Diana Hoddinott is an English actress. She was born to Winifred Doris, née Dibble (1909–2003) and Alan Hoddinott (1907–1985), who married in 1934 in Langport

Langport

Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The town has a population of 1,067. The parish includes the hamlets of Bowdens and Combe...

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Hoddinott is best known for playing Annie Hacker

Annie Hacker

Anne "Annie" Hacker is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. She was portrayed by Diana Hoddinott....

, the wife of Jim Hacker, in Yes Minister

Yes Minister

Yes Minister is a satirical British sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn that was first transmitted by BBC Television between 1980–1982 and 1984, split over three seven-episode series. The sequel, Yes, Prime Minister, ran from 1986 to 1988. In total there were 38 episodes—of which all but...

and Yes, Prime Minister. She also had a role in the historical film, The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm (2002 film)

The Gathering Storm is a BBC–HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II...

, as Mrs Landemare, the Churchills' housekeeper at Chartwell

Chartwell

Chartwell was the principal adult home of Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill and his wife Clementine bought the property, located two miles south of Westerham, Kent, England, in 1922...

 House.

Personal life

She was married to fellow actor Harry Towb

Harry Towb

Harry Towb was a Northern Irish actor.-Early life and career:Towb's father was Russian and his mother was Irish. He attended the Finiston School and Technical College, Belfast...

 from 1965 until his death in July 2009. They have three children: Emily, Daniel and Joshua.

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