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name: "Dyan Cannon"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1937"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T06:02:40.269195+00:00"
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# Dyan Cannon

Actor. Born 4 January 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1937, Tacoma, Washington, USA
- **Also known as:** Diane Cannon, Dianne Cannon, Samile Diane Cannon, دیان کانون
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyan_Cannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001007/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40403

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md) (74)

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## Biography

Dyan Cannon is an American actress. Born Samille Diane Friesen on 4 January 1937 in Tacoma, Washington, she made her television debut in 1958 and appeared in episodic series and B-movies before her breakthrough film role as Alice Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969).

She received Academy Award nominations for best supporting actress for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and for her performance as Julia Farnsworth in Heaven Can Wait (1978), for which she also won a Golden Globe Award. Cannon has further credits including Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Deathtrap (1982) and the television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002) as Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone. She has also written, produced and directed, including the short film Number One (1976), for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

Cannon was married to actor Cary Grant from 1965 to 1968; their daughter Jennifer Grant is an actress. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), Fi1m 74, as Julia Farnsworth — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

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

- *Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Novel
- *Hope's Legacy* (2021), as Linda Locke
- *Hollywood: No Sex, Please!* (2018), Actor
- *A Kiss at Midnight* (2008), as Kay Flowers
- *Boynton Beach Club* (2005), as Lois
- *After the Sunset* (2004), as Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
- *Kangaroo Jack* (2003), as Anna Carbone
- *Three Sisters* (2001), series, as Honey Bernstein-Flynn
- *My Mother the Spy* (2000), as Gloria Shaeffer
- *Kiss of a Stranger* (1999), as Leslie
- *Diamond Girl* (1998), as Abby Montana
- *The Sender* (1998), as Gina Fairfax
- *Allie & Me* (1997), as Christine Brown (uncredited)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone
- *Out to Sea* (1997), as Liz
- *8 Heads in a Duffel Bag* (1997), as Annette
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Judge Jennifer 'Whipper' Cone
- *That Darn Cat* (1997), as Mrs. Flint
- *Beverly Hills Family Robinson* (1997), as Marsha Robinson
- *Arli$$* (1996), series, as Dyan Cannon
- *The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...* (1996), as Jess Wilding
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, as Mitzi Wilde
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester* (1995), as Josie Joplin
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Bonnie Valin
- *Based on an Untrue Story* (1993), as Varda Gray
- *The Pickle* (1993), as Ellen Stone
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1992), as Elizabeth Blane
- *Jailbirds* (1991), as Rosie LaCroix
- *The End of Innocence* (1990), as Stephanie · Director, Writer
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
- *Mickey's 60th Birthday* (1988), as Annie Hackett
- *Caddyshack II* (1988), as Elizabeth Pearce
- *Rock 'N Roll Mom* (1988), as Annie Hackett
- *She's Having a Baby* (1988), as Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
- *Jenny's War* (1985), as Jenny Baines
- *Jenny's War* (1985), series, as Jenny Baines
- *Arthur the King* (1985), as Katherine
- *Master of the Game* (1984), series, as Katherine 'Kate' Blackwell
- *Having It All* (1982), as Thera Baylin
- *Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady* (1982), Actor
- *Author! Author!* (1982), as Alica Detroit
- *Deathtrap* (1982), as Myra Bruhl
- *Coast to Coast* (1980), as Madie Levrington
- *Honeysuckle Rose* (1980), as Viv
- *Lady of the House* (1978), as Sally Stanford
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1978), as Julia Farnsworth — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait.md)
- *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), as Simone Legree
- *Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special* (1976), Actor
- *Number One* (1976), Director
- *Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television* (1975), as (archive footage)
- *Virginia Hill* (1974), as Virginia Hill
- *Child Under a Leaf* (1974), as Domino
- *The Last of Sheila* (1973), as Christine
- *Shamus* (1973), as Alexis Montaigne
- *Such Good Friends* (1971), as Julie
- *The Burglars* (1971), as Lena
- *The Love Machine* (1971), as Judith Austin
- *The Anderson Tapes* (1971), as Ingrid
- *Doctors' Wives* (1971), as Lorrie
- *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice* (1969), as Alice Henderson
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Francesca Szabo
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, as Flatbush
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Donna Whitney
- *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Diana Hogarth
- *Full Circle* (1960), series, as Lisa Crowder
- *This Rebel Breed* (1960), as Wiggles
- *The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond* (1960), as Dixie
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, as Julie Brent
- *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, as Rhoda
- *Lock-Up* (1959), series, as Eileen Winfield
- *The Velvet Alley* (1959), as Gloria
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Sheila, Kathy
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Mary Lowery, Diane Jansen
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Nicole McCready
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, as Fifi
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Annie
- *Highway Patrol* (1955), series, as Jean Deesing
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Ivy

## Gallery

- ![Dyan Cannon in a publicity portrait for the CBS soap opera Full Circle (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-a4b6d940152a.jpg) Dyan Cannon in a publicity portrait for the CBS soap opera Full Circle (1960) — Harold L. Gefsky Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Dyan_Cannon_1960.jpg/1280px-Dyan_Cannon_1960.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dyan Cannon in The Burglars (1971)](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-25870dabe163.jpg) Dyan Cannon in The Burglars (1971) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Dyan_Cannon_1971.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-eaf048cb32a5.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Dyan_Cannon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-ea6d162b7019.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-5251899ac3eb.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-895aa8e9e741.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-5877602c66d6.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-b32bba6a51cc.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB
- ![Dyan Cannon](https://film.one/media/person/1245507/gallery-c506100ec9be.jpg) Dyan Cannon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1979: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Heaven Can Wait*
- 1977: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *Number One*
- 1970: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress 1983: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Deathtrap*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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