THE HAT SQUAD: DIANA COUPLAND

Actress Diana Coupland, best known for her role in the 1970s sitcom 'Bless This House', has died in hospital aged 74.

The comedy actress died at Coventry's University Hospital, after she failed to recuperate from surgery to resolve long-term heart problems.

Coupland more recently played roles in 'EastEnders', 'Casualty', and 'Doctors'.

It was her role in 'Bless This House' that brought her television fame. She continued to work solidly through the 1980s, and was featured in such shows as 'Juliet Bravo' and 'Triangle', the series set on a North Sea ferry.

TV SERIES
"EastEnders" (1985) TV Series .... Auntie Maureen Carter (2000)
"High and Dry" (1987) TV Series .... Mrs. Briggs
"Bless This House" .... Jean Abbott (1971-1973)
"A Little Big Business" (1963) TV Series .... Naomi Lieberman

TV MOVIES
The Likes of Sykes (1980) (TV)
Rebel in the Grave (1968) (TV) .... Mrs. Hammond
And Did Those Feet (1965) (TV) .... Maggie

TV MINI-SERIES
"A Raging Calm" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Norma Moffat

AS SEEN ON TV
"Dickens of London" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Mrs. Catherine Dickens

TELE-PLAYS
"Half Hour Story" .... Gwen (1 episode, 1968)
- The Pub Fighter
"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (2 episodes, 1966-1967)
- The Isle Is Full of Noises (1967)
- The Spoken Word (1966)
"The Wednesday Play"
- The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) TV Episode .... Mona Summers
"Play of the Month"
- Make Me an Offer (1966) TV Episode

GUEST APPEARANCES
"Rose and Maloney" .... Anna Roche (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #2.3
"Casualty" .... Lily Thirlwell (1 episode, 2004)
- Love Bites
"Doctors" .... Hilda (1 episode, 2002)
- Happy Days Are Here Again
"One Foot in the Grave" .... Meg (1 episode, 1992)
- Monday Morning Will Be Fine
"Juliet Bravo" .... Audrey Clark (1 episode, 1983)
- Off Duty
"Triangle" .... Marion Terson (1 episode, 1981-1982)
- Episode #2.1
"The Wilde Alliance" .... Cora (1 episode, 1978)
- Time and Again
"Z Cars" .... Fay Benn / Mrs. Benson / Alice Cottrell / Ethel Roberts / Hilda Laker / Lily Stiles / Mrs. Keston
- Intrusion: Part 2 (1971) TV Episode .... Mrs. Benson
- Intrusion: Part 1 (1971) TV Episode .... Mrs. Benson
- The Placer: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Fay Benn
- The Placer: Part 1 (1967) TV Episode .... Fay Benn
- In a Day's Work (1964) TV Episode .... Mrs. Keston
"Please Sir!" .... Connie Eversleigh (1 episode, 1969)
- The Decent Thing
"Rogues' Gallery" .... Mrs. Fairweather (1 episode, 1969)
- The Fearful Image
"Softly Softly" .... Mae / Mae Martin (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
- Bird of Passage (1968)
- All That Glitters (1966
"Dixon of Dock Green" .... Norma Parker / Ruby Fisher (2 episodes, 1964-1966)
- S for Squealer (1966) TV Episode .... Ruby Fisher
- Fair Means or Foul TV Episode .... Norma Parker
"Redcap" .... Iris Pearson (1 episode, 1965)
- Misfire
"Cluff" .... Lucy Heathercote (1 episode, 1965)
- The Village Constable
"Maigret" (1 episode, 1963)
- The Cellars of the Majestic (1963) TV Episode

BCnU.....
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