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name: "Diana Darrin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diana-darrin"
fi1m_id: "diana-darrin"
imdb_id: "nm0201244"
tmdb_id: 121046
wikidata_id: "Q5271130"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 April 1933"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-25T08:05:37.112590+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Diana Darrin

## Identity

Diana Darrin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diana-darrin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diana-darrin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0201244
- **TMDB ID:** 121046
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5271130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Darrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121046

Actor. Born 15 April 1933 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 April 1933, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Also known as:** Harriet Bernice Tenen, Harriet B. Tenen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Darrin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201244/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121046

## Biography

Diana Darrin is an American actress and singer, also credited as Harriet Bernice Tenen or Harriet B. Tenen. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, she began her screen career in the early 1950s under the name Theila Darin, appearing in several Three Stooges short films.

She is known for supporting roles in 1950s B-movies and science-fiction films, including the Nurse in *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), the Hospital Receptionist in *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957), and a lead in the Western *The Broken Land* (1962) with Jack Nicholson. Her television credits include guest appearances in *Adventures of Superman* (1952), *Perry Mason* (1957), *Bonanza* (1959), and *McHale's Navy* (1962). She also performed as a singer in nightclubs and recorded on the Virgo label.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Fi1m 86, as Nurse — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cognitive* (2025), Actor
- *Two People, One Ring* (2019), Executive Producer
- *There's a Monster Behind You* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Harrad Summer* (1974), Actor
- *The Naked Ape* (1973), as Fat Woman
- *Slither* (1973), as Band Singer
- *Bonnie's Kids* (1973), as Miss Meadows
- *The Broken Land* (1962), as Waitress
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Cleo
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Margie
- *Triple Crossed* (1959), as Miss Lapdale
- *Unwed Mother* (1958), as Diane
- *Flying Saucer Daffy* (1958), as Elektra
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Joan
- *High School Confidential!* (1958), as Gloria
- *Blood Arrow* (1958), as Lennie
- *The Amazing Colossal Man* (1957), as Hospital Receptionist
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Mrs. Thatcher
- *Reform School Girl* (1957), as Mona
- *The Night Runner* (1957), as Waitress (uncredited)
- *A Merry Mix-Up* (1957), as (uncredited)
- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), as Nurse — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)
- *Pardon My Nightshirt* (1956), Actor
- *The Cruel Tower* (1956), as Kitt
- *Girls in Prison* (1956), as Meg (short redhead)
- *The Bold and the Brave* (1956), as Lina
- *Illegal* (1955), as Dorothy (uncredited)
- *Highway Patrol* (1955), series, Actor
- *Shot in the Frontier* (1954), as Stella (uncredited)
- *Hollywood Thrill-Makers* (1954), as Marion Russell
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Maisie
- *He Cooked His Goose* (1952), as Miss Lapdale (secretary)

## Gallery

- ![Diana Darrin](https://film.one/media/person/3875378/gallery-b2aea3508455.jpg) Diana Darrin — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Diana_Darrin_1960.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Diana Darrin](https://film.one/media/person/3875378/gallery-ec7f4437dcf2.jpg) Diana Darrin — Image via TMDB

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