Diana Van der Vlis
Actor, Film actor
1935 – 2001
Who was Diana Van der Vlis?
Diana Van der Vlis was a Canadian stage, screen and television actress best known for her characters ‘Dr. Nell Beaulac’ on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope and 'Kate Hathaway Prescott’ on the CBS soap opera Where the Heart Is. Two other roles on soap operas that she played were Sherry Rowan on Ryan's Hope and Susan Ames Carver on The Secret Storm when she was a substitute for Judy Lewis in the role.
Van der Vlis studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and acted in Canada before moving to New York in the spring of 1956. She made her Broadway debut opposite Walter Pidgeon in the hit The Happiest Millionaire. Her subsequent Broadway productions include leading or featured roles in Comes a Day, A Mighty Man is He, A Shot in the Dark, On an Open Road, and The Waltz of the Toreadors.
Diana appeared in the movies The Girl in Black Stockings, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, The Incident, The Swimmer and Lovespell. She also appeared in the TV film, Ghostbreakers.
Miss Van der Vlis has guest starred on numerous primetime TV shows, including Kraft Theatre, Naked City, Tactic, U.S. Steel Hour, Dupont Show of the Month, Dupont Show of the Week, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Great Ghost Tales, Brenner, Checkmate, East Side/West Side, Route 66, Dr. Kildare, Flipper, Mr. Broadway, The Defenders, 12 O'Clock High, The Invaders, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., T.H.E. Cat, The FBI, and The Fugitive.
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1935
Toronto - Also known as
- Diana Mae Van der Vlis
- Diana Vandervlis
- Dianna Van Der Vlis
- Diana Van Der Vlis
- Spouses
- Roger Donald
( - 2001/10/22)
- Roger Donald
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- Oct 22, 2001
Missoula
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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