- Was John Travolta's first real-life love interest; she died of cancer in Travolta's arms on March 27, 1977 in Los Angeles.
- Initially billed on TV under her real name, Diane Gentner, it was Diana's agent who decided she should change her stage moniker. They came up with "Diana Hyland" (using her mother's maiden name) as opposed to Diane Hyland because it had a better rhythm to it.
- Mother, with Joseph Goodson, of son, Zachary Goodson, born on July 1973.
- The August 19, 1970, issue of Variety, in the Hollywood Production Pulse Section, announced the movie We're Running Out Of Heroes started filming Aug. 3 with director Richard Bailey, actors Diana Hyland, Andrew Prine, and Brenda Scott. Group Four Enterprises. No evidence the film was completed or released.
- Played the wife of Dick Van Patten in the ABC/Lorimar comedy/drama Eight Is Enough (1977). Over fifteen years earlier, Ms. Hyland and Mr. Van Patten had both appeared on the NBC/Procter and Gamble soap opera Young Dr. Malone (1958).
- She played the wife of a minister in both the film One Man's Way (1964) and in the television series Peyton Place (1964).
- In 1977, Hyland was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a mastectomy. However, the cancer spread and her health deteriorated. On March 27, 1977, Hyland died in Los Angeles at the age of 41.
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