Marian Diamond (actress)

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Marian Diamond
Born (1936-12-17) December 17, 1936 (age 88)
London, England
OccupationActress

Marian Diamond (born 17 December 1936) is an English actress, also credited as Marion Diamond (Marion is her birthname). Known primarily for her voice, she has worked for the BBC for years. She narrated several episodes of Jackanory (dealing with C.S. Lewis' books mostly), and she voiced the part of Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series).

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Life and career

Diamond was born in London on 17 December. [1] She was the younger of two daughters - Gillian Diamond, her sister, was a casting director - of George Diamond, a Polish Jewish father, and his wife Rosemary (nee Reed), of Irish extraction. [2] She attended RADA, graduating in 1956. [3]

She appeared in a number of films, including 80,000 Suspects (1963), Subterfuge (1968) and Goodbye Gemini (1970). On television she appeared in such series as Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, Brookside and The Armando Iannucci Shows, and played in the drama Madame Bovary (2000), which was broadcast in two parts on 6 and 13 February in the U.S.A on WGBH-TV and on 10 and 11 April in the United Kingdom on BBC Two.

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 80,000 Suspects Sister Durrelluncredited
1968 Subterfuge Schoolteacher
1970 Goodbye Gemini Denise Pryce-Fletcher

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958 Armchair Theatre Teenage GirlEpisode: "Paid in Full"
1960 Dixon of Dock Green Jean TaylorEpisode: "The Guilty Party"
1963 Emergency Ward 10 Pauline RobertsA few episodes
1963 First Night Simone de MateosEpisode: "The Dawn"
1964 Detective Julia StonerEpisode: "The Speckled Band"
1964 Love Story AngelaEpisode: "I Love, You Love, We Love"
1964 Sherlock Holmes Julia StonerEpisode: "The Speckled Band"
1965 Play School PrincessEpisode: "Play School Pantomime"
1965 Z-Cars Ava LuddEpisode: "Give a Dog a Name"
1965 ITV Sunday Night Drama Ann FlemingEpisode: "Lot 171"
1965 The Sullavan Brothers Julie RomanEpisode: "The Corrupters"
1968 Playhouse Mary AnnEpisode: "Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley"
1968 Playhouse Maggie BrownEpisode: "A Matter of Diamonds"
1968 Detective Ethel Le NeveEpisode: "Crime of Passion"
1968 Market in Honey Lane Ann MarkhamEpisode #3.14
1970 The Main Chance Henrietta CarsonEpisode: "The Best Legal System in the World"
1971 Owen, M.D. Elaine Norton2 episodes
1972 Spy Trap Helen Foster4 episodes
1974 Thriller Jennifer PeelEpisode: "Not Guilty!"
1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Dr. JamiesonEpisode: "Heartstones: Part Two"
2006 Doctors Jean FranksEpisode: "One Day, Maybe"

References

  1. Noble, Peter (1975). British Film and Television Year Book. Volume 30. Cinema TV Today. p. 106.
  2. "Gillian Diamond obituary". theguardian.com. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  3. "RADA Student & graduate profiles Marian Diamond". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2025.