Diana Douglas
Highest Rated: 71% House of Strangers (1949)
Lowest Rated: 29% It Runs in the Family (2003)
Birthday: Jan 22, 1923
Birthplace: Devonshire, Bermuda
When Diana Dill's partner in acting studies returned from the Second World War, the first thing she did was marry him. That partner was none other than the stalwart screen icon Kirk Douglas. Though she immediately took on his now famous surname, it was only after her own brief, forgotten run as a blond and beaming leading lady of several rip-roaring adventure yarns that she first shared the screen with the rugged Kirk; they both appeared in the "The Indian Fighter" (1955), a spirited frontier drama about the devastating domino effect of forbidden love. Ironically, however, Diana had split from the male Douglas years before the film's release. While her ex-husband stuck to the big screen, she spent the remainder of her career frequently appearing on playhouse-anthology drama series and in the decidedly flashier world of prime-time soaps, westerns, and police procedurals. In '72, she guested on the jazzily fevered crime drama "The Streets of San Francisco," marking her first on-screen moment with her by-then renowned son, the charismatic Michael Douglas. Having ultimately evolved into a warm, elderly screen presence, she continues to bring to her occasional film and TV roles-including a fun bit in the beloved road comedy "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"-a certain breezy composure. In an intriguing casting choice, she appeared, some 50 years after their real-life divorce, as Kirk's on-screen wife in the 2003 cornucopian kinship dramedy "It Runs in the Family" (which also starred Michael and her grandson, Cameron Douglas).
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Diana Douglas
Filmography
Movies
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29% |
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It Runs in the Family | Evelyn Gromberg (Character) | $7.4M | 2003 |
60% |
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Cold Heaven | Mother St. Agnes (Character) | $17.2K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Town Torn Apart | Mrs. Fenn (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Cries | Mrs. Thueson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary White | Jane Addams (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Sarah (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Mrs. Bedford (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | Clara Duncan (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man on the Run | Meg (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Die, Darling, Die | Clara Guilfoyle (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The Indian Fighter | Susan Rogers (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monsoon | Julia (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Storm Over Tibet | Elaine March Simms (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls | Ruth Adams (Character) | - | 1951 |
71% |
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House of Strangers | Elaine Monetti (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let's Live Again | Terry (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sign of the Ram | Catherine Woolton (Character) | - | 1948 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cowboys | Unknown (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Margaret Chase (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dynasty | Mother Blaisdel (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nero Wolfe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Alex Parks (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Mrs. Adele Sloane (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Martha English (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flipper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |