Diana Barrington

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

Career

Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1957, and was part of the York repertory company from 1961-62. 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 Lost and Found Ellie 1981 Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Zena Sheardown TV film1989 The Top of His Head Yolanda Mob Story Maria 1993 Alive Mrs. Alfonsin

Television Year Title Role Notes 1959 Saturday Playhouse Episode: "The Larford Lad" 1961 Dixon of Dock Green Sylvie Dowson Episode: "A Quiet, Ordinary Woman" 1963 William Roxana Episode: "William and the Three Bears" 1967Festival Yerma Episode: "Yerma" 1969 Celia Episode: "Volpone" 1973 The Starlost Janice Episode: "The Pisces" 1974 The National Dream Lady Dufferin Mini-series documentary 1979 Matt and Jenny Mrs. Bellini Episode: "The Bellinis" 1984 The Littlest Hobo Maid Episode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar" 1985 The Edison Twins Female Judge Episode: "Let Them Eat Cake"1987 Check It Out! Molly Maguire Episode: "The Son Also Rises" Adderly Juliana Doubleday Episode: "Headhunter"1988 Friday the 13th: The Series Marie Simmons Episode: "The Baron's Bride" Diamonds Episode: "Ghost Writer" 1993 Highlander: The Series Anne Wheeler Episode: "Eyewitness" 1997 Pacific Blue Lana Brighton (as Dina Barrington) Episode: "Rumplestiltskin" 1998 The Wayans Bros. Stacy (as Dina Barrington) Episode: "The Rich Girl" 1999 Total Recall 2070 McCall (as Dina Barrington) Episode: "Brain Fever" 2001-2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Belinda Reade (as Dina Barrington)Belinda Reade (as Dina Barrington)Lucy Morgan (as Dina Barrington)Dinah Hough (as Dina Barrington)Dinah Hough (as Dina Barrington) 5 episodes