Diane Langton

Langton has appeared in numerous television series.[2] In the 1980s, she appeared in Only Fools and Horses as June Snell, a former girlfriend of Del Boy.[4] She also appeared in The Rag Trade as Kathy Roberts, EastEnders as Cindy Beale's mother, Bev Williams, in Heartbeat as Ruby Rowan, Nick Berry's character's mother, and as a prostitute in an episode of Joking Apart.[5][6][2] Her other notable TV appearances have included Alas Smith and Jones, Bergerac, Minder, Carry On Laughing and The Bill.[5][2][7] She also had her own special called Let There Be Langton.[3] She played Private Alice Easy in the 1976 film Carry On England.[8] She appeared in The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog, which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by Channel 4 in 1983.[9]

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, Pippin, I'm Getting My Act Together, A Little Night Music, Chicago and Mary Poppins.[10] Her long stage career began with an appearance in Hair, in 1968.[11] In 1982 she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, performing a song from Show Boat.[12] In 1987, she created the role of Angel in Kander & Ebb's The Rink at the Forum Theatre in Manchester, a role which she reprised in the 1988 West End transfer.[13] She returned to the show in 2004, at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, this time playing the role of Angel's mother, Anna.[14] In 2010, she joined the London cast of Billy Elliot as Grandma.[15]

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