Samile Diane Friesen (born January 4, 1937 in Tacoma, Washington to a Baptist father and a Jewish mother), better known as Dyan Cannon, is an American film and television actress. She received two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress, one for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) and another for Heaven Can Wait (1978).

In 1965, she married Cary Grant, becoming his fourth wife, and divorced in 1968. They had one child, a daughter, Jennifer (born February 26, 1966).

Her most recent work has been as a semi-regular on the cult series Ally McBeal and the short-lived sitcom Three Sisters (2001-2002).

Filmography

• The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
• This Rebel Breed (1960)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
• Doctors' Wives (1971)
• The Anderson Tapes (1971)
• The Love Machine (1971)
• The Burglars (1971)
• Such Good Friends (1971)
• Shamus (1973)
• The Last of Sheila (1973)
• Child Under a Leaf (1974)
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
• Coast to Coast (1980)
• Deathtrap (1982)
• Author! Author! (1982)
• She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
• Caddyshack II (1988)
• The End of Innocence (1990) (also director and writer)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1992)
• The Pickle (1993)
• Allie & Me (1997)
• That Darn Cat (1997)
• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
• Out to Sea (1997)
• The Sender (1998)
• Ally McBeal (1998)
• Kiss of a Stranger (1999)
• Kangaroo Jack (2003)
• After the Sunset (2004) (Cameo)
• The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club (2005) (currently in post-production)

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