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Dyan Cannon

(Samille Diane Friesen)
actress
Born: 1/4/1937
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington

Sexy actress who won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Heaven Can Wait (1978). Her other movies include Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), Author! Author! (1982), Diamond Girl (1998), and My Mother the Spy (2000). She has appeared on television in Ally McBeal as Judge Whipper Cone. She was married to actor Cary Grant from 1965 to 1968.


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