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Diane Brewster 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.
Born
Wednesday, 11 March 1931
Died
Tuesday, 12 November 1991
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Still the Beaver | Miss Canfield | 1983 |
| The New Leave It to Beaver | Miss Canfield | 1983 |
| Simon & Simon | Nurse #2 | 1981 |
| The Name of the Game | Helen Crown | 1968 |
| Ironside | Susan Weathers | 1967 |
| Family Affair | Freddie Parkhurst | 1966 |
| Kentucky Jones | Mabel Healy | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Helen Kimble / Helen Kimble - Recorded Messages | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Carole Donahue | 1963 |
| Empire | Caroline | 1962 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Still the Beaver | Miss Canfield | 1983 |
| The New Leave It to Beaver | Miss Canfield | 1983 |
| Simon & Simon | Nurse #2 | 1981 |
| The Name of the Game | Helen Crown | 1968 |
| Ironside | Susan Weathers | 1967 |
| Family Affair | Freddie Parkhurst | 1966 |
| Kentucky Jones | Mabel Healy | 1964 |
| The Fugitive | Helen Kimble / Helen Kimble - Recorded Messages | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Carole Donahue | 1963 |
| Empire | Caroline | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Jody | 1962 |
| Ripcord | Dr. Jerri Summers | 1961 |
| The Best of the Post | Ellen | 1960 |
| The Islanders | Wilhelmina 'Steamboat Willy' Vanderveer / Wilhelmina 'Steamboat Willy' Vadeerveer | 1960 |
| The Young Philadelphians | Kate Judson Lawrence | 1959 |
| King of the Wild Stallions | Martha Morse | 1959 |
| The Man in the Net | Vickie Carey / Vicki Carey | 1959 |
| Torpedo Run | Jane Doyle | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Lisa Caldwell | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Gloria Townsend / Willa Phelps | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Lynn Harrison / Lynn Surratt | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Fay Owens | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Marian Dell | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Amy Winter | 1958 |
| Decision | Ann Conway | 1958 |
| Quantrill's Raiders | Sue / Sue Walters | 1958 |
| Mike Hammer | Miss Patti | 1958 |
| The Invisible Boy | Mary Merrinoe | 1957 |
| Tombstone Territory | Julie Dixon | 1957 |
| Harbor Command | Marie | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Abigail Wilson Duke | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Helen Bricker Sparks | 1957 |
| Maverick | Samantha Crawford | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Andrea Walden | 1957 |
| M Squad | Hazel Lawton | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Lita Foladaire / Julie Wharton / Bea Dressen | 1957 |
| Black Patch | Helen Danner | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Marilyn Hesselroth | 1957 |
| Courage of Black Beauty | Ann Rowden | 1957 |
| The Oklahoman | Eliza | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Miss Canfield / Miss Simms | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Dr. Alice MacCauley / Lillian Barkley | 1957 |
| Pharaoh's Curse | Sylvia Quentin | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Linda | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Nan Lester / Nancy Tapper | 1956 |
| Wire Service | Mary | 1956 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Julia | 1956 |
| Sincerely Yours | Girl at Carnegie Hall | 1955 |
| Lucy Gallant | Salesgirl | 1955 |
| Crusader | Charlene Hayes | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Dispatcher | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Secretary | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Marianne / Joanne Simpson | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Constance Mason / Mary / Samantha / Victoria Wilson | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Barbara / Operator / Sylvia Whitfield Merrick | 1955 |
| The Lineup | Mary Anne | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Diane / Miss Simms | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Amanda James / Laura Stanfield / Maggie Harris | 1953 |
| Gang Busters | Jane - Flight Attendant | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Grace Fallon / Flora Muybridge | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Joanne Simpson / Marianne | 1951 |
