Star Facts

  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 1625 Vine Street

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

  • Category Television

    Address 6350 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Diana Lynn
Born:
1926-10-07,
Los Angeles,
California,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
Addition Websites

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn was an American actress. Born Dolores Marie Loehr in Los Angeles, California, Lynn was considered a child prodigy because of her exceptional abilities as a pianist at an early age, and by the age of 12 was playing with the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra.

Dolores Loehr made her film debut playing the piano in They Shall Have Music and was once again back at the keyboard, accompanying Susanna Foster, in There’s Magic in Music, when it was decided that she had more potential than she had been allowed to show. 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.

Her comedic scenes with Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor were well received, and in 1944 she scored an outstanding success in Preston Sturges’ The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. She 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.

After a few more films, she was cast in one of the year’s biggest successes, the comedy My Friend Irma with Marie Wilson as Irma, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in their film debuts. The group reprised their roles for the sequel My Friend Irma Goes West. During the 1950s Lynn continued acting in films, and was the female lead in the much lampooned Bedtime for Bonzo opposite Ronald Reagan.

amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0";amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true";amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "hwof05-20";amzn_assoc_search_bar_position = "bottom";amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "search";amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart";amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon";amzn_assoc_region = "US";amzn_assoc_title = "Shop Diana Lynn";amzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = "Diana Lynn";amzn_assoc_default_category = "All";amzn_assoc_linkid = "fd86ec14e9cad5aa26cacede7baebf8c";