She dazzled audiences as a captivating presence on the silver screen, famously married to a legendary film icon who was 33 years her senior. During the 1960s and 1970s, she secured her place in Hollywood with a series of unforgettable roles.
After earning an Oscar nomination for her performance alongside Natalie Wood, she returned to the spotlight with a role in a popular Warren Beatty film. Her entrance into the world of cinema was marked by a breakthrough performance in a 1969 sex comedy, which garnered her first Academy Award nomination.
In 1985, she tied the knot with Stanley Fimberg, her second husband, but not before capturing public attention with high-profile relationships with the likes of Johnny Carson and Ron Ely, television’s original Tarzan.
Even now, this former model and actress, who celebrated her 89th birthday on January 4, continues to captivate the public eye, frequently spotted enjoying courtside seats at LA Lakers games.
Can you guess who this enigmatic Hollywood figure is?
Can you guess who it is?
She’s a silver screen siren who spent three years married to a movie titan 33 years her senior and landed iconic film roles in the ’60s and ’70s
Following an Oscar-nominated role alongside Natalie Wood she reemerged in a hit Warren Beatty movie
It’s Dyan Cannon!
The Hollywood icon was spotted with her dogs in tow during an outing in Beverly Hills on January 2, two days before her birthday.
Cannon looked almost unrecognizable in glamorous black sunglasses and with her famous blonde curls falling around her face.
She was stylish black trousers and a multicolor, fashionably oversize cable knit cardigan. She added a pair of on-trend chunky black boots.
Despite largely keeping away from the spotlight these days, Cannon made headlines back in April 2025 for sharing details about her active dating life.
While attending the 10th Annual Hollywood Beauty Awards, she revealed she juggles multiple ‘friends with benefits’ — and there are still ‘more to come,’ according to People.
Asked if she was still dating, she said ‘Of course,’ before clarifying that she’s only interested if the person is ‘somebody very special.’
She added that she was seeing ‘several special [people]…’ at the moment, noting that she had multiple physical connections with partners that didn’t come with the weight of relationships and commitment.
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It’s Dyan Cannon! The iconic star made a rare public outing this month
Cannon got her start on TV in the late 50s and early 60s, but she gained more prominence with her 1965 marriage to Hollywood superstar Cary Grant, who was 33 years her senior. The couple had a daughter named Jennifer
The former model and actress, who turned 89 on January 4, had her breakthrough film role in 1969 sex comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which landed her first Academy Award nomination – pictured with Elliott Gould, Natalie Wood and Robert Culp
She landed her second Oscar nomination for Heaven Can Wait in 1987
She starred alongside Sean Connery in 1970 crime film The Anderson Tapes
The Hollywood icon was spotted during an outing in Beverly Hills on January 2, two days before her birthday
‘I have friends with benefits, yes,’ she admitted.
Cannon began acting in the 50s and early 1960s with various television guest roles, but it was her relationship with film superstar Cary Grant – who was 33 years her senior – that elevated her public image.
He asked to meet her after seeing her in the CBS drama series Malibu Run.
The two married in 1965 and had a daughter, Jennifer, before their divorce three years later.
Cannon became a major Hollywood star in her own right thanks to her Oscar-nominated role in the counter-culture hit Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, which follows two friendly couples who experiment with swinging. Wood, Robert Culp and Elliott Gould were the others in the ménage à quatre.
She also starred opposite Sean Connery in The Anderson Tapes and in Otto Preminger’s Such Good Friends — which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Cannon is seen in December 2025 at an LA Clippers game
Two more Oscar nods came later, for the short film Number One and Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait.
Cannon divorced Fimberg in 1991 after a six-year marriage.
The star also had notable relationships with chat show legend Johnny Carson, Ely, comedian Mort Sahl, talent agent Ron Weisner and actors Armond Assante, Hy Chase and Michael Nouri.
Though she has acted less frequently in recent years, Cannon turned to writing with the publication of her memoir Dear Cary: My Life With Cary Grant in 2011.
The book was a bestseller and came after she had turned down lucrative offers to write a memoir about her marriage for decades.
