Acting

Diana Rayworth

Born July 23, 1943 · Derbyshire, England, UK

Died December 28, 1997 · aged 54

Diana Rayworth was an English actress who was born in Derbyshire. She is best known for playing Betty Butcher in 'The House of Eliott' from 1991 to 1994. She has also been in 'The Bill', 'Kinsey', 'Spearhead', 'Dixon of Dock Green', 'Sam', 'Seaview' and 'Rumpole of the Bailey'.

Known For

The Stanley Baxter HourThe Stanley Baxter Hour · 1982
The Stanley Baxter Hour
6.01982
MovieComedy
The sketches include too many feet, Whicker's World looks at marriage, somewhere in Hell...1982, at look at the use of language in Arra Gemme, Brideshead, Charmaine Globb on Probe looks at The Conned-Sumers, the unyielding parking attendant, high expectations, the upcoming ITV winter shows, finishing with the Fast Food Follies.
Happy FeetHappy Feet · 1991
Happy Feet
1991
MovieComedyTV Movie
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
Knockback: 2Knockback: 2 · 1985
Knockback: 2
9.01985
MovieDramaThriller
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Knockback: 1Knockback: 1 · 1985
Knockback: 1
7.51985
MovieDramaThriller
In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.
I Have Been Here BeforeI Have Been Here Before · 1982
I Have Been Here Before
1982
Movie
Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.
MarksMarks · 1982
Marks
1982
Movie
Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a present - her name tattooed on his arm…
BBC Play of the MonthBBC Play of the Month · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
5.31965
SeriesDrama
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Within These WallsWithin These Walls · 1974
Within These Walls
6.01974
SeriesDrama
Within These Walls is a British television drama programme created and written by David Butler. Produced by London Weekend Television for ITV, broadcast between 1974 and 1978, the series portrays life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike the later women-in-prison series Prisoner and Bad Girls, Within These Walls tended to centre its storylines around the staff rather than the inmates. Plots typically revolve around well-groomed, genteel governor Faye Boswell's attempts to liberalise the regime while managing her private life.

Movies

The Stanley Baxter HourThe Stanley Baxter Hour · 1982
The Stanley Baxter Hour
6.01982
MovieComedy
The sketches include too many feet, Whicker's World looks at marriage, somewhere in Hell...1982, at look at the use of language in Arra Gemme, Brideshead, Charmaine Globb on Probe looks at The Conned-Sumers, the unyielding parking attendant, high expectations, the upcoming ITV winter shows, finishing with the Fast Food Follies.
Happy FeetHappy Feet · 1991
Happy Feet
1991
MovieComedyTV Movie
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.
Knockback: 2Knockback: 2 · 1985
Knockback: 2
9.01985
MovieDramaThriller
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Knockback: 1Knockback: 1 · 1985
Knockback: 1
7.51985
MovieDramaThriller
In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life and applies to become a voluntary prison visitor. Several years later their paths cross.
I Have Been Here BeforeI Have Been Here Before · 1982
I Have Been Here Before
1982
Movie
Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.
MarksMarks · 1982
Marks
1982
Movie
Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a present - her name tattooed on his arm…

TV Shows

BBC Play of the MonthBBC Play of the Month · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
5.31965
SeriesDrama
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Within These WallsWithin These Walls · 1974
Within These Walls
6.01974
SeriesDrama
Within These Walls is a British television drama programme created and written by David Butler. Produced by London Weekend Television for ITV, broadcast between 1974 and 1978, the series portrays life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. Unlike the later women-in-prison series Prisoner and Bad Girls, Within These Walls tended to centre its storylines around the staff rather than the inmates. Plots typically revolve around well-groomed, genteel governor Faye Boswell's attempts to liberalise the regime while managing her private life.
Screen OneScreen One · 1989
Screen One
7.21989
SeriesDrama
Anthology drama series.
Churchill's PeopleChurchill's People · 1974
Churchill's People
5.01974
SeriesDrama
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.
The House of EliottThe House of Eliott · 1991
The House of Eliott
6.61991
SeriesDrama
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
Bootsie and SnudgeBootsie and Snudge · 1960
Bootsie and Snudge
7.01960
SeriesComedy
Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The plot follows Former Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club. Of the 104 produced episodes, 100 of these survive.
SpearheadSpearhead · 1978
Spearhead
7.51978
SeriesDrama
Spearhead is a British television drama produced by Southern Television for the ITV network. With a total of three series and 19 episodes from 1978 to 1981, the series follows the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional British Army infantry regiment, during The Troubles.
Objects of AffectionObjects of Affection · 1982
Objects of Affection
8.01982
SeriesDrama
A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
Scorpion TalesScorpion Tales · 1978
Scorpion Tales
7.31978
SeriesMysteryDrama
Scorpion Tales is a British anthology that aired on ITV in 1978, featuring one-off, hour-long plays with twist endings. Produced by ATV, the programme was similar in format to other thriller anthologies like Thriller and Sapphire & Steel. Each episode presented a self-contained story, often with a sinister or surprising conclusion, and starred actors such as Trevor Howard, David Robb, and Anthony Bate.
Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here MyselfSorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself · 1981
Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself
6.31981
SeriesComedy
Sorry, I'm A Stranger Here Myself was a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1981 to 1982. It was co-created by actor David Firth and Shelley and It Takes a Worried Man creator Peter Tilbury. The first series was co-written by Firth and Tilbury, and the second one by Firth alone. It starred Robin Bailey, David Hargreaves, veteran Anglo-Jordanian actor Nadim Sawalha, Diana Rayworth and Christopher Fulford. It was made by Thames Television for the ITV network.