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Diana Maddox(1926-2020)

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Music Department
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Diana Maddox was born on 25 April 1926 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Changeling (1980), The Amateur (1981) and Folio (1955). She was married to Wray Downes and Andrzey Ciolkosz. She died on 9 November 2020.
BornApril 25, 1926
DiedNovember 9, 2020(94)
BornApril 25, 1926
DiedNovember 9, 2020(94)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

The Changeling (1980)
The Changeling
7.1
  • Writer
  • 1980
The Amateur (1981)
The Amateur
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1981
Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
Folio
6.1
TV Series
  • Solveig
  • Nora
  • Polly Garter
  • Leni
Startime (1959)
Startime
TV Series
  • Lady Ursula
  • Elizabeth Proctor
  • Winnie Verloc

Credits

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Actress

  • Aquaman (1967)
    Aquaman
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Various Characters, Mera
    • Unknown (voice)
    • 1967–1969
  • The Felony Squad (1966)
    The Felony Squad
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Myra Delaney
    • 1969
  • The Super 6 (1966)
    The Super 6
    7.0
    TV Series
    • (voice)
    • 1966–1967
  • Ape Suzette (1966)
    That's No Lady, That's Notre Dame
    6.4
    Short
    • Commissioner's Wife (voice)
    • 1966
  • The Inspector (1965)
    The Inspector
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • The Commissioner's Wife (voice)
    • 1966
  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
    5.2
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Joe
    • Joan's Mother
    • Aunt Jane ...
    • 1961–1965
  • The Serial
    TV Series
    • Mary
    • 1965
  • Playdate
    5.5
    TV Series
    • The Landlady
    • Agafia
    • Muriel
    • 1962–1964
  • Quest (1961)
    Quest
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Martha Blondel
    • 1962
  • Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
    Q for Quest
    TV Series
    • 1961
  • First Person (1960)
    First Person
    TV Series
    • 1960–1961
  • William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
    Encounter
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Vi
    • Charlotte Lucas
    • 1958–1960
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    TV Series
    • Lady Ursula
    • Elizabeth Proctor
    • Winnie Verloc
    • 1959–1960
  • The Tichborne Claimant
    TV Movie
    • Lady Tichborne
    • 1959
  • Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
    Folio
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Solveig
    • Nora
    • Polly Garter ...
    • 1956–1959

Writer

  • The Amateur (1981)
    The Amateur
    5.9
    • screenplay by
    • 1981
  • The Changeling (1980)
    The Changeling
    7.1
    • screenplay by
    • 1980
  • The Peace Killers (1971)
    The Peace Killers
    5.4
    • original story
    • 1971

Music Department

  • Murder in the Cathedral (1951)
    Murder in the Cathedral
    6.5
    • vocalist: mediaeval song
    • 1951

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 25, 1926
    • Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • November 9, 2020
  • Spouses
      Wray DownesOctober 10, 1953 - ?
  • Other works
    She performed in Hattie Jacques' pantomime of H.J. Byron's play, "Babes in the Wood," at the Players' Theatre in London, England with Geoffrey Dunn, Daphne Anderson, Ian Wallace, Dennis Wood, Eileen Beldon, Joan Sterndale Bennett, Madamoiselle Violetta, and John Hewer in the cast. Don Gemmell was director.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Ellis Rabb and she were awarded the 1981 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Direction for "Twelfth Night" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

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