Diane Brewster

Born: 1931-03-11

Place: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 – November 12, 1991) was an American actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the western Maverick; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in Leave It to Beaver; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in The Fugitive.

Known For

The Invisible Boy

The Young Philadelphians

The Man in the Net

Torpedo Run

Pharaoh's Curse

Quantrill's Raiders

Courage of Black Beauty

King of the Wild Stallions

Black Patch

Still the Beaver

So You Want to Be Pretty

Also Appeared With…

Paul Picerni

2 shared projects Shared Movies

Richard Eyer

1 shared project Shared Movies

Philip Abbott

1 shared project Shared Movies

Harold J. Stone

1 shared project Shared Movies

Robert H. Harris

1 shared project Shared Movies

Dennis McCarthy

1 shared project Shared Movies

Alexander Lockwood

1 shared project Shared Movies

John O'Malley

1 shared project Shared Movies

Gage Clarke

1 shared project Shared Movies

Than Wyenn

1 shared project Shared Movies

Jefferson Dudley Searles

1 shared project Shared Movies

Alfred Linder

1 shared project Shared Movies

Roles by Genre

Genre Evolution Over Time

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The Invisible Boy

The Young Philadelphians

The Man in the Net

Full Filmography

🏆 Award Stats

0 total wins
7 nominations

1956

So You Want to Be Pretty as Nurse Anna (uncredited) 🏆

1957

1958

1959

1983

Still the Beaver as Miss Canfield 🏆