Diana Boddington, MBE (30 July 1921 – 17 January 2002) was an English stage manager.
[1] Born in Blackpool in 1921, Boddington's first worked as an assistant electrician for Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic in 1941.
[2] Boddington formed a strong working relationship with Laurence Olivier.
Her lifelong bond with Olivier was essentially one of camaraderie, epitomized by the fact that they had once taken refuge together under a table one rehearsal during the war, when surprised by an air raid.
[3] She was dubbed "Marshal Boddington" by the young actors at the National (such as Michael Gambon and Derek Jacobi) during the 1960s, bluffly organising and rallying her troops.