Angela Down
{{short description|English actress (born 1946)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Angela Down
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|06|15|df=y}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1969–2009
| spouse = Tim Hardy
}}
Angela Down (born 15 June 1946) is an English actress. She is known for her role in the BBC drama programme Take Three Girls portraying cockney art student Avril for the first series before being replaced in the second.{{Cite news|title=Three ladies with a double hit|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xQc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=oEkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3005,2827620&dq=angela+down&hl=en|newspaper=Evening Times|date=15 December 1982|page=8}}{{Cite web|title=Angela Down|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235889/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=IMDb}}
Career
Down played a leading role as Princess Maria in the 15-hour BBC version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1972), starred as Sylvia Pankhurst in the BBC's Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), as Joyce Bradley in the television adaptation of Frederick Raphael’s The Glittering Prizes (1976) and played teacher Myra Bawne in the 1980 BBC drama serial We, the Accused, opposite Ian Holm. She performed as Helena in the 1981 BBC Shakespeare collection, All's Well That Ends Well.
Her film roles include appearances in The Looking Glass War (1970), the cult horror film What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972), as Justine Mahler in Ken Russell's 1974 film Mahler, and as Mrs Cole in the 1996 film Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
Personal life
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1970
|Chelsea Girl | |
| 1972
|What Became of Jack and Jill? |Caller | |
| 1974
|Justine Mahler | |
| 1976
|Businesswoman | rowspan="2" |Video |
| 1987
|Maximum Potential |Girl on the Beach |
| 1990
|Twisted Justice |Police Officer | |
| 1996
|Emma |Mrs Cole | |
| 2004
|The Face at the Window |Amy | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1969
|Brenda |Episode: "Like Puppies in a Basket" |
| 1969–1970
|Avril |12 episodes |
| 1970
|Anna Gascoigne |Episode: "Temptations" |
| 1970
|Eileen Parker |2 episodes |
| 1970
|Storyteller |5 episodes |
| 1970
|9 episodes |
| 1971
|Audrey |2 episodes |
| 1971
|Jenny Hopkins |Episode: "Tales of Piccadilly: Out of Town Girl" |
| 1971
|Sophie Lowrey | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
| 1972
|A.C.W. June Bunting |
| 1972–1973
|10 episodes |
| 1974
|5 episodes |
| 1975
|Enid / Cordelia | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
| 1976
|Joyce Bradley / Joyce Hadleigh |
| 1977
|Daphne |Episode: "Do as I Say" |
| 1978
|Martha Fredricks |Episode: "Killing" |
| 1980
|Myra Bawne |5 episodes |
| 1981
|All's Well That Ends Well |Helena |Television film |
| 1981
|Lillian | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
| 1982
|Take Three Women |Avril |
| 1988
|Barbara |4 episodes |
| 1988
|The ITV Play |Masha Chekhov |Episode: "Chekhov in Yalta" |
| 1989
|Marjorie Gold |Episode: "Triangle at Rhodes" |
| 1989
|Eve |Episode: "Clowns" |
| 1989
|Liz |Episode: "Union" |
| 1989
|Lee Simons |2 episodes |
| 1990
|Rachel Lowe |Episode: "Strange Fruits" |
| 1997
|Esther Guthrie |Episode: "Going Down" |
| 1997, 1998
|Angela Beddoes | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
| 2000, 2009
|Dr. Sylvia Goring / Pru Bennett |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0235889}}
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Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Camden
Category:Actresses from London
Category:People from Hampstead
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