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  • {{Infobox television | company = [[Thames Television]]
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  • ...s an English-born Welsh actress who was best known for her work on British television, mostly notably for her role as Ivy in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. ...Company's first production, ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'', at Cardiff's New Theatre in 1962.<ref name="thestage"/>
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  • {{Infobox television season | last_aired = {{end date|1983|12|27|df=y}}
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  • {{Infobox television | genre = [[Comedy television]]
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  • | birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Pakistan]])</small> ...]'' (1977), ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Foyle's War]]'' and [[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The BFG (1989 film)|The BFG]]'' (1989) as the
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  • {{short description|British actor (1923-2008)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
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  • | image = Diane as Yvonne 1983.jpg | caption = Diane Holland as Yvonne in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'', 1983
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[w:Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...rections officer|prison officer]] [[w:Mr. Mackay|Mr. Mackay]] in the 1970s television [[w:situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[w:Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''.
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  • {{Short description|British television director}} {{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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  • {{Infobox television season *Williams previously portrayed the forsaken character in the 1983 feature-length episode ''Getting Sam Home'', over a quarter of a century be
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  • | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1983|03|31|1912|06|9}} ...1 March 1983) was an English [[Film|cinema]], [[radio]], [[theatre]] and [[television]] [[actor]].
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  • ...e book|year=1985|author=Eddie Pedder|isbn=0-907965-31-8|title=Who's Who on Television, 3rd Edition|publisher=Michael Joseph}}</ref> From 2012, she appeared as Marj Brennig in the British TV series ''[[Stella (British TV series)|Stella]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.co.uk/cast.as
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  • ...James Ottaway''' (25 July 1908 &ndash; 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades.<ref name=Obit>[https:// ...'The Island'' at the [[w:Q Theatre]]. Also in 1937 he appeared in an early television production, ''Capital Punishment'', broadcast by the [[w:BBC|BBC]] from [[
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  • | television = ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<br />''[[In Loving Memory (TV ser ...nheaven.co.uk/thorahird.htm|title="TV GREATS:DAME THORA HIRD 1911 – 2003", Television Heaven|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>
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  • ...roadcast for the [[BBC]] in 1932 and in 1937 and 1938 he featured in early television broadcasts. ...1937 and early 1938 he took part in five broadcasts by the fledgling [[BBC Television]] service, including an adaptation of [[Noël Coward]]'s one-act comedy wit
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  • '''Roy Mitchell Kinnear''' (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was a British [[character actor]]. He was known for his roles in films directed by [[Rich
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  • | caption = Hughes as he appeared in ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' ...or playing loveable slob [[Onslow (Keeping Up Appearances)|Onslow]] in the British sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances|Keeping Up Appearances]]'' (1990–1995);
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  • ...e=7 December 2016}}</ref> He appeared in many [[film|feature films]] and [[television]] programmes, often in [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] or supercilious In 1960, Vernon appeared in an [[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|adaptation]] of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s novel, ''[[The Citadel (novel
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  • | honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] ...tp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2208671.stm "100 great British heroes"]. BBC News. Retrieved 15 February 2014</ref>
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  • ...became known for playing domineering middle-aged women in plays, films and television shows. ...other Courage and Her Children|Mother Courage]]'' on stage, and in several television dramas. She retired after going blind and spent her last years in the actor
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