Biography
Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen; January 4, 1937) is an American actress. Her accolades include a Saturn Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dyan Cannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Hope's Legacy
2021
as Linda Locke
Sometimes hope is all you need, but sometimes it can be hard to find. Faced with the death of her beloved grandmother, Lizzie, focused on the farm, he...

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self
Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

A Kiss at Midnight
2008
as Kay Flowers
They say the cobbler's children go barefoot, but must the matchmaker's children go motherless? After their widower father moves to a new town and sets...

Boynton Beach Club
2005
as Lois
Residents of an adult community in Florida turn to one another for support and companionship after the deaths of their spouses. Lois has a rejuvenati...

After the Sunset
2004
as Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers...

Kangaroo Jack
2003
as Anna Carbone
Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but...

The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
2002
as self
DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those unforgettable...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001
as Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 ...

The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001
as Self (archive footage)
This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 ...

My Mother the Spy
2000
as Gloria Shaeffer
Disappointed that her mother has always disappeared at important times in her life, Alison Shaeffer, a successful book editor, decides to track down h...

Kiss of a Stranger
1999
as Leslie
Nova, a rising TV personality, after declaring that all handsome men in L.A. are gay, falls for a hunky stranger who is totally smitten with her - so ...

Diamond Girl
1998
as Abby Montana
Denny Montana never looks at Claire. She has been working for him for four years and fallen in love at a distance. When Denny's brother Regan returns ...

The Sender
1998
as Gina Fairfax
A psychic father and daughter band together with an "angel" in an attempt to save Earth from an extraterrestrial Armageddon. This suspenseful thriller...

Allie & Me
1997
as Christine Brown (uncredited)
Beverly Hills wife Michelle catches her husband in bed with her best friend Allie, who works at Michelle's favorite beauty salon. Shortly thereafter, ...

Out to Sea
1997
as Liz LaBreche
Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they ar...

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
1997
as Annette
Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some ...

That Darn Cat
1997
as Mrs. Flint
While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enl...

Beverly Hills Family Robinson
1997
as Marsha Robinson
Marsha Robinson, host of a TV cooking show, takes her family on a working vacation to a South Seas Island, but their yacht is hijacked by pirates, and...

The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
1996
as Jess Wilding
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
as Josie Joplin
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some o...

Based on an Untrue Story
1993
as Varda Gray
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, whi...

The Pickle
1993
as Ellen Stone
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry ju...

Christmas in Connecticut
1992
as Elizabeth Blane
Elizabeth is the star of a successful cooking show and author of several cookbooks. But when her manager, Alexander sees forest ranger Jefferson, who ...

Jailbirds
1991
as Rosie LaCroix
Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed t...

The End of Innocence
1990
as Stephanie
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitte...

The End of Innocence
1990
Director, Writer
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitte...

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Annie Hackett
This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...

Caddyshack II
1988
as Elizabeth Pearce
When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates by buying the club and turning it into a...

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Rock 'N Roll Mum
1988
as Annie Hackett
Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rolls her way through her household chores. When one ...

She's Having a Baby
1988
as Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Jenny's War
1985
as Jenny Baines
This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help ...

Arthur the King
1985
as Katherine
Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunatel...

Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
Star studded show

Having It All
1982
as Thera Baylin
Thera Baylin is a fashion designer with a husband in New York and another one in California.

Author! Author!
1982
as Alica Detroit
A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, a...

Deathtrap
1982
as Myra Bruhl
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Coast to Coast
1980
as Madie Levrington
Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the tria...

Honeysuckle Rose
1980
as Viv
Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical...

Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
"Mickey's 50" is a 90-minute special that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on November 19, 1978. The special was made to commemorate the 50th bi...

Lady of the House
1978
as Sally Stanford
A dramatization of the life of Sally Stanford, who operated a bordello in the northern California town of Sausalito, and eventually went on to be elec...

Heaven Can Wait
1978
as Julia Farnsworth
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to...

Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
as Simone Legree
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car...

Bob Hope's Comedy Christmas Special
1976
Bob Hope and friends celebrate Christmas with skits and interviews.

Number One
1976
Director
Two little girls hide in the boys' bathroom at school so they can find out what happens there. When two boys come in, the four gradually talk each oth...
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)
A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting with his first special that aired in 1950. Between...

Virginia Hill
1974
as Virginia Hill
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.

Child Under A Leaf
1974
as Domino
A restless woman seems unable to leave her husband or her lover.

The Last of Sheila
1973
as Christine
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scaveng...

Shamus
1973
as Alexis Montaigne
Millions in diamonds are stolen from a New York City safe, and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds o...

Such Good Friends
1971
as Julie
Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As s...

The Burglars
1971
as Lena
In Athens a collection of emeralds is successfully stolen by a team of robbers, led by safe-cracker Azad. Things go smoothly until they miss the ship ...

The Love Machine
1971
as Judith Austin
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.

The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Ingrid
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the enti...

Doctors' Wives
1971
as Lorrie
The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and ...

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969
as Alice Henderson
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante...
Jane
1962
as Self
Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for Broadw...

This Rebel Breed
1960
as Wiggles
To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high sch...

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
as Dixie
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the...

The Velvet Alley
1959
as Gloria
Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.