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Who is Dyan Cannon? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

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Isabella Browning

Published Jan 12, 2026

Samile Diane Friesen Wiki Biography

Samille Diane Friesen was born on 4 January 1937, in Tacoma, Washington USA, of part Russian descent. Dyan is an actress, producer, director, screenwriter and editor, best known for her three Academy Award nominations. She’s also appeared in various films and television shows, such as “Ally McBeal”, “Revenge of the Pink Panther” and “The Untouchables”. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Dyan Cannon? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $16 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. Shes also had a notable stage and singing career during her youth. She’s been in films since the 1960s, and all of these activities have ensured her wealth.

Dyan Cannon Net Worth $16 Million Dollars

Cannon attended West Seattle High School, then her first film opportunity would come in 1960, entitled “The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond”, but prior to this movie role, she had already made a few appearances on television. She was a guest in shows such as “Bat Masterson”. She also made appearances in “Wanted: Dead or Alive”, “Johnny Ringo”, and “Hawaiian Eye”.

In 1963, she started her stage career, becoming part of the touring Broadway musical “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. She then became a guest star on “The Reporter”, “77 Sunset Strip”, and the western “Gunsmoke”. In 1969, she was given her first major role, in the film “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”. Her performance in the film earned her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. She appeared in a string of films in 1971, including “The Anderson Tapes” alongside Sean Connery, and “Such Good Friends” which earned her another Golden Globe nomination. One of her best performances in the next few years would be “Child Under a Leaf” which gained critical acclaim. Her net worth benefited too.

Dyan’s success continued when she became the first Academy Award-nominated actress in the Best Short Film, Live Action category., for her performance in “Number One”, which Dyan wrote, directed, and produced. Two years later she would become a part of “Heaven Can Wait” and “Revenge of the Pink Panther”, and due to her increasing popularity, she became a host for “Saturday Night Live”, and also a guest in “The Muppet Show”. Around the 1980s, she started to showcase her singing skills, appearing in “Deathtrap” and “Honeysuckle Rose”. Her appearances continued well into the 1990s with films such as “That Darn Cat”, and “Out to Sea”. One of her latest performances was in the “Boynton Beach Club”. Her net worth rose steadily, during her career including over 50 appearances in films and TV productions.

For her personal life, Cannon married Cary Grant in 1965, who was 33 years older than her. They had a daughter, Jennifer Grant, who’d eventually become an actress, but three years later they divorced. In 1985 she would marry Stanley Fimberg; they divorced six years later. Aside from these, Dyan has mentioned that she has been a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and has attended their games for over thirty years. She is also a Christian.



Full Name Dyan Cannon
Net Worth $16 Million
Date Of Birth January 4, 1937
Died April 13, 1941, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Place Of Birth Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Height 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Profession Actress, Director, Screewriter
Education West Seattle High School
Nationality American
Spouse Stanley Fimberg (m. 1985–1991), Cary Grant (m. 1965–1968)
Children Jennifer Grant
Parents Ben Friesen, Claire Portnoy, Mary Jump, Wilson Cannon
Siblings David Friesen
IMDB
Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Henry Draper Medal, Ellen Richards Prize
Music Groups The Story So Far
Nominations Academy Awards (1969, 1978), Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award (1969, 1978), Oscar-nominated in the Best Short Film
Movies “Revenge of the Pink Panther”, “The Untouchables”, “Heaven Can Wait” (1978), “Deathtrap” (1980), “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” (1969), “Such Good Friends” (1971), ” Number One” (1976), “Revenge of the Pink Panther”, “That Darn Cat”, “Out to Sea”
TV Shows “Saturday Night Live”, “The Muppet Show”, “Ally McBeal”(1997-2000)
Trademark
1 Seductive deep voice
2 Voluptuous figure
3 Curly blonde tresses
Quote
1 I get asked, from time to time, “How do you stay so fit, even after all these years? It must be tai-chi or something, because you look like a cheerleader!” Actually, more than anything else, it’s praying to God… not that I don’t enjoy being mistaken for my daughter’s sister!
2 [on working with director Otto Preminger on Such Good Friends (1971)] I was warned about him — but could anybody really be that bad? Yeah, they could. Elaine May wrote a great screenplay. He took a piece of beauty and screwed it up. It was an incredible part and he destroyed it. I have been the victim of some killers in my time. He’s one of the biggest. He’s a horrible man. Phew! But who ever hears of him anymore? Is he still alive?
3 I don’t acknowledge age. I’m not afraid of what’s called age. The only thing that would ever frighten me would be losing my vitality or energy or the stars in my eyes or love for life. And I don’t believe that’s connected with numbers.
Fact
1 Older sister of jazz bassist David Friesen.
2 Her father, Anton Benjamin Friesen, was born in Canada, to ethnic German parents from Russia. Her mother, Claire (Portnoy), was a Russian Jewish immigrant.
3 Always seen courtside at Los Angeles Lakers home basketball games.
4 Became a grandmother for the first time at age 71 when her daughter Jennifer Grant gave birth to a son Cary Benjamin Grant on August 12, 2008.
5 She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 22, 1983.
6 Learned how to drive a 13-gear 30-ton semi-trailer diesel truck for the comedy-drama film Coast to Coast (1980).
7 Born at 9:34 AM (EST).
8 Her high school nickname was “Frosty”.
9 She was reluctant to drop acid with regular user Cary Grant, her husband at the time, who believed it had psychological value, but he compelled her to do it twice, and she got violently sick each time.
10 Gave birth to her only child at age 29, a daughter Jennifer Diane Grant (aka Jennifer Grant) on February 26, 1966. Child’s father was her 1st ex-husband, Cary Grant.
11 Considered the second-most-famous Laker fan behind Jack Nicholson.
12 Second husband, Stanley Fimberg was a real estate mogul who executive produced her movie The End of Innocence (1990).
13 Was extremely nervous about doing the famous bedroom scene in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). She claimed all four participants were a wreck. Elliott Gould busily stuffed food in his mouth; Robert Culp talked a mile a minute and Natalie Wood would not even come out of her trailer at first.
14 Recently came in fourth (behind Sophia Loren, Ann-Margret and Raquel Welch) in the “Sexiest Older Actress” category held by the website Third Age.
15 Cary Grant first saw her on a television series in 1961, when she was already a 24-year-old television veteran. They started living together in 1963.
16 Ex-mother-in-law of Randy Zisk.
17 Wanted a nose job early in her career, but a doctor told her she had a beautiful nose and was not going to do anything to it. She then decided not to get the nose job.
18 In the early 1970s, Paramount had plans that were unrealized to remake Double Indemnity (1944) with Cannon in the Barbara Stanwyck role. Ultimately, the project was downgraded to a television movie and when Cannon was not available, Samantha Eggar was hired for the role.
19 Her commitment to Christianity has led her to hold twice-monthly revival-style Bible study meetings on the CBS studio lot.
20 Got her stage name from producer Jerry Wald who said he kept seeing something explosive in her.
21 “Discovered” while having lunch on the Sunset Strip.
22 Miss West Seattle of 1955.
23 Attended the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, but did not graduate.
24 Attended and graduated from West Seattle High School in Seattle, Washington (1954).

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Women Without Men 2010 TV Movie Dominique
A Kiss at Midnight 2008 TV Movie Kay Flowers
Boynton Beach Club 2005 Lois
After the Sunset 2004 Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
Kangaroo Jack 2003 Anna Carbone
Three Sisters 2001-2002 TV Series Honey Bernstein-Flynn
My Mother, the Spy 2000 TV Movie Gloria Shaeffer
Ally McBeal 1997-2000 TV Series Jennifer ‘Whipper’ Cone
Kiss of a Stranger 1999 Leslie
Ally 1999 TV Series Judge Jennifer ‘Whipper’ Cone
Arli$$ 1999 TV Series Dyan Cannon
Black Jaq 1998 TV Movie Abby ‘Bubblin’ Browne
Diamond Girl 1998 TV Movie Abby Montana
The Sender 1998 Gina Fairfax
The Practice 1998 TV Series Judge Jennifer ‘Whipper’ Cone
Allie & Me 1997 Christine Brown (uncredited)
Out to Sea 1997 Liz LaBreche
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag 1997 Annette Bennett
That Darn Cat 1997 Mrs. Flint
Beverly Hills Family Robinson 1997 TV Movie Marsha Robinson
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits… 1996 TV Movie Jess Wilding
The Naked Truth 1995 TV Series Mitzi Wilde
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester 1995 TV Movie Josie Joplin
Diagnosis Murder 1994 TV Series Bonnie Valin
Based on an Untrue Story 1993 TV Movie Varda Gray
The Pickle 1993 Ellen Stone
Beverly Hills, 90210 1993 TV Series Dyan Cannon
Christmas in Connecticut 1992 TV Movie Elizabeth Blane
Jailbirds 1991 TV Movie Rosie LaCroix
The End of Innocence 1990 Stephanie
Mickey’s 60th Birthday 1988 TV Movie Annie Hackett
Caddyshack II 1988 Elizabeth Pearce
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1988 TV Series Annie Hackett
She’s Having a Baby 1988 Dyan Cannon (uncredited)
Arthur the King 1985 TV Movie Katherine
Jenny’s War 1985 TV Series Jenny Baines
Master of the Game 1984 TV Mini-Series Kate Blackwell
Having It All 1982 TV Movie Thera Baylin
Author! Author! 1982 Alice Detroit
Deathtrap 1982 Myra Bruhl
Coast to Coast 1980 Madie Levrington
Honeysuckle Rose 1980 Viv Bonham
Lady of the House 1978 TV Movie Sally Stanford
Revenge of the Pink Panther 1978 Simone Legree
Heaven Can Wait 1978 Julia Farnsworth
Number One 1976 Short Matt’s mother
Virginia Hill 1974 TV Movie Virginia Hill
Child Under a Leaf 1974 Domino
The Last of Sheila 1973 Christine
Shamus 1973 Alexis Montaigne
Such Good Friends 1971 Julie
The Burglars 1971 Lena Gripp’s
The Love Machine 1971 Judith Austin
The Anderson Tapes 1971 Ingrid
Doctors’ Wives 1971 Lorrie Dellman
Medical Center 1969 TV Series Elinor Crawford
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 1969 Alice Henderson
The Murder Game 1965
Burke’s Law 1965 TV Series Francesca Szabo
Gunsmoke 1964 TV Series Ivy Norton
The Reporter 1964 TV Series Mona Elliott
Mr. Broadway 1964 TV Series Marianne
Stoney Burke 1963 TV Series Flatbush
The Red Skelton Hour 1962 TV Series Clara The II
77 Sunset Strip 1958-1962 TV Series Kathy Culver / Sheila
The Untouchables 1962 TV Series Mavis Carroll
Ripcord 1962 TV Series Marion Hines
Ben Casey 1961 TV Series Donna Whitney
Follow the Sun 1961 TV Series Lana Flanagan
The Aquanauts 1961 TV Series Diana Hogarth / Thelma
Hawaiian Eye 1961 TV Series Julie Brent
Full Circle 1960-1961 TV Series Lisa Crowder
Bat Masterson 1959-1961 TV Series Diane Jansen / Mary Lowery
Two Faces West 1960 TV Series
Tombstone Territory 1960 TV Series Tracy Travers
Johnny Ringo 1960 TV Series Rhoda
The Detectives 1960 TV Series Olga May
This Rebel Breed 1960 Wiggles (as Diane Cannon)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond 1960 Dixie (as Diane Cannon)
Wanted: Dead or Alive 1959 TV Series Nicole McCready
Hotel de Paree 1959 TV Series Peggy Joyce
Zane Grey Theater 1959 TV Series Annie
Lock Up 1959 TV Series
Playhouse 90 1959 TV Series Gloria
Highway Patrol 1959 TV Series Jean Deese
Target 1958 TV Series
Have Gun – Will Travel 1958 TV Series Fifi / Paladin’s love interest

Director

Title Year Status Character
Unleashed 2010 Documentary short
The End of Innocence 1990
Number One 1976 Short

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Unleashed 2010 Documentary short
The End of Innocence 1990 written by
Number One 1976 Short written by

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Honeysuckle Rose 1980 performer: “Loving You is Easier Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again”, “Two Sides to Every Story”, “Uncloudy Day”
The 46th Annual Academy Awards 1974 TV Special performer: “All That Love Went to Waste”
The Bobby Darin Show 1973 TV Series performer – 1 episode

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Unleashed 2010 Documentary short executive producer
Number One 1976 Short producer

Composer

Title Year Status Character
Number One 1976 Short

Editor

Title Year Status Character
Number One 1976 Short

Self

Title Year Status Character
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 1994 TV Movie documentary
One on One with John Tesh 1992 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1970-1991 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest / Myra Bruhl from DEATHTRAP
Into the Night 1991 TV Series Herself
Late Night with David Letterman 1984-1991 TV Series Herself
Live with Kelly and Michael 1991 TV Series Herself – Guest
Wogan 1990 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1988 TV Special Herself – Host
Hour Magazine 1985 TV Series Herself
Night of 100 Stars II 1985 TV Movie Herself
The 56th Annual Academy Awards 1984 TV Special documentary Herself – Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The 10th Annual People’s Choice Awards 1984 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team 1984 TV Movie Herself – Performer
The 55th Annual Academy Awards 1983 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Technical Awards
Natalie – A Tribute to a Very Special Lady 1982 TV Movie documentary Herself
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny 1982 TV Movie Herself
The Muppet Show 1980 TV Series Herself – Special Guest Star
The 51st Annual Academy Awards 1979 TV Special documentary Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Good Morning America 1979 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards 1979 TV Special Herself – Winner: Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mickey’s 50 1978 Documentary Herself
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1978 TV Series Herself
That’s Panthertainment 1978 TV Special documentary Herself
Dinah! 1977 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 49th Annual Academy Awards 1977 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Short Film, Live Action
Bob Hope’s Christmas Comedy Special 1976 TV Movie Herself
The Mike Douglas Show 1974-1976 TV Series Herself – Co-Host / Herself – Guest / Herself – Actress
Saturday Night Live 1976 TV Series Herself – Host / Various
The 2nd Annual People’s Choice Awards 1976 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Favourite All-Around Female Entertainer
The Annual National Sports Awards 1975 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The Bob Hope Show 1975 TV Series Herself
ABC Late Night 1975 TV Series Herself
The 1st Annual People’s Choice Awards 1975 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Favourite Male Television Performer
Password All-Stars 1974 TV Series Herself – Celebrity Contestant
The 46th Annual Academy Awards 1974 TV Special Herself – Performer
The 45th Annual Academy Awards 1973 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Original Dramatic Score & Best Original Song Score and or Adaptation
The Bobby Darin Show 1973 TV Series Herself – Singer
Laugh-In 1972 TV Series Herself
The Bob Hope Special 1972/I TV Movie Herself
The 29th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1972 TV Special Herself
The Movie Game 1971 TV Series Herself
Jerry Visits 1971 TV Series Herself
The Carol Burnett Show 1970 TV Series Herself
Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O’Connor Show 1970 TV Series Herself
The Dick Cavett Show 1970 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards 1970 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The David Frost Show 1969-1970 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 27th Annual Golden Globes Awards 1970 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Comedy / Musical and Presenter: Best Actor in a TV-Series-Drama
The Hollywood Palace 1969 TV Series Herself – Singer
Jane 1962 Documentary Herself
The Doctors 2013 TV Series Herself
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2011 TV Series documentary Herself
The View 2011 TV Series Herself – Guest
Today 1976-2011 TV Series Herself – Guest
Unleashed 2010 Documentary short Herself
Sex in ’69: The Sexual Revolution in America 2009 Documentary Herself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Warren Beatty 2008 TV Special Herself
Sex: The Revolution 2008 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself
CMT Greatest Moments: Willie Nelson 2006 TV Special Herself
Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker 2005 TV Series Herself
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders 2002 TV Movie Herself
Hollywood Squares 2000-2002 TV Series Herself – Panelist
The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau 2002 TV Special documentary Herself
Praise the Lord 1999-2002 TV Series Herself
One-Hit Wonders 2002 TV Series documentary Herself
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau 2001 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Daily Show 1997-2001 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2000-2001 TV Series Herself – Guest
Intimate Portrait 1998-2001 TV Series documentary Herself / Narrator
ESPN SportsCentury 2000 TV Series documentary Herself
Larry King Live 2000 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 13th Annual Genesis Awards 1999 TV Special Herself – Presenter
The Directors 1999 TV Series documentary Herself
The Magic Hour 1998 TV Series Herself
Late Show with David Letterman 1997 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 30th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1995 TV Special Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
American Masters 2004-2012 TV Series documentary Herself
The Announcement 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself
Bygone Days: An Ally McBeal Retrospective 2009 Video short
Cinema mil 2005 TV Series Herself
Ally McBeal 2002 TV Series Jennifer ‘Whipper’ Cone
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs 1994 Video Clara Appleby
Bob Hope’s Bag Full of Christmas Memories 1993 TV Special Herself – ‘Silver Bells’
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988 TV Special Herself
Bob Hope’s Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars 1984 Documentary Herself
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV Movie documentary Actress – ‘Shamus’ (uncredited)
Bob Hope’s World of Comedy 1976 TV Movie Herself
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television 1975 TV Special Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1983 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 22 June 1983. At 6608 Hollywood Blvd.
1979 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Motion Picture Heaven Can Wait (1978)
1979 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actress Heaven Can Wait (1978)
1969 NYFCC Award New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1998 Q Award Viewers for Quality Television Awards Best Recurring Player Ally McBeal (1997)
1983 Razzie Award Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actress Deathtrap (1982)
1980 Stinker Award The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst On-Screen Couple Coast to Coast (1980)
1979 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Heaven Can Wait (1978)
1979 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress
1977 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Short Film, Live Action Number One (1976)
1972 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Such Good Friends (1971)
1970 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Supporting Role Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
1970 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
1970 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Most Promising Newcomer – Female Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

3rd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1970 NSFC Award National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA Best Supporting Actress Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)