Anne Diamond(1923-2011)
- Actress
- Writer
Anne Diamond Brownstone starred in 100's of radio shows in Hollywood
opposite every major star of the day including John Wayne and Jimmy
Stewart. She wrote and starred in early TV shows such as "Dragnet"
"Burns and Allen" "The Nurses" and "Tombstone Territory" and on stage
played opposite James Whitmore, Claire Trevor, and Robert Redford to
name a few. Well-known in Hollywood and a regular leading actress at
The Pasadena Playhouse, she was referred to as "The L'il Gem" in the
column "The Boulevardier' from her maiden name "Diamond". She also did
screen dubbing for Italian (Voice of Sylvano Mangano), French, Russian,
Swedish, and German Films. While performing the season at Arena Stage,
Producer Norman Kean and his wife Gwyda Kean introduced Anne to her
husband Joseph Brownstone, an actor and director, who at the time was
the stage manager for The Lunts in "The Visit". Joseph went on to
become the top company manager for Sol Hurok Productions managing such
theatrical troupes as The Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, British
Tournament and Tattoo and The Royal Highland Fusiliers. Considered
theatre royalty, they toured the country with Sol Hurok's Productions
and the first ever run of Disney on Parade along with their three
children, until Joseph's sudden early death in 1970. During her hiatus
from the stage to raise her children, Anne worked as Assistant to the
President of Actors' Equity Association to Theodore Bikel, Ellen
Burstyn and Colleen Dewhurst from 1974 to 1989 and was granted a
Lifetime Membership to Actors' Equity by the Council for her devotion
to actors and the Union. She returned to the stage in 1992 touring in
such productions as Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" and "Moon Over
Buffalo". She is survived by her three children, Diana Brownstone, a
Broadway Actress and Astrologer, Robert Brownstone, an attorney who is
Technology and eDiscovery Counsel at Fenwick & West LLP, and Richard
Brownstone, Upper School Dean/English Teacher at the Packer-Collegiate
Institute, and their spouses and her three grandchildren.
