![]() ![]() At 5' 2" Diane was too short to be principal dancer, but she was hired to be in the pony line at Bimbo's in San Francisco.ĭuring her time in San Francisco, Diane was asked to model at an art class at the University of California at Berkeley. At the urging of a roommate, she auditioned for a job with the Dorothy Dorbin Dancers. When Diane graduated from Hollywood High School at eighteen, she moved into the Hollywood Studio Club, a YWCA sponsored hotel for aspiring actresses, singers and dancers. She agreed to some demure photos in her toe shoes. At the age of 16 she was approached by a photographer after her ballet class and asked to pose. After school, she worked as an usherette at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. She participated in theater productions as a dancer and choreographer. The ballet training was put to good use when Diane attended Hollywood High School. She immediately decided she wanted to be a ballerina and began taking lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Bekefi. She also loved horses and hoped to own one someday.Īt the age of ten, Diane saw her first ballet, "The Nutcracker Suite". She chose her confirmation name, Theresa, becoming Marguerite Diane Theresa Empey.Įven at this young age, Diane loved to read and her artistic talents were evident in her drawings and paintings. Raised a Catholic, Diane's first communion came in 1939. Marguerite got the house and custody of the "minor child". The divorce wasn't finalized until 1938 when Diane was six. Guy referred to his wife as a "dumbbell". Guy Empey filed for divorce in 1934 when his daughter was two. Her mother Marguerite (nee Andrus) was a Hollywood starlet and former Miss Long Beach, Ca. Her father, Arthur Guy Empey, was a WWI veteran, book author, screen writer and song lyricist. Due to the reproducible nature of this item, this photograph cannot be returned.Please PayPal payment within 48 hours of auctions close.M arguerite Diane Empey was born July 29, 1932, at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, Ca. Ownership of the photograph does not imply that the owner has printing rights to the photo. These auctions are for the photographs themselves. If you have any serious concerns, please email me. They may have marring, a light fold, scuffs or dog-ears due to normal book and magazine production handling. All of them are vintage '50s, '60s original photographic prints, printed on real silver bromide single-weight glossy black and white photographic paper. May be stamped "Ed Lange" or "Erwin Lang" on the back. Nudist photographic collectors all over the world have praised my eBay offerings.Photo may have red or black grease-pencil crop marks, may have old adhesive (inert) on the back or may be backed with paper. (These are not scanned printer-generated copies). My auctions are known for their value and authenticity. You will not see any other authentic prints of any of these photos on the market. I have several years of successful experience selling these fine original vintage nudist photographs on eBay. The wax pencil writing can be removed by image restoration specialists. This is an excellent production print for one of Ed Lange's early magazines, with red wax pencil in the border. The magnetism between the model and photographer is apparent in every print.Photo size: 8 x 10 inches. Ed photographed Diane Webber like no one else. There have been other nudist photographers and producers but none as fresh and spontaneous as Ed Lange. Original Vintage Diane Webber Nude on the beach with husband Joe by Ed Lange This is a rare, one-of-a-kind production photographic print taken by Ed Lange for his groundbreaking nudist magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. ![]()
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