Diana Lynn

She was a child prodigy pianist at age 10 and her first movie role was one of the children in They Shall Have Music 1939 You see her playing the piano She made another movie using her real name Dolly in Theres Magic in Music 1941 She signed a long term contract with Paramount in 1942 and had her named changed to Diana Lynn She had good roles in The Major and the Minor 1942 The Miracle of Morgans Creek and Our Hearts Were Young and Gay both in 1944 She had fewer roles as she matured she did do Bedtime for Bonzo 1951 but had a nice career on TV shows She died of a stroke when she was making a comeback in film Her marriages were from 1948 to 1954 to architect John C Lindsay no children then in December 61956 she married Mortimer CHall president of LA radio station KLAC His mother was Dorothy Schiff publisher then of the New York Post She had four children with him between 1958 and 1964 They moved to New York City so he could assume a post on his mothers paper She passed away on December 18 1971 of a stroke brain hemorrhage in Los Angeles