Stella Tanner (1 January 1925 – 26 March 2012) was an English radio and television actress.

Career

Tanner was born in 1925 and studied at the

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(RADA). She left her focus on dramatic acting to form the Tanner Sisters with her sister, Frances Tanner, (1923-2016), who was also an actress. Together, they made hundreds of appearances on British radio and television during the 1950s, including alongside

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in March 1958. The Tanner Sisters often performed with the Hedley Ward Trio, first appearing with them on the '' Educating Archie'' radio show from 1950 to 1952. Tanner pursued a career in television comedy after she and Frances ended the Tanner Sisters act after ten years. Tanner made her television acting debut in 1960 on '' Sykes and A...'', opposite

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. She was cast in guest roles in numerous sitcoms, including an episode of ''

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'' in 1963, ''

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'' in 1979, and ''

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'' in 1981. From 1971 to 1972 she portrayed

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's girlfriend's mother in the ITV series, '' Budgie''. Tanner was also cast as Luisa di Marco in ''

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'' throughout 1998, as well as a role in ''

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''.

Personal life

Stella Tanner died on 26 March 2012 at the age of 87. She was survived by her daughter, Alexa. Tanner's husband, American actor David Bauer, died in 1973.

Filmography

*'' Sykes and A...'' (1960–1962) *'' BBC Sunday-Night Play'' (1961) *''Crying Down the Lane'' (1962) *''

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'' (1961–1971) *''Signpost'' (1962) *''

'' (1963) *'' First Night'' (1963–1964) *''Festival'' (1964) *'' Murder Most Foul'' (1964) *''The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr'' (1964) *''Task Force Police'' (1964–1972) *''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

'' (1964–1974) *'' Liza of Lambeth'' (1965) *''

Theatre 625 ''Theatre 625'' is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production an ...

'' (1966) *'' Mrs Thursday'' (1967) *'' Hugh and I'' (1967) *''

This Man Craig ''This Man Craig'' is a TV drama series produced by BBC Scotland and screened over 52 episodes in 1966 and 1967. It was set in a secondary school in the fictional Scottish town of Strathaird. Episodes were filmed at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Acad ...

'' (1967) *''

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'' (1967) *'' Beggar My Neighbour'' (1967) *''The Gamblers'' (1967) *'' The Revenue Men'' (1967) *'' Nicholas Nickelby'' (1968) *''

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'' (1968) *''

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'' (1968) *''Thingumybob'' (1968) *'' The Jazz Age'' (1968) *'' The Ugliest Girl in Town'' (1968) *'' ITV Playhouse'' (1968–1981) *''

Take Three Girls ''Take Three Girls'' is a British comedy-drama television series that aired on BBC1 from 17 November 1969 to 1 January 1971. It follows three young women sharing a flat in "Swinging London" (located at 17 Glazbury Road, West Kensington, W14). I ...

'' (1969–1970) *''The Expert'' (1969–1971) *''W. Somerset Maugham'' (1970) *''Confession'' (1970) *''The Mating Machine'' (1970) *''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' (1970) *'' Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'' (1970) *'' Fun and Games'' (1971) *''The Trouble with Lilian'' (1971) *''Budgie'' (1971–1972) *''

'' (1971–1972) *'' Bless This House'' (1972) *'' Sex and the Other Woman'' (1972) *''Cosmo and Thingy'' (1972) *''

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'' (1972) *''Love Story'' (1973) *''Milligan in...'' (1973) *''The Gordon Peters Show'' (1973) *'' Hadleigh'' (1973) *''

Beryl's Lot ''Beryl's Lot'' is a British comedy drama about a woman approaching middle-age and embarking on a programme of personal development. It was written by Kevin Laffan (who also created ''Emmerdale''), produced by David Cunliffe and Peter Willes, an ...

'' (1973) *''

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'' (1973) *''Helen: A Woman of Today'' (1973) *'' Marked Personal'' (1974) *''The Case of Eliza Armstrong'' (1974) *'' No, Honestly'' (1974) *'' The Changes'' (1975) *''

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'' (1975) *'' Whodunnit?'' (1975) *''

Shades of Greene ''Shades of Greene'' is a British television series based on short stories written by the author Graham Greene. The series began in 1975, with each hour-long episode featuring a dramatisation of one of Greene's stories, many of which dealt with ...

'' (1975) *''My Son Reuben'' (1975) *''Q5'' (1975–1979) *'' Mr Smith'' (1976) *''Spring & Autumn'' (1976) *''Angels'' (1976) *''The Mike Reid Show'' (1976) *''Maiden’s Trip'' (1976) *''

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'' (1977) *''The Upchat Line'' (1977) *''

Citizen Smith ''Citizen Smith'' is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. It starred Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist "urban guerrilla" in Tooting, south London, who is attempti ...

'' (1977) *''

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'' (1977) *'' The Losers'' (1978) *''

'' (1979) *''Grundy'' (1980) *'' In Loving Memory'' (1980) *'' Robin's Nest'' (1981) *''Maybury'' (1981) *''Goodbye Darling'' (1981) *''

'' (1981) *''Take Three Women'' (1982) *''

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'' (1983) *''

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'' (1984) *''

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'' (1984) *''West'' (1984) *''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *''The Bright Side'' (1985) *''

Never the Twain ''Never the Twain'' is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. The series starred Windsor Davies (previously known for ''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'') and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and al ...

'' (1986–1988) *''

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'' (1987) *''Les Girls'' (1988) *''

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'' (1988–1993) *'' Act of Will'' (1989) *'' The Witches'' (1990) *''

Never Come Back ''Never Come Back'' is a television crime drama mini-series created by David Pirie, and produced by the BBC. Three episodes were made and were first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990, on 21 March, 28 March, and 4 April. An edited version was broadc ...

'' (1990) *''Freddie and Max'' (1990) *'' Paul Merton: The Series'' (1990) *''

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'' (1994) *'' Harry Enfield and Chums'' (1994) *''Rumble'' (1995) *'' Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...'' (1996) *'' Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives'' (1996) *''April Fool’s Day'' (1997) *''

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'' (1998) *''

'' (1998) *'' Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married'' (1999–2000) *'' Fogbound'' (2002)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanner, Stella 1925 births 2012 deaths Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English radio actresses English television actresses