About
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, honey-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...
Known for
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
IronsideSeries • 1967
MannixSeries • 1967
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Happy DaysSeries • 1974
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
CannonSeries • 1971
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950
Ben CaseySeries • 1961
Naked CitySeries • 1958
Medical CenterSeries • 1969
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
The Name of the GameSeries • 1968
The InvadersSeries • 1967
KojakSeries • 1973
Run for Your LifeSeries • 1965
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Eight Is EnoughSeries • 1977
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series • 1964
Felony SquadSeries • 1966
Alias Smith and JonesSeries • 1971