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Diana Lynn Profile
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| 7 October 26 | is born in Los Angeles to Louis William Loehr, an oil supply superintendent, and Eartha "Thes" Loehr, a music teacher |
| ? | spends her childhood in Beverly Hills |
| c. 32 | starts to take piano lessons at age 6 |
| ? | attends Miss Grace’s Private School in Los Angeles |
| ? | by the age of 11, she’s a prominent member of the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra |
| ? | begins a piano career |
| c. 38 | plays with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony at age 12 and is heard by Leopold Stokowski |
| 41 | debuts in There’s Magic in Music |
| fellow actress Susanna Foster becomes her best friend |
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| is signed by Paramount to a seven-year contract and attends classes at the Paramount High School of Education. At 15 she’s the youngest performer under contract. |
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| c. 42 | is chaperoned on the Paramount lot by an ever vigilant mother |
| 43 | tries very hard to become the friend of 18-year-old actress Gail Russell. Eventually they become close. |
| 45 | continues taking piano lessons with Raissu Kaufman |
| is named “Star of Tomorrow” by the Motion Picture Herald |
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| 47 | co-stars with Guy Madison, newly married to her friend Gail Russell, in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Dear Ruth |
| purchases her own home at age 21 |
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| dates oilman Bob Neal |
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| c. 48 | is spied by John Lindsay when dining with her cast at L’Aiglon. Lindsay is one of Southern California’s leading architects. They meet again at the Stuart Martins; Mrs. Martin is actress Angela Greene. |
| March 48 | blue-pencils her engagement to Bob Neal |
| May 48 | does an advertisement for Flame-Glo Lipstick |
| 18 December 48 | marries handsome young architect John C. Lindsay at the University of Southern California. He's 30; she's 22. Actress Jane Withers is matron of honor; best man is Stuart Martin. The reception is held at Wynn Rocamora’s house. Actress Jane Nigh is heartbroken. |
| May 50 | attends a party given at Ciro’s for Dorothea Lee McEvoy, Screen Guide's editorial director, and is seen chatting with Brian Donlevy |
| April 51 | is out with Lindsay |
| 52 | records two strictly classical LPs for Capital Records |
| is the last-minute replacement for Ann Blyth in Meet Me at the Fair |
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| is on the cover of Life |
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| 5 May 52 | is featured, among others, on the Life cover as one of TV’s leading ladies |
| 53 | replaces Dawn Addams in the Broadway production of Horses in Midstream |
| is off to Mexico for filming of Plunder in the Sun |
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| tours with the stage production of The Moon is Blue |
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| is in the London West End production of The Moon is Blue |
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| January 53 | separates from Lindsay |
| May 53 | hosts a "Kid Party" at the Mocambo |
| 5 June 53 / 54 | is granted a divorce from Lindsay in Santa Monica. He claims she’s an emotional “idiot” and detrimental to his architectural career. She receives only a $ 1,700 property settlement from him. |
| November 53 | does an advertisement for Lux Toilet Soap |
| places fourth among the Ten Best Dressed Actresses of Hollywood |
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| March 54 | free of her The Moon is Blue stage commitment in London, she’s groomed for Broadway’s The Winner, along with Scott Brady |
| 5 June 54 | her divorce from Lindsay becomes final |
| tours with La Jolla’s Sabrina Fair |
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| 55 | is romantically linked to actor Andrew McLaglen while they film The Kentuckian. This breaks up when she’s cast opposite McLaglen’s wife, Veda Ann Borg, in You’re Never Too Young. |
| receives some unexpected publicity during the filming of The Kentuckian in Owensboro, Kentucky. While signing autographs, an 18-year-old fan handcuffs himself to her. |
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| May 55 | is a good acquaintance of Janet Leigh |
| June 55 | is constantly with Andy McLaglen and will marry him when his divorce becomes final |
| July 55 | will marry Andy McLaglen as soon as possible |
| December 55 | is never seen without Ed Pauley Jr., the son of the famous oil magnate |
| 7 December 56 | marries the president of Los Angeles radio station KLAC, Mortimer W. Hall, who is divorced from Ruth Roman, in Mexico. His mother, Dorothy Schiff, was publisher of the New York Post. |
| 6 July 58 | her son Matthew is born |
| 26 April 60 | her daughter Dorothy is born |
| 2 July 62 | her daughter Mary is born |
| 21 January 63 | is on Broadway in Mary, Mary |
| Summer 63 | returns to Los Angeles to study acting with Curt Conway |
| 6 August 64 | her daughter Margaret is born |
| 68 | moves with her family to New York, where her husband assumes an executive position on the New York Post. They have a town house in Manhattan’s East ‘80s and a weekend home on Oyster Bay, Long Island |
| March 70 | is announced as the director of GO (Travel) Agency, headquartered at Bonwit Teller’s Department Store in Manhattan |
| is scheduled to star opposite Anthony Perkins in Play It As It Lays |
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| 9 December 71 | suffers a stroke / brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles |
| 17 December 71 | as Diana Hall, she dies at age 45 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles of a stroke. She’s survived by her husband and four children. |
| 20 December 71 | a memorial service is held at All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills |
| 22 December 71 | her funeral service takes place at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Beverly Hills |
| is interred at the Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, New York |
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| Sources: The Paramount Pretties by James Robert Parish, Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen, Movie Stories, Movie Life, Modern Screen, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Screen, Photoplay, Motion Picture, Screenland, "Diana Lynn: A Reluctant Peter Pan" by Colin Briggs in Classic Images, www.Ancestry.com | |
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