---
name: "Diana Sowle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/diana-sowle"
fi1m_id: "diana-sowle"
imdb_id: "nm0816395"
tmdb_id: 3473
wikidata_id: "Q5271309"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 June 1930"
died: "19 October 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:10:05.786501+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."
---

# Diana Sowle

## Identity

Diana Sowle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/diana-sowle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** diana-sowle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0816395
- **TMDB ID:** 3473
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5271309
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Sowle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3473

Actor. Born 19 June 1930 in Chico, California, USA. Died 19 October 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 June 1930, Chico, California, USA
- **Died:** 19 October 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Sowle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5271309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3473

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md) (82)

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## Biography

Diana Sowle (born Diana Mae Laumer) was an American actress. She was born on 19 June 1930 in Chico, California, and died on 19 October 2018 in Laurel, Maryland.

Sowle is best known for playing Mrs. Bucket, Charlie's mother, in the 1971 film *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*. She appeared in two further films in 1994: *Guarding Tess* as a hairdresser and *Clear and Present Danger* as a cartel maid. She also provided voices for several characters in the 2008 video game *Fallout 3*. Earlier in her career she performed in stage productions, including a long run in the play *Shear Madness*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Bucket — [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), as Cartel Maid
- *Guarding Tess* (1994), as Hairdresser
- *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971), as Mrs. Bucket — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/diana-sowle