Dyan Cannon

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Birth Name: Samile Diane Friesen

Age: 87, born 4 January 1937

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 5"

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My 50 Babe's Of The 60's (50 items)
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Published 10 years, 7 months ago

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That 70's Girl (100 items)
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Published 11 years ago

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Actresses who deserves the Oscar (Since 70s) (46 items)
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Published 9 years, 6 months ago

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The "Back In The Day" Hot List (101 items)
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Published 12 years, 12 months ago

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Most beautiful women EVER and beyond (2651 items)
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Published 4 years, 5 months ago

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Doctors Wives 1971: Dyan Cannon

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The Last of Shelia (1973) - Propelling The Mystery

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Description: Dyan Cannon is the first woman in the history of the Motion Picture Academy to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind the camera. Her diligence and determination have been rewarded by many prestigious honors. She received her first Academy Award nomination for her memorable role as Alice in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, opposite Natalie Wood and directed by Paul Mazursky. For her performance, she garnered the coveted New York Film Critics Award. Dyan received her second Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Live Action Short for writing and directing the 48-minute film, Number One, which sh Dyan Cannon is the first woman in the history of the Motion Picture Academy to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind the camera. Her diligence and determination have been rewarded by many prestigious honors.

She received her first Academy Award nomination for her memorable role as Alice in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, opposite Natalie Wood and directed by Paul Mazursky. For her performance, she garnered the coveted New York Film Critics Award.

Dyan received her second Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Live Action Short for writing and directing the 48-minute film, Number One, which she also produced, edited and scored. The New York Times commended the film as one of the best movies ever made concerning children's development.

She received her third Academy Award nomination for her comedic role as Julia Farnsworth, opposite Warren Beatty, in Heaven Can Wait, for which she won the Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Later that year, she starred in another comedy hit, Return of the Pink Panther, opposite Peter Sellers and directed by Blake Edwards, and was named Female Star of the Year by NATO (National Association of Theater Owners).

As the singular force behind the motion picture The End of Innocence, Dyan undertook a triumvirate of tasks as writer, director and star.. Dyan's work received amazing reviews from the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.

Dyan has co-starred on two outstanding prime-time television shows. For several years, she brought her own brand of humor, class and sexiness to the role of Whipper Cone on the Emmy Award winning series Ally McBeal. She then starred as the vivacious and free-spirited Honey Bernstein-Flynn on NBC's comedy series Three Sisters.

Her filmography is vast and includes TNT's remake of the Warner Bros.' Classic Christmas in Connecticut, directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger; Author! Author! opposite Al Pacino; The Last of Sheila, directed by Herbert Ross; two films directed by Sydney Lumet; Deathtrap, co-starring Sir Michael Caine and Christopher Reeves, and The Anderson Tapes, starring Sean Connery; and Honeysuckle Rose, in which she played Willie Nelson's wife and made her debut as a country music singer; Such Good Friends, directed by Otto Preminger...and numerous other films. She has starred on Broadway and in her own musical stage act at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. Dyan co-wrote the title song for Chaka Khan's album, The Woman I Am, with Brenda Russell.

Dyan wanted to take time off from her acting career to write. During the next nine years, she not only collaborated on a Broadway musical, but wrote her memoir, "Dear Cary," which was on the New York Times best seller list three different times spanning four years. It is now being made into a miniseries.

Dyan is recognized as an exceptional motivational speaker for prominent associations and corporations. Children are her passion and most of her work centers around the care and welfare of kids. She is the National Spokesperson for the Hemangioma Treatment Foundation, an organization that provides treatment to children all over the world who are afflicted with vascular birthmarks. She is the International Executive Spokesperson for Operation Lookout, an organization dedicated to recovering missing and exploited children who have been kidnapped from their homes, schools, etc.. She has also been National Spokesperson for Martin Colette's Wildlife Waystation, an international refuge that rescues and rehabilitates wild and exotic animals as well as National spokesperson for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America

In addition, she devotes time and energy to several other charitable organizations such as California's Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged athletes and also works with recovering addicts weekly.

Dyan is a permanent court-side fixture at the Los Angeles Lakers basketball games. YEAY!! (And can't wait for them to start again!) ... (more)