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Diane Margaret "Deena" Payne (born 29 August 1954) is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's ''Emmerdale''. Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K., who scored a UK top 30 hit with "Luton Airport" in October 1979. She was also one of the dancers in ''Rock Follies of '77''. Prior to ''Emmerdale'', Payne had acted in episodes of ''Tales of Sherwood Forest'' and ''The Bill''. Payne is married to musician Steve Grant who is currently touring with (The Sweet ). On 7 November 2007 it was announced Payne would take a 12-month break from ''Emmerdale'' in the summer of 2008. She returned to the series on 14 July 2009. On 13 January 2011 her ''Emmerdale'' character was written out of the series by dying in her sleep during a fire as the bosses felt the character had run its course. Payne stated that she was angry in the way how she was written out off screen after so long in the show. Since leaving ''Emmerdale'', Deena has returned to the stage, appearing in ''Calendar Girls'' and various pantomimes. Most recently, she featured on the television show ''True Crime'' as the character Irene. ==External links== * * (Deena Payne says goodbye to the Dales after 18 years of playing Viv Hope ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deena Payne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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