Diane Holland(1930-2009)
- Actress
Diane Holland lived in Surrey. She was unmarried, and trained as a
dancer before being given the part of snobbish Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves
in Hi-de-Hi! (1980) by her
brother-in-law, Jimmy Perry. Jimmy, who
co-wrote the holiday camp sitcom, married Diane's sister Gilda, and
recognised her talent. At the peak of
Hi-de-Hi! (1980)'s success in the
'80s, Diane received a letter from a troop in the Falklands and it
"just snowballed": she became a forces sweetheart! Her later
appearances included "The Nutcracker" in Covent Garden.
