Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon was born on Jan 04, 1937 in USA. Dyan Cannon's big-screen debut came with The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond directed by Budd Boetticher in 1960. Dyan Cannon is known for The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... directed by Jeannot Szwarc, James Garner stars as Jim Rockford and Dyan Cannon as Jess Wilding. Dyan Cannon has got 4 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Dyan Cannon achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Dyan Cannon plays is Hope's Legacy which will be released on Jan 05, 2021.

Dyan Cannon is the first woman in the history of the Motion Picture Academy to be nominated for Oscars both in front of and behind the camera. Her diligence and determination have been rewarded by many prestigious honors.She received her first Academy Award nomination for her memorable role as Alice in Bob et Carole et Ted et Alice (1969), opposite Natalie Wood and directed by Paul Mazursky. For her performance, she garnered the coveted New York Film Critics Award.Dyan received her second Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Live Action Short for writing and directing the 48-minute film, Number One (1976), which she also produced, edited and scored. The New York Times commended the film as one of the best movies ever made concerning children's development.She received her third Academy Award nomination for her comedic role as Julia Farnsworth, opposite Warren Beatty, in Le ciel peut attendre (1978), for which she won the Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Later that year, she starred in another comedy hit, La malédiction de la panthère rose (1978), opposite Peter Sellers and directed by Blake Edwards, and was named Female Star of the Year by NATO (National Association of Theater Owners).As the singular force behind the motion picture The End of Innocence (1990), Dyan undertook a triumvirate of tasks as writer, director and star. Dyan's work received amazing reviews from the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.Dyan has co-starred on two outstanding prime-time television shows. For several years, she brought her own brand of humor, class and sexiness to the role of Whipper Cone on the Emmy Award winning series Ally McBeal (1997). She then starred as the vivacious and free-spirited Honey Bernstein-Flynn on NBC's comedy series Three Sisters (2001).Her filmography is vast and includes TNT's remake of the Warner Bros.' Classic Une Famille Formidable (1992), directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger; Avec les compliments de l'auteur (1982) opposite Al Pacino; Les Invitations dangereuses (1973), directed by Herbert Ross; two films directed by Sidney Lumet; Piège mortel (1982), co-starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve, and Le Gang Anderson (1971), starring Sean Connery; and Show Bus (1980), in which she played Willie Nelson's wife and made her debut as a country music singer; Des amis comme les miens (1971), directed by Otto Preminger...and numerous other films. She has starred on Broadway and in her own musical stage act at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas and Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. Dyan co-wrote the title song for Chaka Khan's album, The Woman I Am, with Brenda Russell.Dyan wanted to take time off from her acting career to write. During the next nine years, she not only collaborated on a Broadway musical, but wrote her memoir, "Dear Cary," which was on the New York Times best seller list three different times spanning four years. It is now being made into a miniseries.Dyan is recognized as an exceptional motivational speaker for prominent associations and corporations. Children are her passion and most of her work centers around the care and welfare of kids. She is the national spokesperson for the Hemangioma Treatment Foundation, an organization that provides treatment to children all over the world who are afflicted with vascular birthmarks. She is the international executive spokesperson for Operation Lookout, an organization dedicated to recovering missing and exploited children who have been kidnapped from their homes, schools, etc. She has also been national spokesperson for Martin Colette's Wildlife Waystation, an international refuge that rescues and rehabilitates wild and exotic animals, as well as national spokesperson for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of AmericaIn addition, she devotes time and energy to several other charitable organizations such as California's Special Olympics for physically and mentally challenged athletes and also works with recovering addicts weekly.Dyan is a permanent court-side fixture at the Los Angeles Lakers basketball games. YEAY!! (And can't wait for them to start again!)