Diana Hardcastle

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Diana Hardcastle
Diana Hardcastle actress.jpg
Born (1949-07-12) 12 July 1949 (age 75)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1982present
Spouse
(m. 1988;died 2023)
Children2

Diana Hardcastle Wilkinson (born 12 July 1949) is an English actress who has appeared largely in television roles. [1] [2]

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Career

Hardcastle has appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders , Inspector Lynley and Taggart . She played recurring roles in the series First Among Equals and Fortunes of War .

In 2011, Hardcastle and actor Tom Wilkinson, her husband, portrayed real life husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy in the mini series The Kennedys .

In 2012, she had a supporting role in the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , in which her husband starred (their characters did not interact), and a returning role in the 2015 sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel . Wilkinson and Hardcastle again played husband and wife in Good People (2014) and played brother-in-law and sister-in-law in the television series Belgravia (2020). [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRolesNotes
2004 If Only Claire
2004 A Good Woman Lady Plymdale
2005 Chromophobia Mrs. Wharton
2011 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Carol Parr
2014 Good People Marie Halden
2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Carol Parr
2015 Jenny's Wedding Ellen O'Leary
2016 The Boy Mrs. Heelshire

Television

YearTitleRolesNotes
1982East LynneWilsonTelevision film
1984The HouseMrs. JanekTelevision film
1985Love SongPhilippa Jameson HatchardTelevision film
1983 Reilly, Ace of Spies AnnaEpisode: "Anna"
1984CharlieAinsworth's secretaryEpisode: "Charlie Is My Darling"
1986Screen TwoJudith WaltersEpisode: "Frankie and Johnnie"
1986 First Among Equals Louise Fraser9 episodes
1987 Fortunes of War Edwina Little3 episodes
1988–92 That's Love Patsy26 episodes
1992 Boon Kate NewsomeEpisode: "Message in a Bottle"
1993PunchdrunkVikki Brown6 episodes
1993 Resnick: Rough Treatment Claire MillinderTelevision film
1996The Tide of LifeRona BirchEpisode: "No. 1.2"
1997 Midsomer Murders Barbara LessiterEpisode: "The Killings at Badger's Drift"
1997 Bugs Elaine HarmanEpisode: "Identity Crisis"
1999The BillRuth WattsEpisode: "Kiss Chase"
1999 Taggart Mariah StrangeEpisode: "Fearful Lightning"
2003 Holby City Pam WilkinsonEpisode: "On the Inside"
2004 Rosemary & Thyme CrystalEpisode: "The Gongoozlers"
2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Deborah ProctorEpisode: "Chinese Walls"
2008 Doctors Penny Healey-HendersonEpisode: "Very Important Prisoner"
2010 Silent Witness Mary Bradburn2 episodes
2010 Doctors Pam PhillipsEpisode: "Man in the Mirror"
2011 The Kennedys Rose Kennedy 7 episodes
2012 Doctors Wendy BarronEpisode: "Reports of My Death"
2012 Holby City Faith PearsonEpisode: "Eastern Promise"
2012 DCI Banks Defence Barrister VizardEpisode: "Innocent Graves: Part 1"
2013 Utopia CIA WomanEpisode: "No. 1.2"
2017 The Kennedys: After Camelot Rose Kennedy4 episodes
2020 Belgravia Grace BellasisTV series
2020 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Lady Athena Forbes-Allenepisode 3.5 "Thy Fury Spent"

Personal life

Hardcastle was married to English actor Tom Wilkinson until his death in December 2023. [4] [5] [6] They have two daughters, Alice, born in 1988, and Molly, born in 1991. [7]

References

  1. BFI | Film & TV Database | HARDCASTLE, Diana Archived 9 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Diana Hardcastle - IMDb
  3. "Meet the cast of ITV's Belgravia". Radio Times .
  4. "Tom Wilkinson Actor". Encyclopaedia Britannica . Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  5. Muir, Ellie (30 December 2023). "Full Monty actor Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. "Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75". BBC News. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. "Nominado a Mejor Actor de Reparto por Michael Clayton". ¡Hola!. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.