Strikingly buxom, ravishing and voluptuous redheaded stunner Dyanne Thorne will forever live on in cult exploitation cinema infamy for her ferocious and frightening portrayal of wicked Nazi villainess Ilsa in the notoriously nasty "Ilsa" features made throughout the 1970s. Dyanne was born on October 14, 1943, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and grew up ...
[on the subject of the best and worst aspects of playing Ilsa] Well, we didn't rehearse at all, so that was difficult at times. There was a lot of stress, but it was really cool learning how to shoot a gun. I went to target practice!
2
There have been so many broken hopes and false promises in my career. But I just keep on keeping on. It's my versatility that has kept me alive -- not necessarily my talent, but my willingness to try anything. I know I've brought pleasure to a certain group of people. If I had been in more conventional Hollywood films, perhaps I would have been lost in the shuffle.
3
If you do too good a job of playing a villain, you will suffer for it. Well-known friends of mine in the industry reprimanded me for it. They said the film would hurt my Hollywood career and that people would hate me personally for playing Ilsa -- and they were right. It caused me to lose a good deal of film work. I could no longer get in to see the major studio casting directors and I couldn't even get an agent to represent me. They were scared to handle me.
4
It was a chance to put my craft to work. Even so, my Jewish friends were appalled that I would appear in such a film. My husband is Jewish and he went nuts when he first read the script. But as an actress I didn't think about that. I was just playing a role. It was a job to me and I did the best I could with it. I never tried to glorify Ilsa. I felt she was a character to pity, rather than to emulate. I wanted to show the truth about her.
5
A wonderfully funny letter was sent to me signed by a fraternity in Boston, Massachusetts medical school. The fraternity for doctors had voted me the body on which they would most like to operate.
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Fact
1
Is an ordained minister alongside her husband Howard Maurer in Las Vegas, Nevada. They provide scenic outdoor weddings as an alternative to a traditional wedding chapel.
2
Has provided voiceovers for documentaries and industrial films.
3
Began, but did not complete, her studies for her degree in Anthropology at UCLA. Instead, after 10 years of simultaneous acting, she received her Ph.D. in Comparative religion.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of the Witchdoctor
2013
Rose
House of Forbidden Secrets
2013
Greta Gristina
Real Men
1987
Dad Pirandello
Aria
1987
Bride (segment "Liebestod") (as Diane Thorne)
La nieve del sur
1985
Madre
Space
1985
TV Mini-Series
Entertainer
Hellhole
1985
Crysta
Pleasure Palace
1980
TV Movie
Up Yours
1979
Manicurist (as Penny Walters)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
TV Series
Hooker
B.J. and the Bear
1979
TV Series
Hooker
Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia
1977
Ilsa
Wanda, the Wicked Warden
1977
Greta
The Gulag Massacre
1976
Short
Businesswoman
Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976
Nurse
Lollipop Palace
1976
Frenchie (as Frenchie Dior)
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks
1976
Ilsa
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS
1975
Ilsa
Beyond Fulfillment
1975
Hostess (as Penni Walters)
The Swinging Barmaids
1975
Boo-Boo
Alias Big Cherry
1975
Callgirl
Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
1975
Hooker (as Rosalee Stein)
Blood Sabbath
1972
Alotta - Queen of Witches
Point of Terror
1971
Andrea Hilliard
Pinocchio
1971
Fairy Godmother
Snatched Women
1971
Brunette in Minidress (uncredited)
Love Me Like I Do
1970
Sharon Sloane
Star Trek
1968
TV Series
First Girl
The President's Analyst
1967
Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
The Felony Squad
1966
TV Series
Miss Lucas / Diana Porter
Encounter
1965
Short
Wicked Lady
Sin in the Suburbs
1964
Yvette Talman (as Lahna Monroe)
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
Musician (uncredited)
Lash of Lust
1962
Claudia
Who Was That Lady?
1960
Bit Role (uncredited)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Slott under den Noonday månen
1973
Documentary short
A Tourist
The Merv Griffin Show
1971
TV Series
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
XXX Bra Busters in the 1970's
2005
Video
Girl in Minidress (uncredited)
Known for movies
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975) as Ilsa
Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976) as Ilsa
$20 Million
