Diana King

Diana King was an English actress whose career on British television ran from 1939 to 1986. Born in Buckinghamshire in 1918, she trained at the Fay Compton School of Drama and performed often on stage during and after World War Two. Her earliest television role came in 1939, playing a Tadworth House School pupil in Little Ladyship. Through the 1940s and 1950s she acted on television and in films, and in 1961 she appeared in The Avengers. From the 1960s onward she became known for situation comedy, with roles in Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers, The Liver Birds, Rising Damp, George and Mildred, and other series. She also had recurring parts as Mrs Peacock in Are You Being Served?, Norah in Bachelor Father, George's mother in Marriage Lines and Melinda Spry in Terry and June. She appeared in Follow Me from 1978 to 1981, and her final television role was in Inside Story, shown in 1986.