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Cute, elfin-like blonde Dianna Irgens was born in Minneapolis of Norwegian and Austro-Hungarian ancestry to Norman Clifford Irgens and Anna Agnes Irgens, the youngest of three children. She gained her first performing experience in high school and first auditioned for films at the age of eight. After several movie bit parts, Dianna kick-started her career in the early 1950s as a member of songwriter Jimmy McHugh and His Singing Starlets, a smash hit all-star musical revue which toured coast-to-coast. Her first notable foray into films was playing the younger sister of Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias in a 1954 Allied Artists biopic. This was followed by -- often uncredited -- yeoman work as guest star in assorted early TV dramas and comedies. While full of promise and possessed of a fresh-faced 'girl-next-door' quality, few of her films seriously tested her mettle as an actress. The majority were pleasant if unexceptional B-pictures tailored to appeal to juvenile audiences. Some, like High School Confidential! (1958) -- an 'expose' of dope peddling to teenagers -- were lurid exploitation flicks. Others, like Island of Lost Women (1959), were pure Hollywood hokum.
Diana's career nonetheless peaked between 1955 and 1961 when she was regularly featured on television in The Bob Cummings Show (1955) (as Bob's wholesome girlfriend) and she may also be remembered in several episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). On the big screen she had a small part in the classic Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedy Desk Set (1957) and played James Stewart's daughter in The FBI Story (1959). By the mid-1960s, Diane was done with acting. By then she had happily retired, married actor-singer Randy Sparks (founder of The New Christy Minstrels) and given birth to three children. The family eventually moved to the historic gold rush town of Mokelumne Hill in northern California, where, for several years, they owned and operated a popular saloon filled with Western memorabilia known as the Hole in the Wall.- Mabel Doerfler was born on 16 July 1913 in Joliet, Illinois, USA. She was married to Doerfler, Roy. She died on 11 October 1997 in Spring Valley, Illinois, USA.
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Rick Searfoss was born on 5 June 1956 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Oblivion (2013), Green Lantern (2011) and Seconds from Disaster (2004). He was married to Julie McGuire. He died on 29 September 2018 in Bear Valley Springs, California, USA.- Bert Thorn was born on 3 October 1908 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950) and Shadow of the Cloak (1951). He died on 24 September 1978 in Spring Valley, New York, USA.
- Helen Doss was born on 9 August 1915 in Sanderstead, Surrey, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Playhouse 90 (1956), The Family Nobody Wanted (1975) and You Bet Your Life (1950). She was married to Roger Reed and Carl Doss. She died on 12 April 2013 in Spring Valley, California, USA.
- Yung Kece was an actor, known for Yung Kece: Mad (2020). He died on 31 October 2021 in Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA.
- Patti Heider was born on 14 July 1918 in Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for McCloud (1970), Switch (1975) and Dallas (1978). She died on 23 February 2007 in Spring Valley, California, USA.
- Susan Orne was born on 2 January 1926 in Vienna, Austria. She died on 27 November 2018 in Spring Valley, New York, USA.
- Dave Humm was born on 2 April 1952 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He died on 27 March 2018 in Spring Valley, Nevada, USA.
- Sarah Burton was born on 20 March 1903 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Edge of Night (1956), The Group (1966) and Kraft Theatre (1947). She died on 24 December 1994 in Spring Valley, New York, USA.
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Duane Gish was born on 17 February 1921 in White City, Kansas, USA. He is known for Horizon (1964), In Search of... (1977) and Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003). He died on 5 March 2013 in Spring Valley, California, USA.