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When you remember Diane McBain, you recall her mercurial rise to fame at a very early age. By the time she reached her sixteenth birthday, Diane's exciting career as a model in print and commercials was already legendary. Soon, small roles in episodic television followed. Before she graduated from Glendale High School, near Los Angeles, a Warner Bros. casting executive spotted her in a play and she was signed to a studio contract. Her first assignment: costarring with Richard Burton in "Ice Palace", an Edna Ferber epic. While at Warner Bros, her career blossomed. Soon after "Ice Palace", she starred with Troy Donahue, Van Williams and Lee Patterson in the tv series, "Surfside Six". She was only 19 when Jack Warner assigned her to a co-starring role in "Parrish", again with Troy Donahue and the screen luminary, Claudette Colbert. Soon, studio confidence in Diane was such that she was tested for the title role in a film called "Claudelle Inglish", adapted from the Erskine Caldwell novel. She won the role over several notable contenders and her acting career was established. Diane has starred in such films as "Mary, Mary!", an adaptation of a broadway play with Debbie Reynolds and Barry Nelson, directed by Mervyn Leroy; "The Caretakers" with Robert Stack and Joan Crawford, "Spinout" with Elvis Presley, "A Distant Trumpet" (with Donahue again), "Black Gold" with Phil Carey, "I Sailed to Tahiti With an All Girl Crew", "Fly from the Hawk", "MaryJane", "The Miniskirt Mob", "Thunder Alley", "Savage Season", "The Delta Factor", "The Deathhead Virgin", "Wicked, Wicked", "The Red Fury" and most recently, "Puppet Master, U". After leaving Warner Bros., roles in televsion and the theater occupied a good deal of her time. Diane starred in over 250 episodic television shows plus notable leads in such specials as "Donner Pass" - NBC Movie of the Week, "The Grizzley Adams' Christmas Special", "ABC's Wonderful World of Entertainment", "Batman and the Green Hornet"; and recurring roles in "Dallas" and the soap operas, "Days of our Lives" and "General Hospital". Her theatrical experience includes leading roles in "Star Spangled Girl", "The Tender Trap", "Who's Happy Now", and Amanda in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie". She recently joined the Grace Players at the Egyptian Arena Theater in Hollywood in an original drama, "Looking South on Cahuenga Hill". as an entertainer, she toured South Vietnam during the Christmas season of 1966 and 67. Her most recent role was as the grandmother on "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch", currently on Fridays on ABC. Here she proved that 'grandmas' in the 90's are glamorous and elegant, being a terrific role model for the women of her generation to emulate.

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  Besotted (2001) .... Mrs. Buell
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) .... Josephine

Invisible Mom II (1999) (V) .... Mrs. Chandler
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
- Point Blank (1998) TV Episode .... Old Woman
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"
... aka Sabrina (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Sabrina Goes to College (USA: promotional title)
- A Halloween Story (1996) TV Episode .... Granny
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) .... Attorney
... aka The Final Chapter: Puppet Master 5 (Canada: English title: video box title)

"General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Claire Howard (1988)
"Knight Rider"
- Ten Wheel Trouble (1985) TV Episode .... Mama Flynn
"Crazy Like a Fox"
- Bum Tip (1985) TV Episode
"Airwolf"
... aka Lobo del aire (USA: Spanish title)
- Sins of the Past (1984) TV Episode .... Leila Morgan
The Red Fury (1984) .... Mrs. French
"Matt Houston"
- The Rock and the Hard Place (1983) TV Episode
"Days of Our Lives" (1965) TV Series .... Foxy Humdinger (1982-1984)
... aka Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives (new title (summer title))
... aka DOOL (USA: informal short title)
... aka Days (USA: short title)
"Dallas"
- Head of the Family (1982) TV Episode .... Dee Dee Webster
- Denial (1982) TV Episode .... Dee Dee Webster
"Charlie's Angels"
- Angel on the Line (1981) TV Episode .... Penny
- Disco Angels (1979) TV Episode .... Marian
"Hawaii Five-O"
... aka McGarrett (USA: rerun title)
- The Moroville Covenant (1980) TV Episode

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978) (TV) .... Margaret Reed
Once Upon a Starry Night (1978) (TV)
"Barbary Coast"
- Sauce for the Goose (1975) TV Episode .... Myra
The Deathhead Virgin (1974) .... Treasure hunter #3
Wicked, Wicked (1973) .... Dolores Hamilton
Temporada salvaje (1971)
... aka Savage Season (USA: TV title)
... aka The Wild Season (USA)
The Delta Factor (1970) .... Lisa Gordot
"Land of the Giants"
- Panic (1970) TV Episode .... Mrs. Evers
"Mannix"
- Blind Mirror (1970) TV Episode .... Stella Diamond

"Love, American Style"
- Love and the Burglar/Love and the Roommate/Love and the Wild Party (1969) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Roommate")
Five the Hard Way (1969) .... Rita
... aka The Sidehackers
The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) .... Shayne
Maryjane (1968) .... Elli Holden
I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1968) .... Liz
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
- The Five Daughters Affair: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Margo
- The Five Daughters Affair: Part 1 (1967) TV Episode .... Margo
- The Deadly Toys Affair (1965) TV Episode .... Joanna
Thunder Alley (1967) .... Annie Blaine
... aka Hell Drivers
"Batman"
- Batman's Satisfaction (1967) TV Episode .... Pinky Pinkston
- A Piece of the Action (1967) TV Episode .... Pinky Pinkston
- Batman Stands Pat (1966) TV Episode .... Lisa
- The Thirteenth Hat (1966) TV Episode .... Lisa
"The Wild Wild West"
- The Night of the Vicious Valentine (1967) TV Episode .... Elaine Dodd
- The Night of a Thousand Eyes (1965) TV Episode .... Jennifer Wingate
Spinout (1966) .... Diana St. Clair
Huyendo del halcón (1966)
... aka Flying from the Hawk (USA: video title)
"Vacation Playhouse"
- Alec Tate (1965) TV Episode .... Sherry
"Burke's Law"
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Who Killed Nobody Somehow? (1965) TV Episode .... Cissy Davenport DeWitt
- Who Killed the Tall One in the Middle? (1964) TV Episode .... Lana De Armand
- Who Killed Mr. Cartwheel? (1964) TV Episode .... Xenobia
- Who Killed Marty Kelso? (1964) TV Episode .... Susan Shaw
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre"
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- Double Jeopardy (1965) TV Episode .... Show Girl
"Kraft Suspense Theatre"
- One Tiger to a Hill (1964) TV Episode .... Diana Weston
- My Enemy, This Town (1964) TV Episode .... Mary Jorgenson
"Wendy and Me"
- Molehills to Mountains (1964) TV Episode
A Distant Trumpet (1964) .... Laura Frelief (Quaint's niece)
"Arrest and Trial"
- Tigers Are for Jungles (1964) TV Episode .... Elyse Binns
"77 Sunset Strip"
- 5: Part 5 (1963) TV Episode .... Carla Stevens
- 5: Part 4 (1963) TV Episode .... Carla Stevens
- 5: Part 3 (1963) TV Episode .... Carla Stevens
- 5: Part 2 (1963) TV Episode .... Carla Stevens
- 5: Part 1 (1963) TV Episode .... Carla Stevens
(5 more)
Black Gold (1963) .... Ann Evans
The Caretakers (1963) .... Alison Horne
... aka Borderlines (UK)
"Hawaiian Eye"
- Pretty Pigeon (1963) TV Episode .... Charlene 'Charley' Boggs
- Pursuit of a Lady (1962) TV Episode .... Liz Downing
Mary, Mary (1963) .... Tiffany Richards
"Surfside 6" .... Daphne Dutton
- Dead Heat (1962) TV Episode .... Daphne Dutton
- The Money Game (1962) TV Episode .... Daphne Dutton
- Daphne, Girl Detective (1961) TV Episode .... Daphne
- Little Star Lost (1961) TV Episode .... Daphne Dutton
Claudelle Inglish (1961) .... Claudelle Inglish
... aka Young and Eager (UK)
Parrish (1961) .... Alison Post
"Bourbon Street Beat"
- Ferry to Algiers (1960) TV Episode .... Christina
- Wall of Silence (1960) TV Episode .... Lorraine Elliott
- The Missing Queen (1960) TV Episode .... Ginny Costello
"Lawman"
... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
- The Judge (1960) TV Episode
"Sugarfoot"
... aka Tenderfoot (UK)
- Return to Boot Hill (1960) TV Episode .... Joan
"The Alaskans"
- Behind the Moon (1960) TV Episode .... Harriet Pemberton
Ice Palace (1960) .... Christine Storm

"Maverick"
- A Fellow's Brother (1959) TV Episode .... Holly Vaughn
- Passage to Fort Doom (1959) TV Episode .... Charlotte