Diana Barrington

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Diana Barrington (born 6 May 1939) is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. [1] She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015. [2]

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Career

Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1957, and was part of the York repertory company from 1961-62. [3] [4] In 1962 she appeared in Alastair Dennett's play Fit to Print, as part of the Peter Haddon Company then resident at the Wimbledon Theatre. [5]

In 1963 Barrington was part of the Alexandra Repertory Company at The Alexandra, Birmingham; she appeared in plays including Fish Out of Water by Derek Benfield, Noël Coward's Hay Fever , Jean Anouilh's Becket and W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife . [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 1964 she appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Edgar Wallace's On The Spot. [10] [11] Later in the year she appeared in Elmer Blaney Harris's Johnny Belinda at the Theatre Royal, Bath. [12]

In 1965 she was in GC Brown's A Summer Game, with the Repertory Players at the Savoy Theatre. [13]

In 1971 Barrington played Hippolyta / Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [14]

In 1978, Barrington appeared as Mary, Queen of Scots in Schiller's Mary Stuart . [15] In the same year, she played Fanny Wilton in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman . [16]

In 1981, Barrington played two roles in the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. [14]

In 1982 she was in The Elephant Man at Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada. [17]

In 1989, Jay Scott raved about her performance in The Top of His Head .[ citation needed ]

Some time before 1996, Barrington notified Equity that she was taking a break from acting, and as of 2005 she had not returned to the profession. [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Lost and Found Ellie
1981 Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Zena SheardownTV film
1989 The Top of His Head Yolanda
Mob Story Maria
1993 Alive Mrs. Alfonsin

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959 Saturday Playhouse Episode: "The Larford Lad"
1961 Dixon of Dock Green Sylvie DowsonEpisode: "A Quiet, Ordinary Woman"
1963 William RoxanaEpisode: "William and the Three Bears"
1967 Festival YermaEpisode: "Yerma"
1969CeliaEpisode: "Volpone"
1973 The Starlost JaniceEpisode: "The Pisces"
1974 The National Dream Lady DufferinMini-series documentary
1979 Matt and Jenny Mrs. BelliniEpisode: "The Bellinis"
1984 The Littlest Hobo MaidEpisode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar"
1985 The Edison Twins Female JudgeEpisode: "Let Them Eat Cake"
1987 Check It Out! Molly MaguireEpisode: "The Son Also Rises"
Adderly Juliana DoubledayEpisode: "Headhunter"
1988 Friday the 13th: The Series Marie SimmonsEpisode: "The Baron's Bride"
Diamonds Episode: "Ghost Writer"
1993 Highlander: The Series Anne WheelerEpisode: "Eyewitness"

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References

  1. ↑ "RADA Awards". The Stage. 11 May 1961. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Spring awards have been announced by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ... Diana Barrington ... [has] been commended
  2. ↑ "Ken Pogue Obituary". Victoria Times Colonist. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2020– via Legacy.com.
  3. ↑ "'School' at the Repertory Theatre". Birmingham Daily Post. 21 November 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020. The Cast ... Tilly - Diana Barrington
  4. ↑ "From York to London". The Stage. 2 August 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington has left York for London. She had been a member of the York Repertory Company for about a year, where she did much good work, one of her outstanding parts being that of Johnny Belinda.
  5. ↑ "'Fit to Print' comes to Wimbledon". Norwood News. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington in the part of Veronica, the glamorous 'Picture Girl', who has such a crucial bearing on the story
  6. ↑ "English Women on an Agency Holiday". The Stage. 9 May 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Marisa: Diana Bennington
  7. ↑ H, B (13 September 1963). "Coward comedy makes designs on the cast". Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington ... fit[s] snugly into this type of comedy
  8. ↑ Trewin, J. C. (24 September 1963). "A Frenchman looks at English history". Birmingham Daily Post. Retrieved 21 April 2020. and Diana Barrington see that the women get over best
  9. ↑ "Good lead in Maugham comedy". Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle. 25 October 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Marie-Louise Durham (Diana Barrington)
  10. ↑ R, HW (21 July 1964). "'On The Spot' is not so tough today". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington offered an excellent study as Perell's Chinese wife
  11. ↑ "'On The Spot' revived". The Stage. 23 July 1964. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington as his Chinese mistress, Minn Lee, is wholly satisfying, dignified, gentle and pathetic
  12. ↑ "What's on next week". Somerset Guardian and Standard. 11 September 1964. Retrieved 21 April 2020. London actress Diana Barrington has been specially engaged to play the female lead.
  13. ↑ "Week in the Theatre: A Secret to Hide". The Stage. 3 June 1965. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington, in the thankless part of the South African girl, relied too much on her beauty ... and too little on acting technique
  14. 1 2 Katharine Goodland; John O'Connor (2010). A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance 1970-1990: Canada and USA. Volume 2. Springer. pp. 23, 31, 171. ISBN   978-1-349-60041-0 . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Taite, WL (January 1978). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. p. 94. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Diana Barrington made an unimpressive beginning ... But as the play progressed, Barrington's impassivity took on depth
  16. ↑ Eder, Richard (20 June 1978). "Stage: 'Borman' at Niagara". New York Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020. The only performance with a measure of coherence, in fact, is Diana Barrington's interpretation of Fanny Wilton
  17. ↑ "The Elephant Man". Theatre: Calgary. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  18. ↑ "Honourable Withdrawal". The Stage. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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