Diane Brewster was born in 1931 in Kansas City. She made her film debut in “Lucy Gallant” in 1955. Her other films include “Quantrill’s Raiders”, and “Torpedo Run”. She made many appearances on television programmes throughout the late 50’s and mid 60’s. She died in 1991 in California.
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Diane Brewster was born on March 11, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was largely a character actress in both motion pictures and television. She was 24 years old when she began acting on TV. Her first role was in a few episodes of the westerns Cheyenne(1955) and Zane Grey Theater (1956). Her first motion picture roles was as Sylvia Quentin in Pharaoh’s Curse (1957) in 1956. However, most older viewers remember her as the attractive grade school teacher Miss Canfield on the popular TV comedy seriesLeave It to Beaver (1957). While her last big screen appearance was as Kate Lawrence inThe Young Philadelphians (1959) in 1959, Diane made one more TV appearance onFamily Affair (1966) in 1966. Afterwards, Diane retired from the camera. Diane died of heart failure on November 12, 1991. She was 60 years old.
