Diana Hyland

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jan 25, 1936
Died	Mar 27, 1977 (41)
Birthplace	Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
Popularity	0.5 (history)
Updated	Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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, ho ... ney-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). She also scored well in a series of guest parts, notably "The Twilight Zone," "The Fugitive," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and "Alcoa Presents," the last for which she received an Emmy nomination. She was a particularly sought-after presence on medical shows as well, spicing up such popular tearjerkers as "Ben Casey," "Dr. Kildare," "The Doctors and the Nurses," "Medical Center" and "Marcus Welby, M.D.". Strangely, Diana made noticeably few films during her career, her best showcase being that of the unconventional minister's wife opposite Don Murray's Rev. Norman Vincent Peale in One Man's Way (1964). In addition to a small, downbeat supporting turn in The Chase (1966) starring Marlon Brando, Robert Redford and, Jane Fonda, she also co-starred with Fess Parker in the routine western yarn Smoky (1966). Remaining focused on TV, Diana continued to brightened up the TV medium into the 1970s with an emphasis on crime ("Kojak, "Harry O", "Cannon," "Mannix," etc.). IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

Known For

Filmography

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

1976

as Mickey Lubitch

Ritual of Evil

1970

as Leila Barton

Jigsaw

1968

as Sarah

Smoky

1966

as Julie Richards

Scalplock

1966

as Martha Grenier

The Chase

1966

as Elizabeth Rogers

Hercules and the Princess of Troy

1965

as Princess Diana

One Man's Way

1964

as Ruth Stafford Peale

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Organization	Category	Movie

Peyton Place

as Susan Winter

Episodes: 517

First Aired: Sep 15, 1964

Eight Is Enough

as Joan Bradford

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 15, 1977

The Iron Horse

as Marta Grenier

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

The Invaders

as Ellie Markham

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Burke's Law

as Laurel Peachey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Laura DeLinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

The F.B.I.

as Marie-Luise Karn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Hawkins

as Jennifer Pearson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 13, 1973

Naked City

as Vivian North

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Mannix

as Janice Graham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Kojak

as Cleo Donatello

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1973

Gunsmoke

as Dallas Fair

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Twilight Zone

as Anne Henderson / Rider in Black

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

The Fugitive

as Stella Savano

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Run for Your Life

as Eileen Henderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Fugitive

as Carol Hollister

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Rogues

as Celeste Martel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1964

The Fugitive

as Penny

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Tarzan

as Diana Russell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Judy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

The Fugitive

as Alison Priestley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Lilith McGraw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Miranda Bryant / Irina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1964

The Green Hornet

as Claudia Bromley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1966

Dr. Kildare

as Marguerite Williams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The F.B.I.

as Virginia Lamberth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Joanne Kinston

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Pat Laner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The Name of the Game

as Lisa Adrian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Run for Your Life

as Diana Hays

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Invaders

as Sherri Vikor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Janet Nelson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Grace Renford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1962

Young Doctor Malone

Episodes: 322

First Aired: Dec 29, 1958

Alcoa Premiere

Episodes: 62

First Aired: Oct 10, 1961

Judd for the Defense

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

Happy Days

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1974

Medical Center

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1969

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Ironside

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Sam Benedict

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1962

Felony Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Harry O

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1974

S.W.A.T.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 24, 1975

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

Banyon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1972

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Ben Casey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

Stoney Burke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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