Creator / Diane Langton

Diane Langton, (31 May 1947), is a British actress best known for playing Nana McQueen on Hollyoaks.

She has made many TV appearances during her career. One of her earliest big roles was playing Kathy in The Rag Trade. Since then she has appeared in several other programs, from Only Fools and Horses to EastEnders.

Langton also appeared in many Awful British Sex Comedies in The '70s, most notably filling in for an absent Barbara Windsor in the role of Private Alice Easy in Carry On England.

She was cast as Nana McQueen in Hollyoaks in 2007 and outside of a break from 2010-11, she still plays her to this day.

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Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

Film

• Carry On Teacher (1959) — Student (Uncredited Role)
• Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975) — Ruby Climax
• Carry On England (1976) — Private Alice Easy
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) — May Fitch

Series

• Carry on Laughing!, 3 episodes:
  • "The Prisoner of Spenda" (1975) — Tzana
  • "The Baron Outlook" (1975) — Griselda
  • "One in the Eye for Harold" (1975) — Isolde
• Minder, episode "In" (1982) — Rita
• Only Fools and Horses, 2 episodes^{show list} "Happy Returns", "A Royal Flush" (1985-86) — June Snell
• Bergerac, episode "All the Sad Songs" (1990) — Dawn Gray
• The Bill, episode "Having What It Takes" (1993) — Marion Draper
• Heartbeat, 6 episodes^{show list} "Thief in the Night", "Domestic", "Vacant Possession", "Giving the Game Away", "The Championship", "Affairs of the Heart" (1995-97) — Ruby Rowan
• EastEnders, 4 episodes (1998-99) — Bev Williams
• Lexx, episode "Girltown" (2000) — Hammer
• Holby City, episode "New Beginnings" (2001) — Nina Cocozza
• Doctors, 2 episodes:
  • "Physician Heal Thyself" (2003) — Josie Rogers
  • "Daddy Darling" (2008) — Cynthia Albury
• Hollyoaks, 387 episodes (2007-23) — Marlena "Nana" McQueen
• Ashes to Ashes, 1 episode (2009) — Julia

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