Diana Coupland
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Diana Coupland | |
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Born | Betty Diana Coupland 5 March 1928 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Died | 10 November 2006 Coventry, England | (aged 78)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1943–2006 |
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Children | 1 |
Betty Diana Coupland (5 March 1928[1] – 10 November 2006), billed as Diana Coupland, was an English actress and singer, best remembered for her role, which she played from 1971 to 1976, in the sitcom Bless This House, as Jean Abbott, wife of Sid James's character Sid.
Early life
Coupland was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1928, the only child of Elsie (née Beck) and Denis Coupland. She originally wanted to be a ballet dancer but could not fulfil this ambition, owing to a horse-riding accident. Her music career began when she was 15; Barney Colehan, a BBC producer, heard her sing and invited her onto one of his radio shows.[2]
By the time she reached the age of 18, she was singing full-time at the
Career
Coupland serenades the opening scene of the film
She made her television debut in a 1961 episode of
She also dubbed the singing voices of actresses who could not sing, including Lana Turner in Betrayed, and was the playback singer for Ursula Andress's dubbed performance of the song "Underneath the Mango Tree" in the first James Bond film Dr. No.[3] She gave up professional singing in the 1960s.
During the late 1970s and 1980s, Coupland appeared in
Personal life
Coupland married twice. Her first husband was composer
Death
Coupland, who was a patron of National Lupus UK, died at the University Hospital in Coventry in November 2006, aged 78, after failing to recover following an operation to resolve long-term heart problems.[7]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1953 | Flannelfoot | The Singer | |
1960 | The Millionairess | Nurse | |
1966 | The Family Way | Mrs. Ross | |
1968 | Charlie Bubbles | Maud | |
1970 | Spring and Port Wine | Daisy Crompton | |
1970 | The Twelve Chairs | Madam Bruns | |
1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Mrs. Spimm | |
1972 | Bless This House | Jean Abbot | |
1973 | The Best Pair of Legs in the Business | Mary Sheridan | |
1975 | Operation Daybreak | Aunt Marie | |
2001 | Another Life | Mrs. Lester |
Footnotes
- ^ "FreeBMD birth record". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Diana Coupland". Telegraph. London. 11 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007.
- ^ Jon Burlingame, The Music of James Bond, page 10, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ^ TV Times, 12 February 1972, p7
- ^ "Diana Coupland". The Times. London. 13 November 2006.
- ^ "Diana Coupland". Telegraph. London, UK. 11 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007.
- ^ a b "Actress Diana Coupland dies at 74". BBC News. BBC. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2012.