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Diane Cilento

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 5, 1933-October 7, 2011)
    Born in Brisbane, Australia
    Appeared in the films 'The Full Treatment' (1960), 'Tom Jones' (1963), 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' (1965), 'Hitler: The Last Ten Days' (1973), 'The Wicker Man' (1973), 'Duet for Four' (1982) and 'The Boy Who Had Everything' (1984)
    Married Sean Connery (1962-73) and Anthony Shaffer (1985-2001)
    Wrote the autobiography 'My Nine Lives' (2006)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was expelled from Toowoomba boarding school and noted, 'I was quite out of hand. In schools like that, I don't think they expect that girls are going to behave in such an outrageous fashion.'
    She described her first marriage, to Andrea Volpe, as 'a Romeo and Juliet thing,' then added, 'I actually think Romeo and Juliet would have had a dreadful marriage.'
    She had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide.
    After she claimed Connery had cut their son Jason out of his will (2008), Sean called her 'insane' and Jason called her statements 'outrageous and hurtful lies and fabrications.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She said her parents, who were both doctors, did not take her acting career seriously 'until I started earning more money than they were.'
    She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 'Tom Jones.'
    Connery allegedly punched her in the face after she danced a flamenco with another man.
    She built her own outdoor theater, Karnak, in the rainforest of Queensland.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 68.57% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 217 Votes: 47.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 47 Votes: 55.32% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying