Diana Lewis (September 18, 1919 - January 18, 1997) was an American film actress and a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player.. The LPGA's William and Mousie Powell Award is named in honor of the Powells. In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. Actress Diana Lewis and her husband, actor William Powell, came to spend a long weekend in Palm Springs in 1941 and never left. They found an ideal place where work could become play.
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Ruth Waterbury writing for Photoplay Magazine at the time recounted the story the studio concocted about the couple's meeting: "William Powell's elopement with Diana Lewis was the last thing. In 1940, the star married Diana Lewis, his third and final wife. By then, William had survived rectal cancer thanks to experimental treatments. "I was one of the lucky ones," he admitted. Diana Lewis was born on September 18, 1919 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Her parents were vaudeville performers. The family moved to Hollywood and Diana, her sister Maxine, and her brother J.C. all went into show business. Diana made her film debut in the comedy It's a Gift (1934).. William Powell and Diana knew each other for only a few weeks. William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 - March 5, 1984). On January 6, 1940, three weeks after they met, Powell married his third wife, actress Diana Lewis, who cancelled her film career to be his full-time wife. They remained married until his death in 1984. A Republican, Powell supported Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential.
William Powell and Diana Lewis in The Thin Man Goes Home ( 1945 ) photographed by Eric Carpenter
Mr. Powell's wife of 44 years, the former actress Diana Lewis, was at his bedside.. ''I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful. Diana Lewis had two careers: one as an actress in some dozen mainly unremarkable films, and a longer, more successful career as the wife, for over 40 years, of William Powell, the suave Nick. Diana (Mousie) Powell, former actress and widow of the late film star William Powell, died of cancer Jan. 18 at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. She was 77. Born Maebelle Lewis on. Diana Lewis. Actress: It's a Gift. Diana Lewis was born on September 18, 1919 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Her parents were vaudeville performers.. They had no children but Diana was very close to her stepson William David Powell. She spent much of her time doing charity work and playing golf. In 1984 William passed away at the age of ninety-one.
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Diana Lewis, an ingenue who appeared in Marx Brothers and Andy Hardy movies, later married William Powell of "The Thin Man" fame and became a Palm Springs philanthropist, has died. She was 77. Actress. Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, she was nicked named Mousie and began her film career appearing in All the King's Horses (1934). In 1940, she met and married actor William Powell, with whom she remained with for the rest of his life until his passing in 1984. Before retiring from performing in 1943, her most.
She also worked in television during these years, including a part on "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS, 1984-1996). Lewis was most recently credited in "Made" (MTV, 2002-2014). She also had a part in the TV miniseries "Favorite Son" (1988-89). Lewis was married to William Powell. Lewis passed away in January 1997 at the age of 78. William Powell's home is on West Vereda Norte in Palm Springs, California. In 1940 Powell courted and married actress Diana Lewis and, shortly after, they purchased this 1935-36 Mediterranean/Spanish Revival style house as their desert retreat. Lewis, known as "Mousie" retired from films shortly after making Cry "Havoc" in 1943. Powell's career continued on, although at a much less hectic pace.
William Powell & Diane Lewis Classic film stars, Hollywood Old hollywood movies
William Powell married his third wife, actress Diana Lewis in 1940. Many in Hollywood were skeptical of the marriage since Lewis was 26 years younger than Powell, but the two remained married until his death in 1984. Director: Jack Conway Producer: Pandro S. Berman Screenplay: William Ludwig, Charles Lederer, David Hertz Cinematography: Ray June Two episodes of The Screen Guild Theater, a radio anthology series: Variety (1940), starring Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, and Lubitsch, and To Be or Not to Be (1942), an adaptation of the film, starring William Powell, Diana Lewis, and Sig Ruman; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
