Marianna Hill born in Santa Barbara, Californiablank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384494/http://www.tv.com/marianna-hill/person/51541/summary.html on February 9, 1941 is an _American actress mostly working in American television.
She has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes. She co-starred in the Elvis Presley film Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1966 as Lani Kaimana; the Clint Eastwood film High Plains Drifter as Callie Travers in 1973; and in The Godfather II as Deanna Dunn-Corleone.
Hill guest-starred in several 1960s sitcoms, a short list of which include My Three Sons, Hogan's Heroes, Love, American Style, and Batman.
One of Hill's many TV appearances was as Dr Helen Noel in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "Dagger of the Mind".
She also guest-starred in the following drama series: Death Valley Days, Bonanza, The Ponderosa, Gunsmoke, The FBI, Mission:Impossible, Quincy, SWAT, Kung Fu, and Harry O, to name only a few.
A familiar character actress, Mariana Hill was the daughter of a building contractor, who moved his family around. In addition to living in her native Southern California, Hill has lived in Canada, Spain and Great Britain. As a result, she learned and became quite accomplished in doing different accents and dialects. Whether it's a French accent (from a guest appearance on "My Three Sons" (1960)) or German ("Hogan's Heroes" (1965)), Hill could be counted on to belt it out. She started acting while a teenager, apprenticing at the La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse, and also studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Having beautiful, exotic looks certainly didn't hurt her either as she has played a Hawaiian girl, Irish lass and Greek beauty. In addition, she has been a model and was an acting coach and teacher at the Lee Strasberg Institute in London.
