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Diana Hyland

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Biography

Diana Hyland, born in 1936, a knowing beauty with a confident air about her, appeared on stage in summer stock as a teen before…more

Born

1/25/1936, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

Birth Name

Diana Gentner

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Eight Is Enough
  Joan Bradford
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Gipper Caper
    8/10/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Turnabout
    4/12/77
  - S 1: Ep 3 Pieces of Eight
    3/29/77
  - S 1: Ep 2 Schussboomer
    3/22/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense
    3/15/77
- Peyton Place
  Susan Winter [episodes 421-514]
  - S 5: Ep 54 pp-514
    6/2/69
  - S 5: Ep 53 pp-513
    5/26/69
  - S 5: Ep 52 pp-512
    5/19/69
  - S 5: Ep 51 pp- 511
    5/12/69
  - S 5: Ep 50 pp-510
    5/5/69
  - + 507 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Anne Henderson
  - S 5: Ep 21 Spur of the Moment
    2/21/64
Guest Star (73)

Role
- Happy Days
  Adriana
  - S 5: Ep 23 4th Anniversary Special
    3/23/78
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Third Anniversary Show
    2/4/77
  - S 4: Ep 12 Fonzie's Old Lady
    1/4/77
- Kojak
  Cleo Donatello
  - S 3: Ep 24 A Grave Too Soon
    3/7/76
- Barnaby Jones
  Nora Bradford
  - S 4: Ep 20 Deadly Reunion
    2/12/76
- Cannon
  Nedra Cameron
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Melted Man
    11/12/75
- S.W.A.T.
  Joanna Bishop
  - S 2: Ep 2 Kill S.W.A.T.
    9/20/75
- Mannix
  Janice Graham
  - S 8: Ep 17 A Ransom for Yesterday
    2/9/75
- Harry O
  Sandra Dawes
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Confetti People
    1/23/75
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Janet Trent
  - S 6: Ep 16 Dark Fury (2)
    1/14/75
  - S 6: Ep 15 Dark Fury (1)
    1/7/75
- Medical Center
  Pat Londean
  - S 6: Ep 4 Three-Cornered Cage
    9/30/74
- Hawkins
  Jennifer Pearson
  - S 1: Ep 8 Candidate for Murder
    3/5/74
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Things I Never Said
    10/31/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Lita Coleman
  - S 2: Ep 22 Final Semester
    3/7/73
- Gunsmoke
  Dallas Fair
  - S 18: Ep 17 Shadler
    1/15/73
- Search
  Anjanette Shanaghan
  - S 1: Ep 12 Let Us Prey
    1/3/73
- Banyon
  Julia Egan
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Graveyard Vote
    9/29/72
- The F.B.I.
  Pat Laner
  - S 7: Ep 20 Arrangement With Terror
    2/6/72
- Medical Center
  Susan
  - S 3: Ep 10 Suspected
    11/17/71
- Dan August
  Phyllis Hendricks
  - S 1: Ep 25 Days Of Rage
    3/25/71
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Clara Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 7 Return to Devil's Hole
    2/25/71
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Cynthia
  - S 2: Ep 19 Cynthia
    2/23/71
- Ironside
  Hruska
  - S 4: Ep 16 From Hruska With Love
    1/21/71
- The F.B.I.
  Joanne Kinston a.k.a. Marie Roska
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Stalking Horse
    1/10/71
- Bracken's World
  Mary Draper
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Mary Tree
    10/23/70
- The Big Story
  Pearl as Diana Gentner
  - S 9: Ep 6 Fighter's Fists
- The Name of the Game
  Lisa Adrian
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Perfect Image
    11/7/69
- Judd for the Defense
  Jessie Tree
  - S 1: Ep 18 Fall of a Skylark (2) - The Appeal
    1/19/68
  - S 1: Ep 17 Fall of a Skylark (1) - The Trial
    1/12/68
- The F.B.I.
  Virginia Lamberth
  - S 3: Ep 8 Overload
    11/12/67
- The Invaders
  Ellie Markham
  - S 2: Ep 10 Summit Meeting (2)
    11/7/67
  - S 2: Ep 9 Summit Meeting (1)
    10/31/67
- Tarzan (1966)
  Diana Russell
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Fanatics
    10/27/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Alison
  - S 4: Ep 26 Dossier on a Diplomat
    3/28/67
- The F.B.I.
  Dr. Maria-Luise Karn
  - S 2: Ep 22 Hostage
    2/19/67
- The Invaders
  Sherri Vikor
  - S 1: Ep 6 Vikor
    2/14/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Penny
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Devil's Disciples
    12/6/66
- The Felony Squad
  Cloris Harte
  - S 1: Ep 10 Killer With A Badge
    11/14/66
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Miranda Bryant
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Candidate's Wife Affair
    11/4/66
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Heidi Voss
  - S 3: Ep 6 Practice to Deceive
    10/14/66
- Run for Your Life
  Diana Hays
  - S 2: Ep 2 I Am the Late Diana Hays
    9/19/66
- The Green Hornet
  Claudia Bromley
  - S 1: Ep 2 Give 'Em Enough Rope
    9/16/66
- I Spy
  Marisa Terizcu
  - S 2: Ep 1 So Coldly Sweet
    9/14/66
- The Iron Horse
  Marta
  - S 1: Ep 1 Joy Unconfined
    9/12/66
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Nancy Pruitt
  - S 1: Ep 30 An Unfamiliar Tune
    4/11/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Mrs. Collier
  - S 3: Ep 16 Guilty or Not Guilty
    3/9/66
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Mara
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Nowhere Affair
    3/4/66
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army
  Margaret Cochran
  - S 1: Ep 14 I'm Dreaming of a Wide Isthmus
    12/19/65
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Sisters
    9/26/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Stella Savano
  - S 3: Ep 11 Set Fire to a Straw Man
    11/30/65
- Convoy
  Lt. Katya Katrovich
  - S 1: Ep 7 Katya
    10/29/65
- Run for Your Life
  Eileen Henderson
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Girl Next Door Is A Spy
    9/20/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Dr. Mai Lind
  - S 3: Ep 25 The April Thaw of Dr. Mai
    3/30/65
- The Rogues
  Celeste
  - S 1: Ep 22 Run For the Money
    2/14/65
- Burke's Law
  Laurel Peachy
  - S 2: Ep 21 Who Killed the Fat Cat?
    2/10/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Marguerite Williams
  - S 4: Ep 18 Please Let My Baby Live
    1/28/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Carol Hollister
  - S 2: Ep 4 When the Bough Breaks
    10/6/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Linda Stevenson
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Sweet Taste of Vengeance
    4/30/64
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Madelyn Marner
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Full Moon Every Night
    3/4/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Grace Renford
  - S 2: Ep 14 Beyond the Sea of Death
    1/24/64
- Wagon Train
  Kitty Pryer
  - S 7: Ep 10 The Kitty Pryer Story
    11/18/63
- The DuPont Show of the Week
  Ellen Graham
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Shark
    4/7/63
- Naked City
  Vivian North
  - S 4: Ep 25 Stop the Parade! A Baby Is Crying!
    3/20/63
- Stoney Burke
  Eileen Fowler
  - S 1: Ep 22 To Catch The Kaiser
    3/11/63
- Ben Casey
  Greta Bauer
  - S 2: Ep 22 Rigadoon for Three Pianos
    3/4/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Janet Nelson
  - S 1: Ep 19 To Catch a Butterfly
    2/2/63
- Dr. Kildare
  Dr. Lilith McGraw
  - S 2: Ep 14 Love Is A Sad Song
    1/3/63
- Sam Benedict
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Bird of Warning
    11/17/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Liza Laurents
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Voice of Charlie Pont
    10/25/62
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 4 Wanted: Someone Innocent
    10/17/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Mary DiFalco Robinson
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Unwanted
    10/13/62
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 11: Ep 15 Positive Identification
    5/25/60
- The Play of the Week
  Mabel
  - S 1: Ep 21 Climate of Eden
    2/29/60
- The Twilight Zone
  Anne Henderson
- Alcoa Hour
  Isabel [as Diane Gentner]
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Big Build-Up
    3/31/57
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  (as Diane Gentner)
  - S 5: Ep 25 Proud Passage
    8/12/56
- Star Tonight
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 48 Will Power
    7/26/56
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Judy (as Diana Gentner)
  - S 6: Ep 38 Everything for Andy
    6/13/55

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- Diana had one son named Zachary with her husband Joseph Goodson. He was born in 1973.
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- Diana won a posthumous Emmy for her role in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
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- Diana met and fell in love with John Travolta on the set of their film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Travolta was 17 years younger than her.
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