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- Diane Brewster was born on March 11, 1931, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was largely a character actress in both motion pictures and television. She was 21 years old when she began acting on TV. Her first role was in a 1952 episode of the crime series Gang Busters (1952). Her first motion picture roles was as Sylvia Quentin in Pharaoh's Curse (1957) in 1957. However, most older viewers remember her as the attractive grade school teacher Miss Canfield on the popular TV comedy series Leave It to Beaver (1957). While her last big screen appearance was as Kate Lawrence in The Young Philadelphians (1959) in 1959, Diane made her last TV appearance on The Great Debate (1988) in 1988. Afterwards, Diane retired from the camera. Diane died of heart failure on November 12, 1991. She was 60 years old.
- IMDb mini biography by: Denny Jackson
- SpouseJabe Z. Walker(May 1959 - November 1991) (her death, 2 children)
- ParentsPhillip Sloan BrewsterGeraldine Craddock Brewster
- Her husband and widower, Dr. Jabe Z. Walker was an oral surgeon who set up his practice in Burbank, CA after they got married. They made their home in Studio City, CA. He lived on for almost twenty two more years after her death passing away in early 2013.
- Dr. Walker and Diane had two children: Dean (b. 1960); and Lynn (b. 1961).
- She played "Helen Kimble", the murdered wife of Dr. Richard Kimble (David Janssen) in the TV series, The Fugitive (1963). She appeared in two episodes: The Girl from Little Egypt (1963) and The Judgment: Part II (1967).
- Fans of the TV series Maverick (1957) will remember her 4 memorable guest appearances as the mischievous con woman, Samantha Crawford.
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