Diane Cannon has been a prominent figure in the entertainment industry for decades. She began her career in the 1950s with roles in several television series, and then made her Broadway debut in 1962.
In 1976, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for her production of Number One, becoming the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar for work both in front of and behind the camera.
She then married again in 1985, to real estate tycoon Stanley Wimberg, but they divorced in 1991. She also previously described her relationship with famous talk show
