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of ''

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'', and appeared in many other television programmes. She worked with

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in '' The Saint'', appearing on the cover of an early 1960s tie-in reprinting of the novel ''

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''. She later became a television panellist. She was also in British films such as ''

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''. She was married to the

executive Ronnie Waldman (1914–1978). She died of a heart attack in

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, having been taken ill shortly after the first performance of the

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adaptation ''Dangerous to Know'' at the

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, aged 68.'Lana dies after opening night', ''Reading Evening Post'' 5 June 1998, p. 33

Filmography

Film

Television

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* People from Ruislip English film actresses English television actresses 20th-century English actresses 1930 births 1998 deaths Actresses from London Actors from the London Borough of Hackney Actors from the London Borough of Hillingdon People from Hackney, London {{england-screen-actor-stub