Actor
Stella Tanner
January 1, 1925 · London, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
James Bolam
3 titles together
Murder Most Foul, Otley, Budgie
Windsor Davies
3 titles together
Murder Most Foul, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Never the Twain
David Kelly
2 titles together
Fawlty Towers, Slinger's Day
Megs Jenkins
2 titles together
Murder Most Foul, Mystery and Imagination
Derek Thompson
2 titles together
Casualty, The Gentle Touch
Andrew Paul
2 titles together
The Bill, Slinger's Day
Full filmography · 31
Casualty
as Joan Cooper
19866.2
Slinger's Day
as Customer
1986
Bleak House
as Mrs. Chadband
1985
The Bill
cast
19846.8
Never the Twain
as Winnie
1981Grundy
as Charlotte Boodle
1980
The Gentle Touch
cast
1980
Citizen Smith
as Mrs McLaughlin
1977
Fawlty Towers
as Mrs. Arrad
19758.3
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
cast
1974
Crown Court
cast
1972
Sykes
as Brenda
1972