Stella Tanner

Known for ActingBorn 1925-01-01Died 2012-03-26London, 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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Day of the Janitor

The Expert

Fawlty Towers

The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

Festival

Red Shift

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Grundy

The Gentle Touch

Budgie

Theatre 625

Never the Twain

Murder Most Foul

Rumour

Nicholas Nickleby

The Bill

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Overlord

Citizen Smith

Sykes

Bleak House

Casualty

Emergency: Ward 10

Otley

Slinger's Day

Mystery and Imagination

Crown Court

Sex and the Other Woman

Fun and Games

No Hiding Place

April Fool's Day

My Son Reuben

Father's Help

The Jazz Age

Sunday-Night Play