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Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in the
Granada sitcom ''
The Cuckoo Waltz'' and
Julia Parsons
Julia Parsons (also McGuire) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Diane Keen. She made her first appearance on 13 January 2003, and departed the show on 18 May 2012, after nine years of appearing in the s ...
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soap opera ''
Doctors''. She also appeared in
Nescafé
Nescafé is a brand of coffee made by Nestlé. It comes in many different forms. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café". Nestlé first introduced their flagship coffee brand in Switzerland on 1 April 1938.
History
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advertisements from 1980 to 1989.
Early life and education
Born in London, Keen grew up in
East Africa, principally
Tanganyika and later
Kenya
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, where her father was a civil engineer.
She attended boarding school and returned to Britain at the age of 19,
where she became a secretary for
The Ivy League's fan club; this led to her releasing a 45 r.p.m. single of "
Sally Go 'Round the Roses
"Sally Go 'Round the Roses" is the name of a 1963 hit by The Jaynetts, a Bronx-based one-hit wonder girl group, released by J&S Records on the Tuff label.
Background
The producer of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", Abner Spector, was an A&R man for ...
" (credited as Dee King) on the
Piccadilly label in 1966.
Career
Keen was a regular on television during the 1970s and early 1980s, starring in long-running sitcoms such as ''
The Cuckoo Waltz'', ''
Rings on Their Fingers'', ''
Shillingbury Tales'' and ''
You Must Be the Husband'', and in two runs of the
Thames Television children's historical costume drama ''
The Feathered Serpent''. She also guest-starred in many shows, including ''
The Morecambe and Wise Show'', and featured as Laura Dickens in the spy drama ''
The Sandbaggers''.
Keen had a part in the film ''
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' (1968) as Claire,
Judy Geeson
Judith Amanda Geeson (born 10 September 1948) is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on '' The Newcomers'' from 1965 to 1967, before making he ...
's university student friend, and appeared in an episode of ''
Budgie'' as Barbara, a friend of Budgie's girlfriend. She appeared in the 1977
spin-off film of 1970s TV detective series ''
The Sweeney''. Keen starred as
Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary ("Sissi") in episode one of the 13-part series ''
Fall of Eagles
''Fall of Eagles'' is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series was created by John Elliot and produced by Stuart Burge. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the ruling dynasties of ...
'' (1974), and played Hilda in ''
The Professionals'' series 1 episode ''
Killer With a Long Arm'' in 1978. In 1980, she appeared as widowed restaurant owner Christina in Series 1 episode ''
The Dessert Song'' of ''
Minder
A minder is the person assigned to guide or escort a visitor, or to provide protection to somebody, or to otherwise assist or take care of something, i.e. a person who " minds".
Government-appointed persons to accompany foreign visitors are of ...
''. She went on to star with David Jason in ''
A Touch of Frost
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''.
Keen starred for ten years in a series of advertisements for
Nescafé
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History
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and made an appearance in an episode of ''
Taggart
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''. In the next decade, she became a regular in the ''
Inspector Wexford'' series, playing the wife of Wexford's D.I. Roles in ''
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'' and several other TV shows followed, including ''
New Tricks
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''.
Keen has appeared onstage, including in the
Alan Ayckbourn play ''
Absent Friends'' at the
Bristol Old Vic
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, and in two acclaimed tours of ''
Same Time, Next Year''. In 2013, she co-starred in a British tour of ''
The Vagina Monologues
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''.
Soap opera roles
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