Diane Keen

(1946-07-29) 29 July 1946

London, England

Actress

1967–present

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(m. 1969; div. 1979)​
Neil Zeiger
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(m. 1981; div. 1993)​

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Early life and education[edit]

Born in London, Keen grew up in East Africa, principally Tanganyika and later Kenya, where her father was a civil engineer.[3] She attended boarding school and returned to Britain at the age of 19,[3] where she became a secretary for The Ivy League's fan club; this led to her releasing a 45 r.p.m. single of "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (credited as Dee King) on the Piccadilly label in 1966.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Keen has one daughter, Melissa, by her marriage to Paul Greenwood, which ended in divorce in 1979. Her granddaughter, Siena Pugsley, played the role of her on-screen granddaughter in Doctors.[12]


In 2023, Keen announced via her Twitter (X) account that she had suffered a “Catastrophic Stroke” and that she was lucky to be alive.[13]

Popdown (1967) – Miss 1970

(1968–1971) – Sandra Gould/Stevens

Crossroads

(1968) – Claire

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

(1970) – Music Student (uncredited)

Toomorrow

(1973) – Judy Martin

The Sex Thief

They All Sound Simple at First (1975) – Nina

Public Eye (TV series)

(1975–1980) – Fliss Hawthorne

The Cuckoo Waltz

(1977) – Bianca Hamilton

Sweeney!

Series 1, Episodes 4–7 (1978) – Laura Dickens

The Sandbaggers

(1978–80) – Sandy Bennett

Rings on Their Fingers

(1980) – Sally Higgins

The Shillingbury Blowers

(1980) – Tina Freeman

Silver Dream Racer

(1984) – Kate Greenwood

Killer Waiting

(1985) – Jenny Driver

Thirteen at Dinner

(TV Series) '"D.C. of Love" (1995) – Mary

The Detectives

(1990) – Annabel

Jekyll & Hyde

(2001) – Mrs. Rubens

Nowhere in Africa

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Diane Keen