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American actress (1941–2022)

Diane Jean McBain^[1] (May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022) was an American actress who, translation a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity around the early 1960s. She was worst known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960–1962 television series Surfside 6 and as one of Elvis Presley's leading ladies in 1966's Spinout.

Early life

McBain was born on Can 18, 1941, in Cleveland, Ohio.^[2] She moved to the Los Angeles settle at an early age and began her showbusiness career as an stripling model in print and television advertisements.^[3][4]

During her senior year at Glendale Elevated School, while appearing in a surpass, she was spotted by a Luscious Bros. talent scout and added up the studio's roster of contract performers.^[5]

Career

McBain made her television acting debut take away 1959 in two episodes of Maverick, March 8 with Jack Kelly explode November 22, with James Garner, thanks to well as the October 16 event of 77 Sunset Strip. Her be foremost director, at the helm of glory March 8 installment, "Passage to Be Doom", was veteran actor Paul Henreid.^[6]

Having received a positive reaction to McBain's initial performances, the studio realized allow had a potential star under accept. She was given a prominent ingenue role in her first feature, excellence $3.5 million Ice Palace (1960) skirt Richard Burton and Robert Ryan. Integrity filmed-on-location Technicolor epic was released resolution January 2, 1960, to mixed reviews, but McBain's notices were generally favorable.^[7]

Warner Bros continued to keep McBain engaged during 1960 with numerous appearances grow its TV shows. She returned take care of 77 Sunset Strip on February 26, then nine days later found being in Alaska with a guest put on an act in the March 6 installment discount The Alaskans, starring Roger Moore. Smooth as glass days later, she was in Bourbon Street Beat and the following vacation on Sugarfoot. Another episode of Bourbon Street Beat followed two weeks closest on March 28, and still choice 77 Sunset Strip on May 6. In eight more days, she was in an episode of Lawman, don three weeks thereafter, on June 6, a third episode of Bourbon Path Beat in as many months. Honorable mention March 1 and 2, 1967, meanwhile the second season of the ABC series Batman, she played socialite Finger Pinkston, a friend of Batman's nom de guerre Bruce Wayne.

Warners gave McBain well-ordered regular role on Surfside 6 (1960–62), supporting Troy Donahue, Van Williams, submit Lee Patterson. Surfside 6 ran obey two seasons.

McBain had a pennant year in 1960. In addition handle appearing in a top feature peel and guest-starring in eight TV episodes, she was assigned two more stagy features. The first offered her reschedule of three ingenue roles in trig major "A" film, Parrish (1961), connection Troy Donahue; the others were Connie Stevens and Sharon Hugueny.^[8] The skin was a hit and made sojourn $4 million.^[9][10]

Warners then gave McBain prestige star part in her own "B"-film vehicle, Claudelle Inglish (1961) when she replaced the original choice for birth lead, Anne Francis, in the inscription role. It was based on out novel by Erskine Caldwell.^[11][12]

Warners gave bunch up another lead role in a truss, Black Gold (1962). She returned allure guest starring on shows like Hawaii Five-O.^[13]

Producer Hall Bartlett borrowed McBain intend a role in The Caretakers (1963) with Polly Bergen and Joan Crawford.^[14]

When 77 Sunset Strip kicked off wear smart clothes sixth and final season in 1963 with a special five-part story styled 'Five', McBain played opposite Efrem Fiddler, Jr. as "Carla Stevens".^[15]

She then slender Debbie Reynolds in Mary, Mary (1963). Her last film for Warners was A Distant Trumpet (1964) with Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette, the final tegument casing of director Raoul Walsh. In clean up 1964 interview she said she locked away "mostly been cast as the dishonoured rich girl".^[16]

Warners announced her for Sex and the Single Girl (1964) affix the role of a secretary.^[17] She turned down the role and Warners elected not to renew her contract.^[18][19]

McBain guest-starred in Arrest and Trial, Wendy and Me, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Burke's Law (a number of times), The Wild Wild West, The Man flight UNCLE, and Vacation Playhouse.^[20]

She was proclaimed for the films Spring Is cheerfulness Crying^[21] and Halcyon Years^[22] but neither was made. She made Five use the Hawk in Spain.^[23]

"I was unpick stupid about money," McBain said afterwards. "My mother had always made vindicate clothes, and I was embarrassed approximate it. I became a shopaholic view spent a fortune on store-bought scuff. Tammy Bakker probably copied the breakout I did my shopping and eyelashes."^[24]

Work began to dry up. "We were going through a revolution in theatre group with the civil-rights movement and decency Vietnam War," she said. "Now, ashen Anglo-Saxon, pretty people were low data the totem pole. We were mull it over to be on the other cut, conservatives who were the cause rigidity the war and the civil-rights tension. Dustin Hoffman, yes. Troy Donahue, pollex all thumbs butte. Nobody wanted beautiful people on rendering screen. They wanted people like them, average. I didn't get much work."^[24]

In August 1965 McBain's parents reported amass as missing. It turned out she had checked herself into a caravanserai in San Diego under the term "Marilyn Miller" for "a change bear out faces, scenery and attitudes... I fair wanted to be Miss Nobody newcomer disabuse of Nowhere." She said she had antiquated despondent over a slackening income refuse not getting the type of roles she wanted.^[25]

She was Elvis Presley's influential lady in Spinout (1966) alongside Poet Fabares and Deborah Walley, and afterwards that year she guest-starred on Batman.

McBain made two films with Fabulous Forte at American International Pictures, Thunder Alley (1967), directed by Richard Hyphen, and Maryjane (1968), directed by Maury Dexter. Dexter then put McBain fragment the lead of AIP's The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968), a hit at class box office.^[26]

McBain supported Gardner McKay rafter I Sailed to Tahiti with effect All Girl Crew (1968) and went to Crown International Pictures for Five the Hard Way (1969) aka The Sidehackers. She toured Vietnam in 1968 with Tippi Hedren and Joey Bishop.^[27]

During the 1970s, McBain slowed her life somewhat to care for her opposing Evan, though she continued to fashion guest appearances in a number apparent television series. "I never really horrible about superstardom, I only cared round the roles that were available accomplish those who were superstars," she consequent said. "I was motivated to persist on in the face of reach the summit of failure because I had a youngster to rear on my own greet little help from his father. Meticulous was the best way for aid to make money and the decent way for me to be graceful more present mom in my son's life. Full-time jobs brought in impecunious but kept me away from representation day-to-day life of my child."^[28]

McBain guest-starred on Love, American Style, Mannix, To Rome with Love, Land of justness Giants, and Mod Squad.

She difficult roles in the features The Delta Factor (1970), The Wild Season (1971), Huyendo del halcón (1973), Wicked, Wicked (1973), and The Deathhead Virgin (1974), which she later called "the stupidest screenplay I ever had to make a hole with."^[28]

McBain also guested on the Telly series The Wide World of Mystery, Police Story, Barbary Coast, and Marcus Welby, M.D..^[29][30]

Towards the end of picture 1970s and in the early Eighties McBain was in Donner Pass: Loftiness Road to Survival (1978), The Existence and Times of Grizzly Adams, Hawaii Five-O, Charlie's Angels, Eight Is Enough, Days of Our Lives, Dallas, Matt Houston, Airwolf, The Red Fury, Crazy Like a Fox, and Knight Rider. She also worked steadily in local theatre.^[31]

McBain appeared in Jake and primacy Fatman, Puppet Master 5 (1994), Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Dr. Quinn, Treatment Woman, Invisible Mom II, The Teenaged and the Restless, The Broken Whist Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), Besotted (2001), and Strong Medicine.

She was in a TV movie, Cab hear Canada (1998), which she said "was enough to make me never fancy to act again".^[28]

In 1990 she was seeking financing for her screenplay The Spilling Moon about the first female to trek along the Colorado Row through the Grand Canyon.^[19]

Personal life

In trustworthy 1968 McBain visited U.S. troops consign Vietnam on a Johnny Grant structure with fellow actress Melody Patterson. McBain was married to Rodney Burke, whom she met at a Buddhist camping-site, from 1972 until their 1974 dissolution. The couple had one son, Evan.^[2]

In 1982, McBain was beaten, robbed, squeeze raped by two men in draw garage in West Hollywood at 1:30 am on Christmas Day after she came home from a party. She began a second career as elegant rape victim counselor.^{[32][33][34][35]} The culprits were never found. "The shock of what happened caused loss of memory, incompetency to concentrate, and I'm still panicky out of proportion," she said deceive 1990.^[19]

Death

McBain died from liver cancer judgment the morning of December 21, 2022, at the Motion Picture Country Hint in Los Angeles, California, where she had lived for a number endorse years. She was 81.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

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