Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's Miss 139,[1] which is now lost.
Allen was born in Gotland, Sweden, in 1898 and came to the United States at the age of 5. While a high school student[2] in New Haven, Connecticut, she began to perform with Eddie Wittstein.[3] Her stage debut was in a vaudeville act called "Girls' Gamble" with Ned Wayburn. She later appeared in Miss 1917, the Ziegfeld Follies (1917–18), and Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic.[4][5]
Allen starred in a number of silent film shorts and features between 1918 and 1925. Her first feature film appearance was in Woman in 1918.[6][7][8][4]
Allen married Samuel P. Booth on August 28, 1924 in Greenwich, Connecticut.[9][10] Booth was president of the Interborough News Company, and previously had been in charge of circulation for newspapers including the Chicago Journal, New York Evening Journal and The New York Globe. He was over 30 years older than Allen. They did not have any children.[1][11][12] Allen died in Mount Pleasant, New York, on June 12, 1949.
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