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Actress Diane McBain, best known for appearing alongside Elvis Presley in the 1966 film Spinout and starring on the ABC show Surfside 6, died Wednesday at the age of 81 following a battle with liver cancer.
McBain died at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, and her passing was announced by her confidante Michael Gregg Michaud.
'It is with great sadness that I report actress Diane McBain lost her battle with liver cancer and passed away on December 21, 2022,' Michaud, who co-authored McBain's 2014 memoir Famous Enough, said in a social media post, Deadline reported.
The latest: Actress Diane McBain, best known for appearing alongside Elvis Presley in the 1966 film Spinout and starring on the ABC show Surfside 6, died Wednesday at the age of 81 following a battle with liver cancer. She was pictured in 1962
McBain was initially a model before she was inked to a seven-year deal with Warner Bros. Studios when she turned 18 in 1959, Michaud said.
She began her career on TV in 1959 on the ABC series Maverick opposite James Garner, and in 1960, began playing the role of Daphne Dutton on the ABC crime series Surfside 6.
She appeared from 1960-1962 on 45 episodes of the show, which also featured Troy Donahue, Van Williams and Lee Patterson.
McBain played the titular role in the 1961 motion picture Claudelle Inglish, which she said was her favorite part in her career. She also appeared the the 1961 movie Parrish with Donahue, and on nine episodes of 77 Sunset Strip from 1959-1963.
Her most prolific film role came in Spinout in which she portrayed the role of ambitious author Diana St. Clair, who strove to profile Presley's character, a singer-race car driver named Mike McCoy
