Blonde American actress, born Harriet B. Tenin in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Edward Tenin (1908-1973). Diana first acted on screen (as Theila Darin) in a 1952 short feature and then turned up as a supporting player in several Three Stooges films. Among many bit parts and 'no-name' roles, occasional second leads came her way in B-grade pictures like Turm des Todes (1956) and Blood Arrow (1958). She had a rare starring turn in the western Das gebrochene Land (1962), alongside a young Jack Nicholson as the son of notorious gunslinger 'Curly Bill' Brocious. Diana's TV guest roles included appearances in Superman - Retter in der Not (1952), Bat Masterson (1958), Perry Mason (1957), Bonanza (1959) and McHale's Navy (1962).
Diana Darrin had been a former mistress of David Marshall 'Carbine' Williams, the inventor in 1941 of the M1 Carbine semi-automatic rifle. Though they never married, they lived together for ten years, and, when Diana decided that she wanted to be an actress, Williams took her to Hollywood. In 1964, Diana married her hairdresser, Norman R. Kurtzman.
