Dyan attended West Seattle High School and University of Washington.
Dyan attended West Seattle High School and University of Washington.
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Dyan Cannon was born Samille Diane Friesen on January 4, 1937, in Tacoma, into the family 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. Her younger brother is jazz musician David Friesen.
Dyan attended West Seattle High School and University of Washington. She also studied under Sanford Meisner in New York City.
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' Wanted: Dead or Alive starring Steve McQueen 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. In 1963, Cannon joined the national touring production of the Broadway musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", in which she played Rosemary.
She portrayed Mona Elliott, with fellow guest star Franchot Tone, in the episode "The Man Behind the Man" of the 1964 CBS' drama series "The Reporter", with Harry Guardino in the title role. She also made guest appearances on 77 Sunset Strip, The Untouchables, the perennial western series "Gunsmoke", the 1960 episode "Sheriff of the Town" of the first-run syndicated western series "Two Faces West with Walter Coy" as Cauter and the 1962 Ripcord episode "The Helicopter Race" as Ripcord Inc.'s secretary and receptionist Marion Hines.
Cannon's first major film role came in 1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice", which earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. In 1971 she starred in five films: "The Love Machine", "Doctors' Wives", "The Anderson Tapes with Sean Connery", "The Burglars", and "Such Good Friends", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Cannon starred opposite Burt Reynolds in "Shamus" (1973) as well as the mystery "The Last of Sheila" that year, and gave a critically acclaimed performance in "Child Under a Leaf" in 1974. She starred in the TV movie "Virginia Hill" with Harvey Keitel. Following this she took a four-year absence from acting.
In 1978, Cannon co-starred in "Revenge of the Pink Panther." That same year, she appeared in "Heaven Can Wait", for which she received another Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1976, she hosted Saturday Night Live during its first season and she guest starred in the fourth season of The Muppet Show in 1979.
In the 1980s, Cannon, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980) with Willie Nelson, "Author! Author!" with Al Pacino, "Deathtrap" (1982) with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine, "Caddyshack II" (1988), as well as several made-for-TV movies. Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film "The End of Innocence", and had roles in "Jailbirds" and "Christmas in Connecticut."
In the 1990s, she appeared on the popular television shows "Diagnosis: Murder and The Practice", as well as being a semi-regular on Ally McBeal. She made appearances in the films "That Darn Cat" (1997), "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag" (1997), and "Out to Sea" (1997) with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. In 2005, she appeared in Boynton Beach Club, a movie about aging Floridians who have just lost their spouses.
Dyan became the first Oscar-nominated actress to be nominated in the Best Short Film, Live Action Category for "Number One" (1976), a project which Cannon produced, directed, wrote and edited. She received another Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her contributions to the film industry, Cannon was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard.
Dyan was raised by a Jewish mother and Christian father, but she reconnected with her spirituality as an adult and became an evangelist, forming an outreach called God's Party with Dyan Cannon in 1999.
Quotations: "I believe in writing the book I'm celebrating my victory. I really believe this book will touch lives."
Physical Characteristics: With her luxurious, sun-streaked, long mane of curly blond hair, voluptuous and beautiful Dyan Cannon is an actress who is hard to miss.
On July 22, 1965, Cannon married actor Cary Grant, who was 33 years her senior. They had one daughter, Jennifer, who also is an actress. They were divorced on March 21, 1968. She married real estate investor Stanley Fimberg in 1985. They divorced in 1991.
