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Joan Diener

ActorBorn 1930, died 2006On stage 1948 to 19767 productions on this page

Joan Diener
Photographer-John Engstead, Beverly Hills

Joan Diener (February 24, 1930 – May 13, 2006) was an American theatre actress and singer with a three-and-a-half-octave range. As her obituary in The New York Times summed it up, Diener's "lush beauty, showstopping stage presence and operatic voice made her a favorite in musicals, especially in the original 1965 Man of La Mancha."

On stage

7 productions, 28 years
1948
Small WonderBroadway Coronet Theatre. Original. Directed by Gower Champion
134 performances
1950
Season in the SunBroadway Cort Theatre. Original. Directed by Burgess Meredith
367 performances
1953
KismetBroadway Ziegfeld Theatre. Revival. Directed by Albert Marre
583 performances
1965
Man of La ManchaOff-Broadway ANTA Washington Square Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
2,328 performances
1970
Cry For Us AllBroadway Broadhurst Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
9 performances
1972
Man of La ManchaBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival. Directed by Albert Marre
140 performances
1976
Home Sweet HomerBroadway Palace Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
1 performance

Worked with more than once

12 names
  • Shev Rodgers 3 productions
  • Richard Kiley 3 productions
  • John Aristides 3 productions
  • Tommy Rall 2 productions
  • Ted Forlow 2 productions
  • Taylor Reed 2 productions
  • Robert Rounseville 2 productions
  • Robert Cromwell 2 productions
  • Rita Metzger 2 productions
  • Joe Lorden 2 productions
  • Jeff Killion 2 productions
  • Irving Jacobson 2 productions

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