Diane Brewster Death
Diane passed away on November 12, 1991 at the age of 60 in Studio City, California, USA. Diane's cause of death was heart failure.
When did Diane Brewster die?
November 12, 1991How did Diane Brewster die? What was the cause of death?
Heart failureHow old was Diane Brewster when died?
60Where did Diane Brewster die? What was the location of death?
Studio City, California, USA
Diane Brewster Birthday and Date of Death
Diane Brewster was born on March 11, 1931 and died on November 12, 1991. Diane was 60 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 11, 1931
Date of Death: November 12, 1991
Age at Death: 60
Diane Brewster - Biography
Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 – November 12, 1991) was an American television 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.
On Maverick, Brewster's character is a gorgeous gambling con artist who often affects a southern accent but is ultimately likable. Brewster first played the character in a 1956 episode of Cheyenne entitled "Dark Rider" before appearing opposite James Garner in the third episode of Maverick, "According to Hoyle". Her other Maverick appearances include "The Savage Hills" with Jack Kelly, "The Seventh Hand" with Garner, and the famous "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" with both Kelly and Garner.
In 1957, she co-starred with George Montgomery in the western film Black Patch, playing his former and future love interest. On January 31, 1959, Brewster played a similar role to that of Samantha Crawford in ABC's Maverick, as Lisa Caldwell in the episode "Runaway Train" of NBC's Cimarron City western television series; re-teaming with George Montgomery, as Mayor Matt Rockford, he falls in love with Lisa while they are traveling on a train carrying a group of prisoners. A man from Lisa's past, played by Lyle Talbot, is also aboard and complicates Rockford's pursuit of Lisa. It is revealed that Lisa is a professional gambler from St. Louis, Missouri, who had shot to death a man who had been threatening her. She then fled by train with plans to reach Denver, Colorado.
Brewster subsequently guest starred on Empire and in The Rifleman episode, "Jealous Man" in 1962; on The Dakotas in 1963; on the 1963 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Potted Planter", and in the premiere episode of Kentucky Jones (1964). Brewster appeared several times in flashbacks, uncredited, as the murdered wife Helen Kimble in The Fugitive. She appeared in a two episodes of Death Valley Days, in a 1966 episode of Family Affair, and in an installment of Ironside (1968) before retiring. She reappeared in four episodes of The New Leave It to Beaver.
