Career[edit]

Langton has appeared in numerous television series.^[2] In the 1980s, she appeared in Only Fools and Horses as June Snell, a former girlfriend of Del Boy.^[3] She also appeared in The Rag Trade as Kathy Roberts, EastEnders as Cindy Beale's mother, Bev Williams, in Heartbeat as Ruby Rowan, Nick Berry's character's mother, and as a prostitute in an episode of Joking Apart.^[4][5][2] Her other notable TV appearances have included Alas Smith and Jones, Bergerac, Minder, Carry On Laughing and The Bill.^[4][2][6] She also had her own special called Let There Be Langton.^[7] She played Private Alice Easy in the 1976 film Carry On England.^[8] She appeared in The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog, which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by Channel 4 in 1983.^[9] In 2007, she began portraying the role of Nana McQueen on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.^[2][7]


Langton, who began her career as a dancer, is a theatre actress and singer, having appeared in the West End, in A Chorus Line, Pippin, I'm Getting My Act Together, A Little Night Music, Chicago and Mary Poppins.^[10] Her long stage career began with an appearance in Hair, in 1968.^[11] In 1982 she appeared in the Royal Variety Performance, performing a song from Show Boat.^[12] In 1987, she created the role of Angel in Kander & Ebb's The Rink at the Forum Theatre in Manchester, a role which she reprised in the 1988 West End transfer.^[13] She returned to the show in 2004, at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, this time playing the role of Angel's mother, Anna.^[14] In 2010, she joined the London cast of Billy Elliot as Grandma.^[15]