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'''Diane Keen''' (born [[29 July]] [[1946]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[actor|actress]], known for her work on [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]].
'''Diane Keen''' (born [[29 July]] [[1946]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[actor|actress]], known for her work on [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]].

She is best known for her current starring role as Julia Parsons on the [[United Kingdom|British]] TV [[drama]] ''[[Doctors]]'', since [[2003]].


She was a regular on TV screens during the 1970s and early 1980s, starring in sitcoms such as ''[[The Cuckoo Waltz]]'', ''[[Rings On Their Fingers]]'', ''[[Foxy Lady (TV series)|Foxy Lady]]'' and ''[[You Must Be The Husband]]''. She also starred as Laura Dickens in the critically-acclaimed spy drama ''[[The Sandbaggers]]'', as Empress Elizabeth of Austria in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' and appeared in the spin-off film of the 1970s detective drama, ''[[The Sweeney]]''.
She was a regular on TV screens during the 1970s and early 1980s, starring in sitcoms such as ''[[The Cuckoo Waltz]]'', ''[[Rings On Their Fingers]]'', ''[[Foxy Lady (TV series)|Foxy Lady]]'' and ''[[You Must Be The Husband]]''. She also starred as Laura Dickens in the critically-acclaimed spy drama ''[[The Sandbaggers]]'', as Empress Elizabeth of Austria in ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' and appeared in the spin-off film of the 1970s detective drama, ''[[The Sweeney]]''.


In her early career she appeared topless in the 1973 [[United Kingdom|British]] ''[[sex comedy]]'', ''[[The Sex Thief]]''.
After spending much of the 1980s off screen, apart from a long-running series of advertisements for [[Nescafé]] coffee and an appearance in an episode of ''[[Taggart]]'', in the next decade she became a regular in the ''[[Inspector Wexford]]'' series, playing the wife of Wexford's D.I. A role in ''[[Brookside]]'' followed.

After spending much of the 1980s off screen, apart from a long-running series of advertisements for [[Nescafé]] coffee and an appearance in an episode of ''[[Taggart]]'', in the next decade she became a regular in the ''[[Inspector Wexford]]'' series, playing the wife of Wexford's D.I. A role in ''[[Brookside]]'' followed. She is now best known for her current starring role as Julia Parsons in the [[United Kingdom|British]] TV [[drama]] ''[[Doctors]]'', since [[2003]].





==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0444580|name=Diane Keen}}
* {{imdb name|id=0444580|name=Diane Keen}}



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Diane Keen
Born
Diane Keen
Occupation(s)Television actress, Film actress
Years active1967-present
SpousePaul Greenwood (?-?)
ChildrenMelissa Greenwood

Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her work on British television.

She was a regular on TV screens during the 1970s and early 1980s, starring in sitcoms such as The Cuckoo Waltz, Rings On Their Fingers, Foxy Lady and You Must Be The Husband. She also starred as Laura Dickens in the critically-acclaimed spy drama The Sandbaggers, as Empress Elizabeth of Austria in Fall of Eagles and appeared in the spin-off film of the 1970s detective drama, The Sweeney.

In her early career she appeared topless in the 1973 British sex comedy, The Sex Thief.

After spending much of the 1980s off screen, apart from a long-running series of advertisements for Nescafé coffee and an appearance in an episode of Taggart, in the next decade she became a regular in the Inspector Wexford series, playing the wife of Wexford's D.I. A role in Brookside followed. She is now best known for her current starring role as Julia Parsons in the British TV drama Doctors, since 2003.