Diana Beaumont (8 May 1909 – 21 June 1964) was a British actress.
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/ref> In 1932 she starred in the West End run of the hit comedy ''While Parents Sleep
''While Parents Sleep'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Jean Gillie, Enid Stamp Taylor and Romilly Lunge. The film is a screen adaptation of a 1932 play of the same name by Anthony Kimmins, which had been ...
'' by Anthony Kimmins
Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE (10 November 1901 – 19 May 1964) was an English director, playwright, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Biography
Kimmins was born in Harrow, London on 10 November 1901, the son of the social activists Charles Wi ...
, while in 1934 she appeared in Ian Hay
Major General John Hay Beith, CBE MC (17 April 1876 – 22 September 1952), was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but is best remembered as a novelist, playwright, essayist, and historian who wrote under the pen name Ian Hay.
After rea ...
's '' Admirals All''.
Selected filmography
* ''Alibi
An alibi (from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person, who is a possible perpetrator of a crime, of where they were at the time a particular offence was committed, which is somewhere other than where the crim ...
'' (1929)
* '' The Old Man'' (1931)
* ''When London Sleeps
''When London Sleeps'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Beaumont and René Ray. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was based on a play by ...
'' (1932)
* ''A Lucky Sweep
''A Lucky Sweep'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring John Longden, Diana Beaumont and A. G. Poulton. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.264
Cast
* John Longden as Bill Higgins
* Dian ...
'' (1932)
* '' Side Streets'' (1933)
* '' Autumn Crocus'' (1934)
* '' A Real Bloke'' (1935)
* '' The Secret Voice'' (1936)
* '' They Didn't Know'' (1936)
* '' Birds of a Feather'' (1936)
* '' Make It Three'' (1938)
* ''Murder in Soho
''Murder in Soho'' is a 1939 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme, Googie Withers and Bernard Lee. It concerns a murder in the Central London district of Soho. It was released in the U.S. as ''Murder ...
'' (1939)
* '' Come On George!'' (1939)
* '' Hi Gang!'' (1941)
* '' Let the People Sing'' (1942)
* '' Stolen Face'' (1952)
* '' Home at Seven'' (1952)
* '' Aunt Clara'' (1954)
References
External links
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1909 births
1964 deaths
British film actresses
Actresses from London
20th-century British actresses
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
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