Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen; January 4, 1937) is an
American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. She
has been nominated for three Academy Awards.Cannon was born Samille
Diane Friesen in Tacoma, Washington on January 4, 1937, the daughter
of housewife Claire (née Portnoy) and life insurance salesman Ben
Friesen. She was raised in the Jewish faith of her Ashkenazi mother,
who was a Russian immigrant, though her father was Baptist. She
attended West Seattle High School and spent two-and-a-half years at
the University of Washington. Her younger brother is jazz musician
David Friesen.Cannon made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall
of Legs Diamond; she had appeared on television since the late 1950s,
including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson as Mary Lowery in the
1959 episode entitled "Lady Luck" and again as Diane Jansen in "The
Price of Paradise". She made another guest appearance in 1959 on CBS's
Wanted: Dead or Alive, in episode 52 "Vanishing Act" as Nicole
McCready. About this time, she also appeared on another CBS western
series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on Jack Lord's western
adventure drama Stoney Burke on ABC. She also appeared on an episode
of Hawaiian Eye, using her name Diane Cannon, in 1961, opposite Tracey
Steele, Robert Conrad, and Connie Stevens.
American actress, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. She
has been nominated for three Academy Awards.Cannon was born Samille
Diane Friesen in Tacoma, Washington on January 4, 1937, the daughter
of housewife Claire (née Portnoy) and life insurance salesman Ben
Friesen. She was raised in the Jewish faith of her Ashkenazi mother,
who was a Russian immigrant, though her father was Baptist. She
attended West Seattle High School and spent two-and-a-half years at
the University of Washington. Her younger brother is jazz musician
David Friesen.Cannon made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall
of Legs Diamond; she had appeared on television since the late 1950s,
including a guest appearance on Bat Masterson as Mary Lowery in the
1959 episode entitled "Lady Luck" and again as Diane Jansen in "The
Price of Paradise". She made another guest appearance in 1959 on CBS's
Wanted: Dead or Alive, in episode 52 "Vanishing Act" as Nicole
McCready. About this time, she also appeared on another CBS western
series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on Jack Lord's western
adventure drama Stoney Burke on ABC. She also appeared on an episode
of Hawaiian Eye, using her name Diane Cannon, in 1961, opposite Tracey
Steele, Robert Conrad, and Connie Stevens.
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