Diana Lewis

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Diana Lewis (September 18, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American actress.

Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King's Horses (1934) and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles. Her more notable films included Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager (1942).

She met the actor William Powell in 1940 and married after a courtship of three weeks. She retired from acting in 1943. The couple remained together until Powell's death in 1984. Lewis died from pancreatic cancer in Rancho Mirage, California and was interred at Cathedral City's Desert Memorial Park in Riverside County, California, alongside Powell, and William David Powell, his son from a previous marriage.