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.
In the Gay Talese book Thy Neighbor's Wife, the story tells of a man who carried Diane Webber's nude picture in his wallet for fifteen years as his masturbatory fantasy.Įmpey died on Augin Los Angeles at the age of 76 due to complications following surgery for colon cancer.M arguerite Diane Empey was born July 29, 1932, at Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, Ca. For several years Empey coordinated outdoor performances with up to 40 Middle Eastern dancers. Lots of women and children enjoyed the shows. Empey's shows were extremely sensual they didn’t pander to the audience. Empey founded Perfumes of Araby, one of the first American belly dancing companies. She occasionally performed this dance accompanied by her top students and a band playing Middle Eastern music in public places in and around Los Angeles.
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In 1965 Diane traveled to Sioux City, Iowa to testify at the request of a US attorney in a trial involving sending alleged obscene nudist magazines into IowaĪround 1969 to 1980 Empey devoted her full-time career as a bellydance instructor at the now defunct Everywoman's Village in Van Nuys, California. She also appeared on the covers for several vinyl record albums including Les Baxter's Jewels of the Sea, Sea of Dreams by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich's Jazz For Relaxation, Chile con Cugie by Xavier Cugat and the RCA Japanese release of the Seiji Hiraoka & His Quartet album Bedtime Music. Webber posed for many famous photographers such as Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Russ Meyer. Naked & Together: The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange, published by Elysium Inc in 1967, documented the Webbers' nudist life style. She later took an interest in nudism, appearing in numerous nudist magazines. The photos for her 1956 appearance were taken by soft core porn director Russ Meyer.Įmpey took ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Befefi and later worked as a chorus girl at Bimbo's in San Francisco. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956.
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Marguerite Diane Webber AKA Marguerite Empey (July 29, 1932-August 19, 2008) was an American model, dancer and actress.Įmpey was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Marguerite (née Andrus) and soldier, author, song-writer, actor & movie producer, Arthur Guy Empey.
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