Diana Barrington (born 6 May 1939) is a British actress. She studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.^[1] She was married to Canadian actor Ken Pogue until his death in 2015.^[2]

Career

Barrington worked at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1957, and was part of the York repertory company from 1961-62.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6][7][8][9]

In 1964 she appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Edgar Wallace's On The Spot.^[10][11] Later in the year she appeared in Elmer Blaney Harris's Johnny Belinda at the Theatre Royal, Bath.^[12]

In 1965 she was in GC Brown's A Summer Game, with the Repertory Players at the Savoy Theatre.^[13]

In 1971 Barrington played Hippolyta / Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[14]

In 1978, Barrington appeared as Mary, Queen of Scots in Schiller's Mary Stuart.^[15] In the same year, she played Fanny Wilton in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman.^[16]

In 1981, Barrington played two roles in the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon.^[14]

In 1982 she was in The Elephant Man at Theatre Calgary in Alberta, Canada.^[17]

In 1989, Jay Scott raved about her performance in The Top of His Head.^{[citation needed]}

Some time before 1996, Barrington notified Equity that she was taking a break from acting, and as of 2005 she had not returned to the profession.^[18]

Filmography

Film

Television