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Diana Hardcastle
Acting · Born 1949-07-12 · London, England, UK
Biography
Diana Hardcastle (born July 12, 1949) is a British actress who has appeared largely in television roles. She is married to actor Tom Wilkinson, with whom she has two children. She appeared in episodes of Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lynley and Taggart. She played recurring roles in the series First Among Equals and Fortunes of War. In 2011, she and her husband, Tom Wilkinson portrayed real life husband and wife Joe and Rose Kennedy in the mini series The Kennedys, and, in 2012, she had a supporting role in the film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in which her husband starred.
Known for

Midsomer Murders
Barbara Lessiter

Father Brown
Nora Thorp

Screen Two
Judith Walters

Utopia
CIA Woman

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Lady Athena Forbes-Allen

The Boy
Mrs. Heelshire

Bugs
1995

Rosemary & Thyme
Crystal Pitt-Seymour

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Anna

The Kennedys
Rose Kennedy
Filmography
- 2025An Alpine HolidayRebecca
- 2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsLady Athena Forbes-Allen
- 2017The Kennedys: After CamelotRose Kennedy
- 2016The BoyMrs. Heelshire
- 2015Jenny's WeddingEllen
- 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelCarol Parr
- 2014Good PeopleMarie Halden
- 2013UtopiaCIA Woman
- 2013Father BrownNora Thorp
- 2012The Best Exotic Marigold HotelCarol Parr
- 2011The KennedysRose Kennedy
- 2006ChromophobiaMrs. Wharton
- 2005SweetnightgoodheartAnthea
- 2004A Good WomanLady Plymdale
- 2004If OnlyClaire
- 2003Rosemary & ThymeCrystal Pitt-Seymour
- 1997Midsomer MurdersBarbara Lessiter
- 1996The Tide of LifeRona Birch
- 1995Bugs
- 1993Resnick: Rough TreatmentClaire Millinder
- 1988That's Love
- 1987Fortunes of WarEdwina Little
- 1986First Among EqualsLouise Fraser
- 1986Frankie and JohnnieJudith Walters
- 1985Love SongYoung Phillipa Hatchard
- 1985Screen TwoJudith Walters
- 1984The HouseMrs. Janek
- 1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesAnna
- —WonderCelia
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