Diana Davies (actress)
| Diana Davies | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 July 1936 Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK |
Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in Coronation Street and Caroline Bates in Emmerdale Farm between 1984 and 1999.[1]
Career
Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in Emmerdale Farm, Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama How We Used To Live between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976) and Mabel Hodgkins (1981). She also appeared in the Liver Birds as Jenny.
Personal life
Davies divorced her husband, Peter, in 1979,[1] with whom she had a son, Stephen.[1] She moved to Torquay in 2004 to live with her sister, Jill Barton.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Why Streetwise Diana is back on the boards" ThisIsSouthDevon.co.uk