Diane McBain Obituary

Diane McBain was an American actress, who as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s.

She was best known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960-1962 television series, Surfside 6 and as one of Elvis Presley’s leading ladies in 1966’s Spinout.

At the age of 17, she was immediately put to work, making her TV acting debut in two episodes of Maverick, March 8 with Jack Kelly and November 22, 1959, with James Garner, as well as the October 16 episode of 77 Sunset Strip.

She was in a TV movie, Cab to Canada (1998) which said, “was enough to make me never want to act again”.

In 1990, she was seeking financing for her screenplay, The Spilling Moon about the first woman to trek along the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.