Janet Dibley
| Janet Dibley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Janet Dibley 13 December 1958  Doncaster, England |
| Occupation | Television actor |
| Spouse | Tyler Butterworth |
Janet Dibley (born 13 December 1958 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is best known for her role the 1980s sitcom The Two of Us. She currently appears as Dr. Elaine Cassidy in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
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[edit] Biography
Before training at the Rose Bruford College, in April 1976 she appeared in GAS with the National Student Drama Festival which won the Royal Shakespeare Company's inaugural Buzz Goodbody Award and The Festival Judges' Awards.[1]
Dibley came to public attention playing Elaine in ITV's The Two of Us, a sit-com about a co-habiting couple, opposite Nicholas Lyndhurst.[2] In 1993, Dibley played the part of Linda in The Gingerbread Girl a series about a single mother trying to raise her daughter. She then played Lorna Cartwright in the BBC soap EastEnders. However, it was reported that she decided to quit the show, because she was uncomfortable with the plans for her character, where the script writers proposed Lorna became a prostitute and then end up getting raped.[3] Dibley agreed an exit strategy, and the scripts were rewritten. She did play a prostitute in the ITV drama 'Gold'.
Dibley has also done theatre work with the National Theatre and had roles in Mr Cinders, Carousel, Twelfth Night, Figaro, Guys and Dolls and Cinderella.[4]
She also starred in the BBC drama The Chase, and also writes. Dibley joined the cast of BBC One daytime soap opera Doctors in August 2010.
Married to Tyler Butterworth, the couple have one child.
[edit] Bibliography
- Molly Moon's Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure
[edit] Notable TV roles
[edit] References
- ^ holby.tv | Casualty | Janet Dibley
- ^ The Two Of Us (Summary/Cast)
- ^ "EASTENDER QUITS OVER GANG RAPE", "Sunday Mirror" . URL last accessed on 2007-11-10.
- ^ Janet Dibley
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