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Dianne Hull - Wikipedia

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Dianne Hull
Born	(1949-11-24) November 24, 1949 (age 75)
Occupation(s)	Actress, acting coach
Years active	1969–1991

Dianne Hull (born November 24, 1949) is an American actress whose film career spanned from 1969 to the early 1990s. The films she has acted in include The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart, Aloha, Bobby and Rose, The Arrangement, Christmas Evil, The Onion Field and The Fifth Floor.

Biography

Hull is the daughter of model and actress Lorrie Hull and her first husband.^[1] Along with her mother, she has had an interest in cryonics and has attended the local cryonics group meetings and gatherings. Hull became a method acting teacher.^[2] Her mother Lorrie was cryopreserved by the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in January 2022.^[1]

Career

Hull studied acting in California with Lee Strasberg, where she was discovered by Elia Kazan, who cast her in his 1969 film The Arrangement. In this, her film debut, she played the role of "Ellen Anderson," daughter of the main character "Eddie Anderson" played by Kirk Douglas.^[3]

In 1970 she starred as Cathy, the campus girlfriend of Don Johnson in The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. In 1975, she co-starred with Paul Le Mat in the Floyd Mutrux-directed Aloha, Bobby and Rose, a drama about a motor mechanic and a divorced single mother who accidentally cause the death of a store clerk during a fake robbery prank.^[4] Made on a budget of $600,000, Aloha, Bobby and Rose grossed $35 million in the United States during its theatrical run.^[5]

In 1978, Hull appeared in The Fifth Floor, playing the part of a disco dancer who collapses on a dance floor, is misdiagnosed and sent to a psychiatric ward, where she attracts the attention of an unbalanced orderly played by Bo Hopkins.^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 1980, she appeared in You Better Watch Out (also known as Christmas Evil), a low-budget, cult, horror film directed by Lewis Jackson, involving a twisted toymaker who dresses up as Santa Claus and goes on a murderous rampage.^[9]^[10] One of her last roles was in 1991, when she appeared in the made-for-television film Murder 101 that starred Pierce Brosnan.^[11]

Filmography (selective)

Film

1969 The Arrangement as Ellen Anderson ^[12]
1970 The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart as Cathy
1972 Hot Summer Week as Karen
1974 Man on a Swing as Maggie Dawson
1978 The Fifth Floor as Kelly McIntyre
1979 The Onion Field as Helen Hettinger
1980 Christmas Evil aka You Better Watch Out as Jackie Stadling
1980 Haywire as Bridget Hayward
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Mrs. Settigren
1991 Murder 101 as Ellen Dowling

Television

1971 Hawaii Five-O - Season 4, Episode 5, "Two Doves and Mr. Heron," Broadcast October 12, 1971 as Cleo Michaels
1972 Cannon - Season 1, Episode 20, "A Deadly Quiet Town," Broadcast February 15, 1972 as Susan Glen
1972 All in the Family - Season 03 Episode 05, "Lionel Steps Out," Broadcast October 14, 1972 as Linda Bunker
1973 Police Story - Season 1, Episode 1 (premier), "Slow Boy" as Patti ^[13]^[14]

Coaching

As of 2009, Hull was working as an acting coach, giving lessons to working stage and film actors. She was also teaching classes.^[15] Her mother Lorrie Hull^[16] who Dianne has worked alongside, spent 12 years on the faculty of the Lee Strasberg Institute, and is the author of Strasberg's Method As Taught by Lorrie Hull.^[17]^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b Alcor Life Extension Foundation Lorrie Hull Alcor Member Profile
^ Method Acting Classes & Special Method Intensive, backstage.com; accessed October 26, 2016.
^ American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films 1961 to 1970 Page 44
^ Hollywood Film 1963-1976: Years of Revolution and Reaction by Drew Casper Page 1919
^ Phase 4 Films presents Aloha, Bobby and Rose. Phase 4 Films. 1 February 2015
^ New York Magazine 2 Jun 1980 Movies Page 68
^ Health Professionals on Screen By Ann Catherine Paietta, Jean L. Kauppila Page 114 540. The Fifth Floor
^ Blockbuster Video guide to movies and videos, 1996 Page 350
^ Yes Weekly Dec. 31, 2014 DVD PICK OF THE WEEK Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, yesweekly.com; accessed October 26, 2016.
^ Inside Pulse December 16, 2014 Blu-ray Review: Christmas Evil by Joe Corey
^ Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews 1991-1992 via Google.com, March 20, 1991.
^ Turner Classic Movies Dianne Hull
^ Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012 By Vincent Terrace Page 234 3639 The Police Story (1973).
^ IMDB, Police Story: Season 1, Episode 0 Slow Boy (20 Mar. 1973), imdb.com, accessed Apr. 17, 2015.
^ Summer Theatre Directory 2009, P. J. Tumielewicz, Peg Lyons (Theatre Directories, 30 Dec. 2008) - Page 100
^ Alcor Life Extension Foundation - Lorrie Hull Alcor Member Profile, From Cryonics May 2014 By Chana Phaedra
^ A Field Guide to Actor Training, By Laura Wayth - Where to go for more information
^ Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1986 - Strasberg's Method As Taught By Lorrie Hull. A Practical Guide for Actors, Teachers, and Directors by S. Lorraine Hull – Jeffrey Hayden

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