Dyanne Thorne, 1937 – 2020

Dyanne Thorne, born Dorothy Ann Seib 14 October 1936 New Jersey; died 28 January 2020 Las Vegas.

Dyanne Thorne, who starred as a wicked soldier of fortune in the Naziploitation film Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS and a pair of sequels, has died. She was 83.

A native of Greenwich, Connecticut, Thorne sang and appeared on the stage; the theater was her first love, her husband of 44 years and frequent co-star, told The Hollywood Reporter.

She had walk-ons in the studio films Who Was That Lady? (1960), Love With the Proper Stranger (1963) and The President’s Analyst (1967) and on the second-season Star Trek episode “A Piece of the Action.”

Thorne and Maurer for years ran a business in Las Vegas in which they served as non-denominational reverends to officiate weddings. She wrote scripts and he sang and played keyboards for the ceremonies.

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