She was a child prodigy, pianist, at age 10, and her first movie role was one of the children in, "They Shall Have Music" (1939). You see her playing the piano. She made another movie using her 'real name' - Dolly in, "There's Magic in Music" (1941). She signed a long term contract with Paramount in 1942, and had her named changed to Diana Lynn. She had good roles in, "The Major, and the Minor" (1942); "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", and, "Our Hearts Were Young, and Gay" - both in 1944. She had fewer roles as she matured; she did do, "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951), but had a nice career on TV shows. She died of a stroke when she was making a comeback in film. Her marriages were from 1948 to 1954 to architect John C. Lindsay; no children; then in December 6,1956, she married Mortimer C.Hall, president of L.A. radio station, KLAC. His mother was Dorothy Schiff, publisher then of the 'New York Post'. She had four children with him between 1958, and 1964. They moved to New York City so he could assume a post on his mother's paper. She passed away on December 18, 1971 of a stroke / brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles.

Фільмографія

• 1970Company of Killers — Edwina DeSalles
• Burke's Law — Marian Van Martin, Elaine Truscott
• The Virginian — Peggy Shannon
• Bus Stop
• The Investigators — Manon Cuchet
• Checkmate — Jodi Lynn
• The Chevy Mystery Show — Charlotte Bell Wheeler
• 1959A Marriage of Strangers — Louise Benedict Shoemaker
• Adventures in Paradise — Nicole Hazen
• 1957A Sound of Different Drummers — Susan Ward
• DuPont Show of the Month — Ellen Curtis
• 1957The Star Wagon — Martha Minch
• 1956Forbidden Area — Catherine Hume
• Playhouse 90 — Catherine Hume
• 1955An Annapolis Story — Peggy Lord
• Matinee Theater
• 1955The Thief — Marie-Louise Voyson
• 1955You're Never Too Young — Nancy Collins
• 1955Чоловік із Кентукі — Susie Spann
• Climax! — Catherine Barkley, Ruth Barrows, Hilde Fraser, Julie Morton
• 1954Track of the Cat — Gwen Williams
• General Electric Theater
• Letter to Loretta — Sylvia Adler
• 1953Meet Me at the Fair — Zerelda Wing
• 1953Plunder of the Sun — Julie Barnes
• The United States Steel Hour — Marie-Louise Voyson
• 1951Bedtime for Bonzo — Jane
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Bonnie Brewster
• 1951The People Against O'Hara — Virginia 'Ginny' Curtayne
• Lux Video Theatre — Ruth Deeves, Princess Maria, Honor, Louise Franklin, Ellen, Singleton
• 1950My Friend Irma Goes West — Jane Stacy
• 1950Paid in Full — Nancy Langley
• 1950Peggy — Peggy Brookfield
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• 1950Rogues of Sherwood Forest — Lady Marianne de Beaudray
• Your Show of Shows
• 1949My Friend Irma — Jane Stacy
• 1948Every Girl Should Be Married — Julie Hudson
• 1948Ruthless — Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
• 1948Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven — Perry Dunklin
• 1947Easy Come, Easy Go — Connie Donovan
• 1947Variety Girl — Diana Lynn
• 1946Our Hearts Were Growing Up — Emily Kimbrough
• 1946The Bride Wore Boots — Mary Lou Medford
• 1945Duffy's Tavern — Diana Lynn
• 1945Hollywood Victory Caravan — Diana Lynn
• 1945Out of This World — Betty Miller
• 1944And the Angels Sing — Josie Angel
• 1944Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid — Phyllis Michael
• 1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gay — Emily Kimbrough
• 1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek — Emmy Kockenlocker
• 1943Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour — Phyllis Michael
• 1942Star Spangled Rhythm — Diana Lynn (uncredited)
• 1942The Major and the Minor — Lucy Hill
• 1941The Hard-Boiled Canary — Dolly Loehr
• 1939They Shall Have Music — Pianist (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 1950Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy — Self