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 ...
The August 19, 1970, issue of Variety, in the Hollywood Production Pulse Section, announced the movie We're Running Out Of Heroes started filming Aug. 3 with director Richard Bailey, actors Diana Hyland, Andrew Prine, and Brenda Scott. Group Four Enterprises. No evidence the film was completed or released.
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Initially billed on TV under her real name, Diane Gentner, it was Diana's agent who decided she should change her stage moniker. They came up with "Diana Hyland" (using her mother's maiden name) as opposed to Diane Hyland because it had a better rhythm to it.
Played the wife of Dick Van Patten in the ABC/Lorimar comedy/drama Eight Is Enough (1977). Over fifteen years earlier, Ms. Hyland and Mr. Van Patten had both appeared on the NBC/Procter and Gamble soap opera Young Dr. Malone (1958).
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She played the wife of a minister in both the film One Man's Way (1964) and in the television series Peyton Place (1964).
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Was John Travolta's first real-life love interest; she died of cancer in Travolta's arms on March 27, 1977 in Los Angeles.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eight Is Enough
1977
TV Series
Joan Bradford
Happy Days
1977
TV Series
Adriana
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
1976
TV Movie
Mickey Lubitch
Barnaby Jones
1976
TV Series
Nora Bradford
Kojak
1976
TV Series
Cleo Donatello
Cannon
1975
TV Series
Nedra Cameron
S.W.A.T.
1975
TV Series
Joanna Bishop
Mannix
1975
TV Series
Janice Graham
Harry O
1975
TV Series
Sandra Dawes
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971-1975
TV Series
Janet Trent / Cynthia Crowley
Medical Center
1971-1974
TV Series
Pat Londean / Susan
Hawkins
1974
TV Series
Jennifer Pearson
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1973
TV Series
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1973
TV Series
Lita Coleman
Gunsmoke
1973
TV Series
Dallas Fair
Search
1973
TV Series
Anjeanette Marie Shanahan
Banyon
1972
TV Series
Julia Egan
The F.B.I.
1967-1972
TV Series
Pat Laner / Joanne Kinston / Virginia Lamberth / ...
Dan August
1971
TV Series
Phyllis Hendricks
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV Series
Clara Phillips
The Interns
1971
TV Series
Norma Ryan
Ironside
1971
TV Series
Hrûska Pazoureck
Bracken's World
1970
TV Series
Mary Draper
Ritual of Evil
1970
TV Movie
Leila Barton
The Name of the Game
1969
TV Series
Lisa Adrian
Peyton Place
1968-1969
TV Series
Susan Winter
Jigsaw
1968
Sarah
Judd for the Defense
1968
TV Series
Jessie Tree
The Invaders
1967
TV Series
Ellie Markham / Sherri Vikor
Tarzan
1967
TV Series
Diana Russell
The Fugitive
1964-1967
TV Series
Alison Priestley / Penny / Stella Savano / ...
The Felony Squad
1966
TV Series
Cloris Harte
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
TV Series
Miranda Bryant / Irina / Mara
12 O'Clock High
1966
TV Series
Heidi Voss
Run for Your Life
1965-1966
TV Series
Diana Hays / Ellen Henderson
The Green Hornet
1966
TV Series
Claudia Bromley
I Spy
1966
TV Series
Marisa Terizcu
Iron Horse
1966
TV Series
Marta Grenier
Smoky
1966
Julie Richards
A Man Called Shenandoah
1966
TV Series
Nancy Pruitt
Scalplock
1966
TV Movie
Marta Grenier
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Collier
The Chase
1966
Elizabeth Rogers
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1965
TV Series
Margaret Cochran
Convoy
1965
TV Series
Lt. Katya Katrovich
Hercules and the Princess of Troy
1965
TV Movie
Princess Diana
The Doctors and the Nurses
1965
TV Series
Dr. Mai Lind
The Rogues
1965
TV Series
Celeste Martel
Burke's Law
1965
TV Series
Laurel Peachey
Dr. Kildare
1963-1965
TV Series
Marguerite Williams / Dr. Lilith McGraw
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964
TV Series
Laura DeLinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch
The Eleventh Hour
1964
TV Series
Madelyn Marner
One Man's Way
1964
Ruth Stafford Peale
The Twilight Zone
1964
TV Series
Anne Henderson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1963-1964
TV Series
Grace Renford / Janet Nelson
Wagon Train
1963
TV Series
Kitty Pryer
Naked City
1963
TV Series
Vivian North
The DuPont Show of the Week
1963
TV Series
Ellen Graham
Stoney Burke
1963
TV Series
Eileen Fowler
Ben Casey
1963
TV Series
Greta Bauer
Sam Benedict
1962
TV Series
Donna Heistand
Alcoa Premiere
1962
TV Series
Liza Laurents
The United States Steel Hour
1962
TV Series
The Defenders
1962
TV Series
Mary DiFalco Robinson
Play of the Week
1960-1961
TV Series
Helen / Estelle (No Exit) / Mabel
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1960
TV Series
Young Dr. Malone
1958
TV Series
Gig Houseman Malone (1961-1962)
Goodyear Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Star Tonight
1956
TV Series
Louise
Robert Montgomery Presents
1955
TV Series
Judy
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Happy Days
1977-1978
TV Series
Adrianna Prescott / Adriana
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1977
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1964
Golden Laurel
Laurel Awards
Top Female New Face
12th place.
1963
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role