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Angela Greene

{{Short description|Irish actress (1921–1978)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Angela Greene

| image = Angela Greene in At War with the Army 1950.jpg

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| caption = Greene in At War with the Army (1950)

| birth_name = Angela Catherine Williams

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1921|02|24}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|02|09|1921|02|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1944–1976

| spouse = {{marriage|Stuart Warren Martin|1946|1975|end=divorced}}

}}

Angela Katherine Greene (born Angela Catherine Williams; 24 February 1921 {{efn|The reference Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory gives 4 February 1921 as her date of birth.{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Angela+Greene%22+actress&pg=PA197|accessdate=2 March 2017|language=en}}}} – 9 February 1978) was an Irish-American actress.

Biography

Born in Dublin as Angela Catherine Williams, she was the only daughter of Margaret ({{nee}} Greene) and Joseph Williams. At the age of six, she was adopted by her maternal uncle, Eddie Greene, and moved to Flushing, Queens.[http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/109/Angela+Greene/index.html Angela Greene profile], glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Accessed 17 October 2022.

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Before becoming an actress, Greene was a model for the John Robert Powers agency.{{cite book|last1=Liebman|first1=Roy|title=Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts|date=2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609362|page=361|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REaeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Angela+Greene%22+actress&pg=PA361|accessdate=2 March 2017|language=en}}

Her films included Shotgun (1955), The Lady Wants Mink (1953), Hollywood Canteen (1944), The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946), Stallion Road (1947), At War with the Army (1950), A Perilous Journey (1953), The Cosmic Man (1959), and Futureworld (1976). She also appeared on various television shows, such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Tales of Wells Fargo,The Donna Reed Show, and Perry Mason.

Personal life

After having dated naval lieutenant John F. Kennedy,{{cite book|last1=Sullivan|first1=Michael John|title=Presidential Passions: The Love Affairs of America's Presidents--from Washington and Jefferson to Kennedy and Johnson|date=1994|publisher=SP Books|isbn=9781561710935|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXYp616C96gC&dq=%22Angela+Greene%22+actress&pg=PA19|accessdate=2 March 2017|language=en}}[http://www.vintageinn.ca/2014/03/irish-movie-actresses-of-the-1940s-and-1950s/ Irish Movie Actresses of the 1940s and 1950s] at The Vintage Inn she married Stuart Warren Martin on 7 December 1946. They divorced in 1975.

Death

Angela Greene died of a stroke in Los Angeles, shortly before her 57th birthday.

Partial filmography

Notes

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Category:American film actresses

Category:American television actresses

Category:1921 births

Category:1978 deaths

Category:Actresses from Queens, New York

Category:People from Flushing, Queens

Category:Irish emigrants to the United States

Category:Actresses from County Dublin

Category:Models from New York City