Marian Diamond (actress)

Marion Diamond, better known by the stage name Marian Diamond, was an English actress. Known primarily for her voice roles, she worked for the BBC for many years. Diamond narrated several episodes of Jackanory, dealing mostly with C. S. Lewis books. She voiced the part of Galadriel in 1981 radio series The Lord of the Rings.

Life and career

Diamond was born in London on 17 December 1936. She was the younger of the two daughters of George Diamond, a Polish Jew, and his wife Rosemary of Irish extraction. Gillian Diamond, her sister, was a casting director. She attended RADA, graduating in 1956.
She appeared in a number of films, including 80,000 Suspects, Subterfuge, and Goodbye Gemini. On television she appeared in such series as Dixon of Dock Green, Danger Man, Brookside and The Armando Iannucci Shows. She also played in the drama Madame Bovary, which was broadcast in two parts on 6 and 13 February in the United States on WGBH-TV, and on 10 and 11 April in the United Kingdom on BBC Two.
Diamond died at University College Hospital in London, on 5 January 2026, aged 89.