle You’re Never Too Young, 1955.
You're Never Too Young (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Start With The Scalp Treatment Headliners Jerry Lewis as ambitious amateur Los Angeles French-style barber Wilbur and Dean Martin as visiting music school teacher Bob have just met, Norman Taurog directing many mechanical sight gags, early in Paramount’s You’re Never Too Young, 1955.

Trailer

Companions

Mortimer Hall
Husband
Executive. Second husband.

Bibliography