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{{short description|British actress}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Actress_Diana_King.jpg
| name = Diana King
| caption = in ''[[The Wedding Party (Fawlty Towers)|Fawlty Towers]]'' (1975)
| birth_name = Diana Jane King
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|8|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Buckinghamshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|7|31|1918|8|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Nettlebed]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| othername =
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1939–1986
| spouse = [[John Harvey (actor)|John Harvey]] (m. 1940–1982, his death)
}}

'''Diana King''' (2 August 1918 – 31 July 1986) was an English actress who had a career on British television from 1939 to 1986. Born in [[Buckinghamshire]], she was sometimes credited as '''Diane King'''.

==Television roles==
King's first television appearance was as a pupil of Tadworth House School in ''[[Little Ladyship]]'' in 1939.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/qy6/diana-king|title=Diana King | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6d919bbf2baa44ce8affbb86cdc9f310|title=Little Ladyship|journal=Radio Times|date=5 March 1939|issue=805|pages=16|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> She continued to appear on television and in films throughout the 1940s and 1950s.<ref name=bfi/> In 1961, she appeared in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/diana-king-p38288/other_appearances|title=Diana King | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances|publisher=AllMovie}}</ref>

From the 1960s to the early 1980s, she appeared in ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1967 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'', ''[[You're Only Young Twice]]'' and ''[[Z-Cars]]''.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f6036a0|title=Diana King|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref name=aveleyman/>

King was perhaps best known for her many appearances in situation comedies from the 1960s onwards. She had roles in ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'', ''[[The Liver Birds]]'', ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' (in the episode "[[The Wedding Party (Fawlty Towers)|The Wedding Party]]"), ''[[George and Mildred]]'', ''[[Bless This House (British TV series)|Bless This House]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[Come Back Mrs Noah]]'' and ''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]''.<ref name=aveleyman>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9419|title=Diana King|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also had semi-regular roles in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' as Mrs Peacock, in ''[[Terry and June]]'' replacing the late [[Joan Benham]] in the role of Melinda Spry, as Norah in ''[[Bachelor Father (British TV series)|Bachelor Father]]'' and as George's mother in ''[[Marriage Lines]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b068de0|title=Oh, What a Tangled Web (1976)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b77888be9|title=Terry and June[08/03/83] (1983)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d7e26ff|title=What's in a Name? (1965)|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> She appeared in ''[[Follow Me! (BBC TV series)|Follow Me]]'' from 1978 to 1981, with [[Francis Matthews (actor)|Francis Matthews]] as moderator.

Her final television appearance was in ''Inside Story'', which was shown in 1986, the year she died of cancer in [[Nettlebed]], [[Oxfordshire]], two days before her 68th birthday.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJQACAAAQBAJ&q=inside+story%3A+auld+lang+syne+1986&pg=PA294|title=The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937–2013|first=Chris|last=Perry|date=3 February 2016|publisher=Lulu.com|via=Google Books|isbn=9781900203609}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1941 || ''[[Spellbound (1941 film)|Spellbound]]'' || Amy Nugent ||
|-
| ''[[Once a Crook]]'' || Bessie ||
|-
|1961 || ''[[Offbeat (film)|Offbeat]]'' ||Maggie Dawson ||
|-
|1962 || ''[[Live Now, Pay Later]]'' ||Potential Buyer ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1965 || ''[[Be My Guest (film)|Be My Guest]]'' || Margaret Martin ||
|-
| ''[[Fanatic (film)|Fanatic]]'' || Woman Shopper ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[They Came from Beyond Space]]'' || Mrs. Trethowan ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Some Will, Some Won't]]'' ||Mrs. Craik ||
|-
|1976 || ''[[Schizo (1976 film)|Schizo]]'' || Mrs. Falconer ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1980 || ''[[Shillingbury Tales|The Shillingbury Blowers]]'' || Mrs. Simpkins|| TV Movie
|-
| ''[[The Wildcats of St Trinian's]]'' || Miss Mactavish ||
|-
| ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]'' || Wedding Witness ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0454655|name=Diana King}}
* {{Find a Grave|13707900}}

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