Dianne Foster(1928-2019)

She was supposed to work with Alan Ladd in a film while she was in England in the early 1950s. She did not agree, however, to a four-year option in the contract because she wanted the freedom of working in theater and already had a binding film contract with Tempean Films. The tabloids papers suggested unkindly that she "walked out" on Ladd. Years later, after coming to the U.S., she was offered the lead in Acque profonde (1958) that was to star Ladd. She thought Ladd would never agree to her casting after the earlier incident. He did, surprisingly, and told her that he admired and respected what she did back then.

[2009 interview in "Films of the Golden Age" magazine] The opportunity to communicate with a live audience every time I performed on stage--I really miss that. However, what I found when working in the movies was that the people behind the camera would applaud a good scene. So in that sense, I had a live audience there as well and that was always a thrill for me. I loved acting and all the wonderful people that I had the opportunity to work with.