Diane Langton

Diane Langton
Born	31 May 1947 (1947-05-31) (age 64) Somerset, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–present

Diane Langton (born 31 May 1947) is an English actress and singer.

She has appeared in numerous TV shows like Only Fools and Horses, where she played Junie, an old girlfriend of Del Boy's, in the 1980s.

Langton has also appeared in The Rag Trade as Kathy Roberts, EastEnders as Cindy Beale's mother Bev Williams, Ruby Rowan, Nick Berry's mother in Heartbeat and as a prostitute in an episode of Joking Apart.

Other notable TV appearances have included Alas Smith and Jones, Bergerac, Minder, Carry On Laughing and The Bill, among others. She also had her own TV special called Let There Be Langton. Since 2007 she has made occasional appearances in Hollyoaks as Nana McQueen.

She played Private Alice Easy in the 1976 film Carry On England and has appeared on radio as well.

Langton, who began her career as a dancer, is a popular theatre actress and singer, having appeared in the West End in A Chorus Line, Evita, A Little Night Music, Chicago and Mary Poppins.^[1] Her long stage career began with an appearance in Hair in 1968.^[2] In 1982, she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, performing a song from Showboat.

In 2010 she joined the London cast of Billy Elliot as Grandma.

Filmography

• Carry on Teacher (1959)
• Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
• Percy's Progress (1974)
• Eskimo Nell (1975)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
• Trial by Combat (1976)
• Carry on England (1976)
• The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

References

1. ^ Billy Elliott the Musical - Cast
2. ^ www.broadway.com Billy Elliot 's Diane Langton recalls a lifetime on the London stage

External links

• Diane Langton at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Langton, Diane
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	31 May 1947
Place of birth	Somerset, England
Date of death
Place of death