Diane McBain

She returned to 77 Sunset Strip on February 26, then nine days later found herself back in the 49th state milieu with a guest role in the March 6 installment of The Alaskans. Eight days after that, she was in the March 14 Bourbon Street Beat and the following day on the March 15 Sugarfoot. Another episode of Bourbon Street Beat followed two weeks later, on March 28, and still another 77 Sunset Strip on May 6. In eight more days, on May 15, she was in an episode of Lawman and, three weeks thereafter, on June 6, a third episode of Bourbon Street Beat in as many months.

1960 was a banner year for McBain. In addition to appearing in a top feature film and guest-starring in eight TV episodes, she was assigned two more theatrical features. The first would offer her one of three ingenue roles in a major "A" film, Parrish, and the other was a title role in her own "B"-film vehicle, Erskine Caldwell's fiery coming of age story, Claudelle Inglish. She was also given what would turn to be her only regular part in a prime-time series, Daphne Dutton on Surfside 6. Read Less

McBain developed an image as a villainess, particularly in movies such as Claudelle Inglish (1961), Maryjane (1968) and The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968). The last movie saw her killed off as an especially vicious biker. Read Less