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| {{Short description|English actress (1938–2013)}}
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| {{Infobox person
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| | name = Diane Clare
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| | image = Diane Clare.jpg
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| | birthname = Diane Olga Claire Georgine Dirsztay
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| | birth_date = {{Birth_date|1938|7|8|df=yes}}
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| | birth_place = London, England
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| | death_date = {{death_date and age|2013|6|21|1938|7|8|df=yes}}
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| | death_place = UK
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| | alma_mater = ''[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]''
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| | known_for = ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]''<br>''[[Persuasion (1960 TV series)|Persuasion]]''<br>''[[The Reluctant Debutante (film)|The Reluctant Debutante]]''
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| | occupation = Actress
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| | spouse = [[Barry England]] (1967–2009; his death)
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| | children = Kate (born 1969)
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| Christopher (born 1971)
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| | years_active = 1958–1968
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| }}
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| '''Diane Clare''' (born '''Diane Dirsztay'''; 8 July 1938 – 21 June 2013) was an English film and television actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18878|title=Diane Clare profile|publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|date=16 April 2009|accessdate=27 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005165823/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/18878|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10144549/Ice-Cold-in-Alex-actress-Diane-Clare-dies-aged-74.html|title=Diane Clare dies aged 74|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=27 June 2013}}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| Clare started acting at a very young age playing uncredited baby parts in films such as ''[[The Ghosts of Berkeley Square]]'' and ''[[The Silver Fleet]]'', and for a time was one of the most highly paid babies in British films.<ref name="Names to watch: Diane Clare">[http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/darrenburnfan/DIANECLARE.jpg], Names to watch: Diane Clare.</ref>
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| At the age of three, Clare was too old to continue playing babies so her career came to a standstill. "I'd been longing to play in pictures from the time I was dropped all those years ago because I'd become too old to play baby parts",<ref name="Diane Clare Devotees">[http://dianeclaredevotees.wix.com/diane-clare2#!quotes/clry], Diane Clare Devotees.</ref> she told an interviewer in the late 1950s, after her comeback with roles in ''[[The Reluctant Debutante (film)|The Reluctant Debutante]]'' and ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]''. She received excellent reviews from playing in the latter film, and one journalist wrote: "I forecast that Miss Diane Clare is going to be one of the big names among actresses in the future."<ref name="Names to watch: Diane Clare"/>
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| She appeared in many horror films during the 1960s such as [[Hammer Horror]]'s ''[[Plague of the Zombies]]'' during her career. In 1965 she had a small part as Julie (the girl at the food counter) in the "Death at Bargain Prices" episode of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''. In 1967, she was screentested for the role of [[Tara King (The Avengers)|Tara King]] in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', but she did not get the part.<ref name="imdb"/>
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| ==Personal life==
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| Diane Dirsztay was born on 8 July 1938 in [[Wandsworth]], London. She lied about her age so she could study at [[R.A.D.A.]] After her film comeback in 1958, Clare attributed it to a 'lucky' black beret which she always wore to auditions. "It brings me luck," she told one journalist after appearing in ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'', "I wore it when I went to the audition for [[Anna Massey]]'s part [in ''[[The Reluctant Debutante (film)|The Reluctant Debutante]]''], and again when I went to [[Elstree Studios]] for my film test." Clare retired from acting when she married the novelist and playwright [[Barry England]] (born 1932 – died 2009) in 1967; the couple had two children, Kate (born 1969) and Christopher (born 1971).<ref>[http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=diane-england&pid=165529932#fbLoggedOut Diane Clare obituary at thetimes.co.uk] (PAYWALL NOTE: subscription required for access to whole article)</ref> Her hobbies included dancing, riding, swimming and going to the cinema.<ref name="Names to watch: Diane Clare"/>
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| ==Death==
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| Diane Clare died on 21 June 2013, aged 74, from undisclosed causes.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0163493}}</ref>
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| ==Filmography==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" width=90%
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| |+ Feature films
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| ! width=5% scope="col" | Year
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| ! width=25% scope="col" | Title
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| ! width=25% scope="col" | Role
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| ! width=45% scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| | rowspan=3|1958
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Young|Woman}}
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| | minor role, Uncredited
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Sister Denise|Norton}}
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Reluctant Debutante (film)|The Reluctant Debutante]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Clarissa|Claremont}}
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| |-
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| | 1960
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Let's Get Married (1960 film)|Let's Get Married]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Glad|}}
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| |-
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| | rowspan=5|1961
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Green Helmet]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Pamela|}}
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| | scope="row"| '''[[Out of the Shadow (1961 film)|Out of the Shadow]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Mary|Johnson}}
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| | Starring role
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Naked Edge]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||Betty}}
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||Miss Lodge|Sunday School Teacher}}
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Lunch Hour]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Sheila|}}
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| | minor role, Uncredited
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| | rowspan=3|1962
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (film)|Mrs. Gibbons' Boys]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|–|}}
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| | minor role, Uncredited
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Go to Blazes (1962 film)|Go to Blazes]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||'Girl lover'}}
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||Nurse}}
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| | rowspan=3|1963
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Double (1963 film)|The Double]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Selena|Osmonde}}
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Tamahine]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|–|}}
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| | minor role, Uncredited
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Carrie|Fredricks}}
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| | 1964
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| | scope="row"| ''[[Witchcraft (1964 film)|Witchcraft]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Amy|Whitlock}}
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| |-
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| | rowspan=3|1966
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Plague of the Zombies]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Sylvia|Forbes}}
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| | Starring role
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Wrong Box]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||Mercy}}
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| |-
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Trygon Factor]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Clare|O'Connor}}
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| | 1967
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Vulture (1967 film)|The Vulture]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1|Trudy|Lutens}}
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| | Starring role
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| | 1968
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| | scope="row"| ''[[The Hand of Night]]''
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| | {{sortname|nolink=1||Chantal}}
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| | Starring role, (final film role)
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| |}
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| *{{rotten-tomatoes-person|diane-clare}}
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| *{{IMDb name|id=0163493}}
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| *{{amg name|id=13303}}
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| {{Authority control}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Clare, Diane}}
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| [[Category:1938 births]]
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| [[Category:2013 deaths]]
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| [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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| [[Category:Actresses from London]]
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| [[Category:English film actresses]]
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| [[Category:English television actresses]]
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| [[Category:Place of death missing]]
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| [[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
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