Diana Ewing

Last updated
Diana Ewing
Getting together bobby sherman 1971.JPG
Diana Ewing and Bobby Sherman on TV's Getting Together (1971)
Born1945or1946(age 77–78)
Alma materPunahou School
Years active1968–1977
Known forDroxine, Star Trek
Spouses
Timothy Woolley Quealy
(m. 1965)
(m. 1969;div. 1974)
[1]

Diana Ewing (born 1945or1946 [2] ) is an American actress.

Contents

Early years

Ewing was born in Honolulu. [3] In her teenage years, she acted in plays at Punahou School and Honolulu Community Theater. [2] She is the daughter of William H. Ewing and Marjorie A. Ewing. [4] Her father was a newspaper editorial consultant, and she worked at a newspaper during the summers of her high-school years. [2] She attended Sarah Lawrence College. [5]

Career

Ewing acted at the Manhattan Playhouse in East Palo Alto, California. Productions in which she performed included The Master Builder and Slow Dance on the Killing Ground. [6]

Ewing guest-starred on many television series, including The Mod Squad (1968), Love American Style (1969), Mission: Impossible (1969), The Big Valley (1969), The F.B.I. (1970), Archer (1975), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), Harry O (1974), and The Rockford Files (1977). One of her earliest television roles was in the original Star Trek in the third-season episode "The Cloud Minders" (1969) as Droxine.

Ewing made her feature film debut in the supporting role of Tracy Rutledge, in the movie 80 Steps to Jonah (1969), [7] and also appeared in Play It As It Lays (1972) and The Way We Were (1973). Her last appearance on the big screen was as Jenny in the western thriller Knife for the Ladies (1974). Her last television appearance was in Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977).

Personal life

Ewing married Timothy Woolley Quealy on June 17, 1965. [5] She was also later married to writer Charles Shyer. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 80 Steps to Jonah Tracy Rutledge
1972 Play It As It Lays Susannah
1973 The Way We Were Vicki Bissinger
1974 Knife for the Ladies Jenny

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 The Mod Squad Karen WestphalEpisode: "Love"
1969 Mission: Impossible StephanieEpisode: "Live Bait"
Star Trek DroxineS3:E21, "The Cloud Minders"
The Big Valley Maggie DelaneyEpisode: "Town of No Exit"
Love, American Style KatyEpisode: segment "Love and Take Me Along"
Katherine WalkerEpisode: segment "Love and the Single Couple"
Gunsmoke Ella HortonEpisode: "MacGraw"
1970 Lancer Sarah CalhounEpisode: "Splinter Group"
The Most Deadly Game GabrielleEpisode: "Gabrielle"
The F.B.I. Karen WandermereEpisode: "Time Bomb"
1971 Getting Together Sandra/Sandra Burke2 episodes
1972 Jigsaw Judy MorganEpisode: "To Stalk the Night"
1973 The Girl with Something Extra Linda FowlerEpisode: "John & Sally & Fred & Linda"
Hawkins Connie HawkinsEpisode: "Blood Feud"
1974 Medical Center ColinEpisode: "Appointment with Danger"
Harry O Marilyn SidwellEpisode: "Shadows at Noon"
1975 Archer Episode: "Shades of Blue"
Petrocelli DustyEpisode: "Death Ride"
Police Story Claire MontroseEpisode: "Little Boy Lost"
Matt Helm Amy FarrahEpisode: "Think Murder"
1977 The Rockford Files Girl in TubEpisode: "Dirty Money, Black Light"
1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors Kathy FerrisTV miniseries (6 episodes)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cicely Tyson</span> American actress (1924–2021)

Cecily Louise "Cicely" Tyson was an American actress known for her portrayal of strong African-American women. Tyson received various awards including three Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Tony Award, an Honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katharine Ross</span> American actress and author (born 1940)

Katharine Juliet Ross is an American actress on film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzanne Pleshette</span> American actress (1937–2008)

Suzanne Pleshette was an American theatre, film, television, and voice actress. Pleshette started her career in the theatre and began appearing in films in the late 1950s and later appeared in prominent films such as Rome Adventure (1962), Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), and Spirited Away (2001). She later appeared in various television productions, often in guest roles, and played Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 until 1978, receiving several Emmy Award nominations for her work.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marj Dusay</span> American actress (1936–2020)

Marjorie Ellen Mahoney Dusay was an American actress known for her roles on American soap operas. She was especially known for her role as Alexandra Spaulding on Guiding Light, a role she played on and off from 1993 through the show's 2009 cancellation, as well as Jean MacArthur Faircloth, the wife of Douglas MacArthur, in the 1977 movie MacArthur.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Betsy Palmer</span> American actress (1926–2015)

Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing the antagonist and mother of Jason Voorhees, Pamela Voorhees, in the first Friday the 13th film (1980).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diana Hyland</span> American actress (1936–1977)

Diana Hyland was an American stage, film and television actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sofia Milos</span> Swiss-born actress

Sofia Milos is a Swiss-born actress. She is best known for her role as Yelina Salas on CSI: Miami. She has also had a role on The Sopranos as Camorra boss Annalisa Zucca, as well as roles in TV series such as Curb your Enthusiasm, Mad About You, Friends and ER.

Diane Shalet was an American Broadway and television character actress. She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Ms. Hawkins in the drama Matlock. She made a guest appearance on The Monkees in the season-two episode, "The Fairy Tale", as the Fairy of the Locket.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sally Brophy</span> American actress, professor (1928–2007)

Sally Cullen Brophy was a Broadway and television actress and college theatre-arts professor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patricia Smith (actress)</span> American actress (1930–2011)

Patricia Smith was an American actress who performed on stage, in films, and on television from the early 1950s to the late 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susan Tolsky</span> American actress (1943–2022)

Susan Gaye Tolsky was an American actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Tolsky began acting in high school and later studied nursing at the University of Texas at Austin before switching her major to theater. In 1967, she relocated to Hollywood and made her television debut on the sitcom The Second Hundred Years. Within a year, she earned a main role on the ABC comedy Western series Here Come the Brides (1968–1970) as Biddie Cloom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barbara Jean Wong</span> American actress

Barbara Jean Wong was a Chinese American actress known for her role as Arabella on the hugely popular radio comedy, Amos 'n' Andy. She acted in numerous films before retiring from the industry and becoming an elementary school teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diana Millay</span> American actress (1934–2021)

Diana Claire Millay was an American actress. She primarily worked in television, guest starring in nearly 100 prime time shows, and played continuing roles on two daytime soap operas, Dark Shadows and The Secret Storm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sandra Peabody</span> American talent agent, producer and former actress

Sandra Peabody is an American producer, writer, acting coach, talent agent, and a retired actress. Trained the Meisner technique directly from acting teacher Sanford Meisner, she is primarily known for her early scream queen roles in 1970s horror films and her subsequent career as an award-winning children's television producer throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She received accolades during her producing career, including an Emmy and CableACE Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diana Bellamy</span> American actress (1943–2001)

Diana Alice Bellamy was an American character actress of stage, film, and television, during the 1980s and mid-2000s, who was often cast in both comedic and dramatic roles to great acclaim. Bellamy is known for her starring role as Head Nurse Maggie Poole in the NBC comedy 13 East, as Principal Cecilia Hall in Popular, and as Mrs. Pananides in Outbreak and Air Force One.

Jeanne Doris Baird was an American actress. During her career, her name was often confused with that of singer Eugenie Baird.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nesta Obermer</span> British philanthropist, writer and artist

Nesta Obermer OBE,, was a British philanthropist, playwright and artist. Born in Norfolk, she began writing as a child when illness forced her to be confined for a lengthy period. Travelling often, as a diplomat's daughter she began writing articles as a war correspondent during World War I. She married a wealthy playwright in 1925. As participants in an international social circle, the two travelled widely. Encouraged by her husband, Obermer wrote three plays which were produced in the 1930s in London theatres and was a well known reader on BBC Radio until the 1940s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frances Fong</span> American actress (1927–2012)

Frances Fong was an American singer and actress whose performing career spanned over fifty years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karen Sharpe</span> American film and television actress

Karen Kay Sharpe is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Laura Thomas in the American western television series Johnny Ringo.

References

  1. Rosenfield, Paul (July 12, 1987). "Reconcilable Differences". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Honolulu Actress Gets Good Role". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. January 31, 1972. p. D - 16. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Lum, Arlene (January 31, 1972). "New TV Doctor Series May Be Produced in Isles". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. D - 16. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Wood, Ben (August 23, 1969). "Honolulu Actress Plays Opposite Newton in Film". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 9. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "Diana Ewing Weds Timothy W. Quealy". The Honolulu Advertiser. June 18, 1965. p. 31. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Manhattan Playhouse To Give Ibsen's 'The Master Builder'". Redwood City Tribune. April 19, 1968. p. 17. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Marill, Alvin H. (2004). Mickey Rooney: His Films, Television Appearances, Radio Work, Stage Shows, and Recordings. McFarland. p. 137. ISBN   0786420154.