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name: "Diana Fairfax"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diana-fairfax"
fi1m_id: "diana-fairfax"
imdb_id: "nm0265563"
tmdb_id: 185992
wikidata_id: "Q136431065"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 December 1927"
died: "28 January 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:15:14.592488+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Diana Fairfax

## Identity

Diana Fairfax

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diana-fairfax
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diana-fairfax
- **IMDb ID:** nm0265563
- **TMDB ID:** 185992
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136431065
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Fairfax, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136431065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185992

Actor. Born 19 December 1927 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 28 January 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 December 1927, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 28 January 2019
- **Also known as:** Diana Vida Jean Fairfax
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Fairfax, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136431065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185992

## Biography

Diana Fairfax (born Diana Vida Jean Fairfax) was an Australian-born British actress. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, she arrived in England in 1945 and trained at RADA before making her television debut in the 1950s.

She appeared in numerous stage and television productions, including early roles in BBC serials such as *The Diary of Samuel Pepys* (1958) and *Bleak House* (1959). Later credits included Mrs Brown in *Just William* (1977), Emily Warbeck in *Love in a Cold Climate* (1980), Mrs Dashwood in *Sense and Sensibility* (1981), and Rosalind Clegg in *The Politician's Wife* (1995). She also appeared in *The Professionals* (1977) and *Casualty* (1986).

In 1958 she married actor Derek Godfrey; the couple had two daughters. Fairfax died in London in 2019.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Politician's Wife* (1995), Fi1m 76, as Rosalind Clegg — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-politicians-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murder in Suburbia* (2004), series, as Aggie
- *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, as Magistrate
- *The Politician's Wife* (1995), series, as Rosalind Clegg — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-politicians-wife.md)
- *Hard Times* (1994), series, as Mrs. Gradgrind
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Mrs Trapnel
- *The House of Eliott* (1991), series, as Eleanor
- *Portrait of a Marriage* (1990), series, as Lady Sackville
- *Mary Rose* (1987), as Mrs Morland
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Connie Sanders — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Ladies in Charge* (1986), series, as Vera
- *Lady Windermere's Fan* (1985), as Lady Jedburgh
- *Sense and Sensibility* (1981), series, as Mrs Dashwood
- *The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe* (1981), as Gladys Kershaw
- *Love in a Cold Climate* (1980), series, as Emily Warbeck
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, as Lady Morell
- *When the Actors Come* (1978), as The Countess
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Annie Irvine
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as The Countess
- *Six Characters in Search of an Author* (1977), as Leading Lady
- *Childhood* (1977), series, as Mrs. Braden
- *The Winslow Boy* (1977), Actor
- *Double Echo* (1976), as Mrs Fisher
- *Jumping Bean Bag* (1976), as Brenda
- *Hennessy* (1975), as Maureen Hennessy, Margaret Hennessy
- *Rumpole of the Bailey* (1975), series, as Mrs De Moyne
- *Moll Flanders* (1975), as Lady Verney
- *Choice* (1974), as Janet Franklin
- *Seven Faces of Woman* (1974), series, as Janet Franklin
- *The Aweful Mr Goodall* (1974), series, as Anne Seddon
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Mrs. Fisher, Gladys Kershaw
- *Return Flight* (1972), as Rosalind Warley
- *Dead of Night* (1972), series, as Rosalind Warley
- *Traitor* (1971), as Lady Emma
- *A Catching Complaint* (1966), as Nat-Nat
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Grace Winslow
- *It's a Woman's World* (1964), series, as Julie
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Kate Gurney, Carol Grafton
- *Dial M for Murder* (1962), as Sheila Wendice
- *The Big Deal* (1961), as Helen
- *Emma* (1960), series, as Emma Woodhouse
- *Bleak House* (1959), series, as Esther Summerson
- *The Diary of Samuel Pepys* (1958), series, as Barbara Palmer, Barbara Palmer, Lady Castlemaine, Lady Castlemaine
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as Lady Margaret
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mrs. Holm, Helen
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Katherine Anderson
- *The Ghost Train* (1948), as Elsie Winthrop

## Gallery

- ![Diana Fairfax](https://film.one/media/person/6780698/gallery-475ff0895c63.jpg) Diana Fairfax — Image via TMDB
- ![Diana Fairfax](https://film.one/media/person/6780698/gallery-c8ec50b03c18.jpg) Diana Fairfax — Image via TMDB

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