Diane Langton

Who is Diane Langton?

Diane Langton is an English actress and singer.

She has appeared in numerous TV shows like Only Fools and Horses, where she played Junie, an old girlfriend of Del Boy's, in the 1980s.

Langton has also appeared in The Rag Trade as Kathy Roberts, EastEnders as Cindy Beale's mother Bev Williams, Ruby Rowan, Nick Berry's mother in Heartbeat and as a prostitute in an episode of Joking Apart.

Other notable TV appearances have included Alas Smith and Jones, Bergerac, Minder, Carry On Laughing and The Bill, among others. She also had her own TV special called Let There Be Langton. Since 2007 she has made occasional appearances in Hollyoaks as Nana McQueen.

She played Private Alice Easy in the 1976 film Carry On England and has appeared on radio as well.

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, Evita, A Little Night Music, Chicago and Mary Poppins. Her long stage career began with an appearance in Hair in 1968. In 1982, she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, performing a song from Showboat.

In 2010 she joined the London cast of Billy Elliot as Grandma.

She returned to Hollyoaks as Nana McQueen on a permanent basis in 2012.