Name
Stella Tanner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-01-01
Deathday
2012-03-26 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Biography
Stella Tanner (1 January 1925 – 26 March 2012) was an English radio and television actress.
Tanner was born on 1 January 1925 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She left her focus on dramatic acting to form the Tanner Sisters with her sister, Frances Tanner. Together the Tanner Sisters made hundreds of appearances on British radio and television during the 1950s, even performing alongside Buddy Holly in March 1958. The Tanner Sisters often performed with the Hedley Ward Trio, appearing with them first 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 Eric Sykes. She was cast in guest roles in numerous sitcoms, including an episode of The Rag Trade in 1963, Fawlty Towers in 1979, and It Ain't Half Hot Mum in 1981. From 1971 to 1972, she portrayed Adam Faith's girlfriend's mother in the ITV series, Budgie. Tanner was also cast as Luisa di Marco on the EastEnders throughout 1998, as well as a role on Coronation Street.
Known For
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- 1970 Rumour
- 1978 Red Shift as Tom's Mother
- 1968 The Best Pair of Legs in the Business as Emma
- 1971 Father's Help as Eileen
- 1981 The Day of the Janitor as Dolly
- 1975 Overlord as Mum
- 1997 April Fool's Day as Renee
- 1964 Murder Most Foul as Florrie Harris
- 1972 Sex and the Other Woman as Mother-In-Law
- 1971 Fun and Games as Mrs. Jackson
- 1969 Otley as Traffic Warden
- 2005 The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Mrs. Arrad (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1971 Budgie ( 5 episodes ) as Mrs. Fletcher
- 1974 It Ain't Half Hot Mum ( 1 episode )
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1980 The Gentle Touch ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Fawlty Towers ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Arrad
- 1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Citizen Smith ( 1 episode ) as Mrs McLaughlin
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Emergency: Ward 10 ( 66 episodes )
- 1968 The Expert ( 1 episode ) as Vera Norton
- 1975 My Son Reuben ( 4 episodes )
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Joan Cooper
- 1972 Sykes ( 1 episode ) as Brenda
- 1985 Bleak House ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Chadband
- 1968 The Jazz Age ( 1 episode ) as Lil
- 1981 Never the Twain ( 1 episode ) as Winnie
- 1968 Nicholas Nickleby ( 2 episodes ) as Miss Knag
- 1963 Festival ( 1 episode ) as Woman with Red Hat
- 1986 Slinger's Day ( 1 episode ) as Customer
- 1980 Grundy ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Boodle
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 2 episodes ) as Cissie Kahn
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Observant Woman
- 1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Minna Hinks
- 1966 Mystery and Imagination ( 1 episode ) as Streetwalker
- 1960 Sunday-Night Play ( 1 episode ) as Ethel Levey
- 1981 Goodbye Darling ( 8 episodes ) as Mavis Twiss
- 1964 The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr ( 1 episode ) as Edith Barr
