Dianne Hull

Dianne Hull (born November 24, 1949) is an American actress whose film career spanned from 1969 to the early 1990s. The films she has acted in include ''The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart'', ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose'', '' The Arrangement'', '' Christmas Evil'', ''The Onion Field'' and ''The Fifth Floor''.

Biography

Hull is the daughter of model and actress Lorrie Hull and her first husband. Along with her mother, she has had an interest in cryonics and has attended the local cryonics group meetings and gatherings. Hull became a method acting teacher.

Career

Hull studied acting in California with Lee Strasberg, where she was discovered by Elia Kazan, who cast her in his 1969 film '' The Arrangement''. In this, her film debut, she played the role of "Ellen Anderson," daughter of the main character "Eddie Anderson" played by Kirk Douglas.

In 1970 she starred as Cathy, the campus girlfriend of Don Johnson in ''The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart''. In 1975, she co-starred with Paul Le Mat in the Floyd Mutrux-directed ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose'', a drama about a motor mechanic and a divorced single mother who accidentally cause the death of a store clerk during a fake robbery prank. Made on a budget of $600,000, ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose'' grossed $35 million in the United States during its theatrical run.Phase 4 Films presents ''Aloha, Bobby and Rose''.
Phase 4 Films. 1 February 2015

In 1978, Hull appeared in ''The Fifth Floor'', playing the part of a disco dancer who collapses on a dance floor, is misdiagnosed and sent to a psychiatric ward, where she attracts the attention of an unbalanced orderly played by Bo Hopkins.

In 1980, she appeared in ''You Better Watch Out'' (also known as '' Christmas Evil''), a low-budget, cult, horror film directed by Lewis Jackson, involving a twisted toymaker who dresses up as Santa Claus and goes on a murderous rampage. One of her last roles was in 1991, when she appeared in the made-for-television film '' Murder 101'' that starred Pierce Brosnan.

Filmography (selective)

Film

* 1969 '' The Arrangement'' as Ellen Anderson
* 1970 ''The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart'' as Cathy
* 1972 ''Hot Summer Week'' as Karen
* 1974 ''Man on a Swing'' as Maggie Dawson
* 1978 ''The Fifth Floor'' as Kelly McIntyre
* 1979 ''The Onion Field'' as Helen Hettinger
* 1980 '' Christmas Evil'' aka ''You Better Watch Out'' as Jackie Stadling
* 1980 '' Haywire'' as Bridget Hayward
* 1988 ''The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking'' as Mrs. Settigren
* 1991 '' Murder 101'' as Ellen Dowling

Television

* 1971 ''Hawaii Five-O'' - Season 4, Episode 5, "Two Doves and Mr. Heron," Broadcast October 12, 1971 as Cleo Michaels
* 1972 ''Cannon'' - Season 1, Episode 20, "A Deadly Quiet Town," Broadcast February 15, 1972 as Susan Glen
* 1972 ''All In The Family'' - Season 03 Episode 05, "Lionel Steps Out," Broadcast October 14, 1972 as Linda Bunker
* 1973 '' Police Story'' - Season 1, Episode 1 (premier), "Slow Boy" as Patti

Coaching

As of 2009, Hull was working as an acting coach, giving lessons to working stage and film actors. She was also teaching classes. Her mother Lorrie Hull who Dianne has worked alongside, spent 12 years on the faculty of the Lee Strasberg Institute, and is the author of '' Strasberg's Method As Taught by Lorrie Hull''.''Los Angeles Times'', January 26, 1986
Strasberg's Method As Taught By Lorrie Hull. A Practical Guide for Actors, Teachers, and Directors by S. Lorraine Hull – Jeffrey Hayden
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American film actresses
Living people
1949 births
American acting coaches
21st-century American women