Diane Brewster

Diane Brewster (11 March 1931 in Kansas City, Missouri – 12 November 1991 in Studio City, California) was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in US TV series of the 1950s and 60s: confidence trickster "Samantha Crawford" in Maverick; pretty young second-grade teacher "Miss Canfield" in Leave It to Beaver; and doomed wife "Helen Kimble" in The Fugitive.
On Maverick, a sophisticated ABC western series featuring James Garner and Jack Kelly, Brewster's character was a gorgeous gambling con artist who often faked a southern accent. Though she was usually on the wrong side of the law... Read more