Angela Pleasence

Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence (born 30 September 1941), better known as Angela Pleasence, is an English actress. She is the daughter of actor Donald Pleasence and Miriam Raymond.

Born in Chapeltown, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She is known for her performance as Catherine Howard in the 1970 BBC serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Other television credits include Les Misérables, The Barchester Chronicles (alongside her father), Mansfield Park, Silas Marner, Midsomer Murders, Whitechapel and Agatha Christie's Marple.

She is also noted for her roles in horror films of the 1970s, including From Beyond the Grave, Symptoms and The Godsend. She made a guest appearance in the parody series Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible satirising her earlier performances. She also appeared in Stealing Heaven (1988) and appeared in "The Shakespeare Code" episode of Doctor Who as Elizabeth I. Two other roles are the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1984 holiday television film A Christmas Carol and a role as a crowd member in Martin Scorsese's 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York.

Radio Work

Radio Plays includes Isaac Asimov's Foundation by the BBC, She played Bayta Darell.

Selected filmography

• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967)
• The Love Ban (1973)
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)
• Symptoms (1974)
• The Godsend (1980)
• A Christmas Carol (1984)
• Stealing Heaven (1988)
• The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)
• The Search for John Gissing (2001)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• The Gigolos (2005)
• Your Highness (2011)

External links

• Angela Pleasence at the Internet Movie Database