Diana Hyland
Diana Hyland was an American stage, film and television actress.
Early years
Hyland was born Diana Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gentner.Career
She made her acting debut in 1955 at age 19 in an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents. Over the next decade she appeared often in guest and supporting roles in various television series, including Naked City, The Eleventh Hour, The Fugitive, The Invaders and The Twilight Zone as well as cast in the feature film The Chase with Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, and Robert Redford.In 1959, she originated the role of Heavenly Finley in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway, appearing with Geraldine Page and Paul Newman. In 1966, she co-starred in the movie Smoky in which she played Julie Richards, owner of the Rockin' R Ranch, who falls in love with Clint Barkeley, owner of Smokey, a black stallion turned cutting horse. The same year she appeared in an episode of the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. titled "The Candidate's Wife Affair", and in another episode titled "The Nowhere Affair". From 1958 to 1963, Hyland was a regular on the NBC soap opera Young Doctor Malone, playing Gig Houseman, wife of the younger Dr. Malone.
Hyland's debut in a feature film was in One Man's Way. She had a continuing role as Susan Winter in the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place from 1968 to 1969. She appeared in the 1976 television movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, for which she won a posthumous Emmy Award. The following year, she co-starred with Dick Van Patten in the series Eight Is Enough, but appeared in only four episodes before her death, and her character, Joan Bradford died as well.
Personal life
Hyland dated actor Joe Goodson briefly before they were married on April 24, 1969. Their son Zachary Goodson was born in July 1973. They divorced in August 1974.She began a romantic relationship with actor John Travolta, 18 years her junior, in 1976 after meeting him when she played his mother in the television movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
Death
Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1977, and underwent a mastectomy. However, the cancer spread and her health deteriorated. Hyland and Travolta remained together until her death on March 27, 1977 in Los Angeles.Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1955 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Judy | Episode: "Second Chance" |
| 1956 | Star Tonight | Louise | Episode: "Two Windows" Episode: "Will Power" |
| 1960 | Play of the Week | Mabel | Episode: "Climate of Eden" |
| 1961 | Play of the Week | Episode: "No Exit/The Indifferent Lover" Episode: "A Cool Wind Over the Living" | |
| 1961–1962 | Young Doctor Malone | Gig Houseman Malone | TV series |
| 1962 | ' | Mary DiFalco Robinson | Episode: "The Unwanted" |
| 1962 | ' | Episode: "Wanted: Someone Innocent" | |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Liza Laurents | Episode: "The Voice of Charlie Pont" |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Donna Heistand | Episode: "The Bird of Warning" |
| 1963 | Ben Casey | Greta Bauer | Episode: "Rigadoon for Three Pianos" |
| 1963 | Stoney Burke | Eileen Fowler | Episode: "To Catch the Kaiser" |
| 1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Ellen Graham | Episode: "The Shark" |
| 1963 | Naked City | Vivian North | Episode: "Stop the Parade! A Baby Is Crying!" |
| 1963 | Wagon Train | Kitty Pryer | Episode: "The Kitty Pryer Story" |
| 1963 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Lilith McGraw | Episode: "Love Is a Sad Song" |
| 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Janet Nelson | Episode: "To Catch a Butterfly" |
| 1964 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Grace Renford | Episode: "Beyond the Sea of Death" |
| 1964 | Twilight Zone | Anne Henderson | Episode: "Spur of the Moment" |
| 1964 | ' | Madelyn Marner | Episode: "A Full Moon Every Night" |
| 1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Laura DeLinda Stevenson / Laura Murdoch | Episode: "The Sweet Taste of Vengeance" |
| 1964 | ' | Carol Hollister | Episode: "When the Bough Breaks" |
| 1965 | ' | Stella Savano | Episode: "Set Fire to a Straw Man" |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Marguerite Williams | Episode: "Please Let My Baby Live" |
| 1965 | Burke's Law | Celeste Martel | Episode: "Run for the Money" |
| 1965 | ' | Dr. Mai Lind | Episode: "The April Thaw of Doctor Mai" |
| 1965 | Hercules and the Princess of Troy | Princess Diana | TV movie |
| 1965 | Convoy | Lt. Katya Katrovich | Episode: "Katya" |
| 1965 | ' | Margaret Cochran | Episode: "The Sisters" Episode: "I'm Dreaming of a Wide Isthmus" |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Ellen Henderson | Episode: "The Girl Next Door Is a Spy" |
| 1966 | Run for Your Life | Diana Hays | Episode: "I Am the Late Diana Hays" |
| 1966 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mrs. Collier | Episode: "Guilty or Not Guilty" |
| 1966 | Scalplock | Marta Grenier | TV movie |
| 1966 | ' | Nancy Pruitt | Episode: "An Unfamiliar Tune" |
| 1966 | Iron Horse | Marta Grenier | TV movie |
| 1966 | I Spy | Marisa Terizcu | Episode: "So Coldly Sweet" |
| 1966 | ' | Attorney Claudia Bromley | Episode: "Give 'Em Enough Rope" |
| 1966 | Twelve O'Clock High | Heidi Voss | Episode: "Practice to Deceive" |
| 1966 | ' | Mara Miranda Bryant / Irina | Episode: "The Nowhere Affair" Episode: "The Candidate's Wife Affair" |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | Cloris Harte | Episode: "Killer with a Badge" |
| 1966 | ' | Penny | Episode: "The Devil's Disciples" |
| 1967 | ' | Alison Priestley | Episode: "Dossier on a Diplomat" |
| 1967 | ' | Marie-Louise Karn Virginia Lamberth | Episode: "The Hostage" Episode: "Overload" |
| 1967 | Tarzan | Diana Russell | Episode: "The Fanatics" |
| 1967 | ' | Sherri Vikor Ellie Markham | 3 episodes |
| 1968 | Judd, for the Defense | Jessie Tree | Episode: "Fall of a Skylark: Part 1 - The Trial" Episode: "Fall of a Skylark: Part 2 - The Appeal" |
| 1968–1969 | Peyton Place | Susan Winter | 56 episodes |
| 1969 | ' | Lisa Adrian | Episode: "The Perfect Image" |
| 1970 | Ritual of Evil | Leila Barton | TV movie |
| 1970 | Bracken's World | Mary Draper | Episode: "The Mary Tree" |
| 1971 | Ironside | Hrûska Pazoureck | Episode: "From Hrûska, with Love" |
| 1971 | ' | Writer | Episode: "Casualty" |
| 1971 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Cynthia Crowley | Episode: "Cynthia" |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Clara Philips | Episode: "Return to Devil's Hole" |
| 1971 | Dan August | Phyllis Hendricks | Episode: "Days of Rage" |
| 1971 | Medical Center | Susan | Episode: "Suspected" |
| 1971 | ' | Joanne Kenster | Episode: "The Stalking Horse" |
| 1972 | ' | Pat Laner | Episode: "Arrangement with Terror" |
| 1972 | Banyon | Julia Egan | Episode: "The Graveyard Vote" |
| 1973 | Search | Anjeanette Marie Shanahan | Episode: "Let Us Prey" |
| 1973 | Gunsmoke | Dallas Fair | Episode: "Shadler" |
| 1973 | ' | Lita Coleman | Episode: "Final Semester" |
| 1973 | ' | Episode: "The Things I Never Said" | |
| 1974 | Hawkins | Jennifer Pearson | Episode: "Candidate for Murder" |
| 1974 | Medical Center | Pat Londean | Episode: "Three-Cornered Cage" |
| 1975 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Janet Trent | Episode: "Dark Fury: Part 1" Episode: "Dark Fury: Part 2" |
| 1975 | Harry O | Sandra Dawes | Episode: "The Confetti People" |
| 1975 | Mannix | Janice Graham | Episode: "A Ransom for Yesterday" |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | Joanna Bishop | Episode: "Kill S.W.A.T." |
| 1975 | Cannon | Nedra Cameron | Episode: "The Melted Man" |
| 1976 | Kojak | Cleo Donatello | Episode: "A Grave Too Soon" |
| 1976 | Barnaby Jones | Nora Bradford | Episode: "Deadly Reunion" |
| 1976 | Mickey Lubitch | TV movie | |
| 1977 | Happy Days | Adrianna Prescott | Episode: "Fonzie's Old Lady" |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | Joan Bradford | Main cast, 4 episodes |