Diana Napier
British film actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Lived 1905 to 1982 · aged 77
Alice Mary Wolkowicka, known professionally as Diana Napier, was an English film actress. She appeared in British cinema during the 1930s and 1940s, often in comedic or light dramatic roles, and gained public attention through her marriage to the tenor Richard Tauber, with whom she occasionally appeared on screen.
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Land Without MusicFilm, Princess-Regent Maria Renata
PagliacciFilm, 1936Trina1935
Heart's DesireFilm, Diana Sheraton
MimiFilm, 1935Mme. Sidonie1934Falling in LoveFilm, Gertie
The Private Life of Don JuanFilm, 1934A Lady of Sentiment
The Rise of Catherine the GreatFilm, 1934Countess VorontzovaThe Warren CaseFilm, 1934Pauline Warren1933For Love of YouFilm, The Wife1932Her First AffaireFilm, Margot Merton
Wedding RehearsalFilm, 1932Mrs. Dryden1928
The Farmer's WifeFilm, Sibley Sweetland1905Born31 January 1905People around Diana
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Alexander Korda Produced The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Lajos Bíró Wrote Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
Richard Tauber Also in Heart's Desire and Land Without Music
Joan Gardner Also in Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
Merle Oberon Also in Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
Paul Czinner Directed The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Edmund Breon Also in Wedding Rehearsal (1932)- Paul Graetz Also in Heart's Desire and Mimi
- Gibb McLaughlin Also in The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Clifford Heatherley Also in The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)- Richard Bird Also in The Warren Case and Mimi
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
Napier featured in a number of popular films of the period, including Brewster's Millions (1935), Invitation to the Waltz (film) (1935), and Land Without Music (1936), which helped establish her as a familiar figure in British entertainment.
