Diane Brewster
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Diane Brewster in The Dakotas (1963)
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Diane Brewster March 11, 1931 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 1991 (aged 60) Studio City, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Resting place | ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean |
| Years active | 1952–1986 |
| Height | 5' 6" |
| Spouse(s) | Jabe Z. Walker (married, 1959–1991; her death) |
Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 – November 12, 1991) was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the western Maverick; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in Leave It to Beaver; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in The Fugitive.
Diane Brewster was a direct descendant of Pilgrim Elder William Brewster, Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford, and 18th-century American poet and writer Martha Wadsworth Brewster.
She and her husband, Dr. Jabe Walker, an oral surgeon, had a son, Dean C. Walker (born March 29, 1960) and a daughter, Lynn D. Walker (born July 25, 1961). Both children were born in Los Angeles, California. Jabe Z. Walker died in February 2013.
On Maverick, Brewster's character is a gorgeous gambling con artist who often fakes a southern accent but is ultimately likable. Brewster first played the character in a 1956 episode of Cheyenne entitled "Dark Rider" before appearing opposite James Garner in the third episode of Maverick, "According to Hoyle". Her other Maverick appearances include "The Savage Hills" with Jack Kelly, "The Seventh Hand" with Garner, and the famous "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" with both Kelly and Garner.
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