Diane Cilento, 1954

Diane Cilento, 1954. Diane Cilento was born in Mooloolaba, Queensland, in 1933. She was one of six children of Lady Phyllis and Sir Raphael Cilento, both eminent doctors. Diane achieved international acclaim as a stage and screen actor in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her marriage to actor Sean Connery in 1962 attracted feverish attention the world over. She turned her back on stardom in the 1970s and now runs the Karnak Playhouse in the rainforests of North Queensland.