Diana Douglas, Actress and First Wife of Kirk Douglas, Dies at 92
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Diana Douglas, an actress for six decades and a model who was Kirk Douglas’s first wife and Michael Douglas’s mother, has died in Los Angeles. She was 92.

The cause was cancer, according to Michael Douglas’s production company, Furthur Films, citing Ms. Douglas’s husband, Donald A. Webster. Sources vary as to whether she died on Friday or Saturday.

Born Diana Love Dill on Jan 22, 1923, in Bermuda, where her father was the attorney general, Ms. Douglas moved to New York and met Kirk Douglas while they were both studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

She later went to California on a $200-a-week contract with Warner Bros. against Mr. Douglas’s advice that she try for Broadway instead.

She went on to have a long career as an actress and model, appearing in dozens of movies, including the 1987 Steve Martin film “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” On television, she had recurring roles in “The Waltons,” “Dynasty” and “The Paper Chase,” and appeared in “ER” and “The West Wing.” She also did stage roles, including some on Broadway.

In May 1943, she appeared on the cover of Life magazine, modeling spring fashions.

She married Kirk Douglas that November and went on to have two sons, Michael and Joel, before the couple divorced in 1951.

“We had brought to marriage such different concepts of what it constituted, what was expected due,” she wrote in her memoir, “In the Wings and Beyond.” The two remained on amicable terms. She even appeared with him in several movies, including her last film, “It Runs in the Family” (2003), which also starred Michael Douglas and one of her grandsons, Cameron.

麥克道格拉斯母親 92歲病逝

奧斯卡影帝麥克道格拉斯的母親、資深女星黛安娜道格拉斯瑋柏斯特於4日因癌症過世，享年92歲。

黛安娜道格拉斯瑋柏斯特在1940年代展開演藝事業，她和麥克道格拉斯的明星父親寇克道格拉斯於1943年結婚，隔年麥克出生，之後兩人的次子喬出生，不過這段婚姻在1951年宣告結束。

黛安娜的表演作品以電視居多，參與過許多知名影集像是「朝代」、「牛仔傳奇」等，另外也演過20多部電影，其中以「一路順瘋」最有名。黛安娜有過3段婚姻，在和寇克道格拉斯離婚後，於1956年與演員比爾戴瑞德結婚，兩人相守直到1992年比爾去世；2002年她又嫁給唐納艾伯特瑋柏斯特。2010年黛安娜罹患舌癌，並淡出演藝圈。

原文參照：
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/movies/diana-douglas-actress-and-first-wife-of-kirk-douglas-dies-at-92.html

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