1. Diana Lynn built her career by starring in Paramount Pictures films and various television series during the 1940s and 1950s.
16 Facts About Diana Lynn
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Diana Lynn's father, Louis Loehr, was an oil supply executive, and her mother, Martha Loehr, was a concert pianist.
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Diana Lynn began taking piano lessons at age 4, and by the age of 12 was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra.
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Paramount Pictures changed her name to "Diana Lynn" and began casting her in films that allowed her to show her personality and developed her skills as an actress.
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Diana Lynn appeared in two Henry Aldrich films and played writer Emily Kimbrough in two films Our Hearts Were Young and Gay and Our Hearts Were Growing Up both co-starring Gail Russell.
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The group reprised their roles for the sequel My Friend Irma Goes West, and five years later Diana Lynn was reunited with Martin and Lewis for one of their last films, You're Never Too Young.
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Diana Lynn co-starred as the schoolteacher in the 1955 film, The Kentuckian, starring Burt Lancaster and Walter Matthau.
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Diana Lynn had many TV leading roles during the 1950s, particularly in the middle years of the decade.
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In 1964, Diana Lynn had a six-month stint on Broadway, replacing Barbara Bel Geddes in Mary, Mary.
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Diana Lynn starred in runs of The Moon Is Blue in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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In 1947, a three-record album of Diana Lynn's piano playing included Mozart's Rondo, Laura, and Body and Soul.
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Diana Lynn acted frequently in television guest roles throughout the 1960s.
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Diana Lynn appeared in Company of Killers, a film made for television.
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Paramount then offered her a part in a new film, Play It as It Lays, and after some consideration, Diana Lynn accepted the offer and moved back to Los Angeles.
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In 1968, Diana Lynn invited her friend Mart Crowley to housesit for her while she was out of town.
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Diana Lynn was then married in 1956 to Mortimer Hall, son of New York Post publisher Dorothy Schiff.