Heather Angel

Heather Angel

1909-02-09 – 1986-12-13 (age 77) Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Heather Grace Angel (9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986) was an English actress, the younger of two sisters, born to parents Andrea and Mary Letticia. She began her stage career at the Old Vic in 1926 and later appeared with touring companies. Her Broadway debut came in December 1937, in Love of Women, at the Golden Theatre. She also appeared in The Wookey (1941–42).

Angel appeared in many British films. She made her first screen appearance in City of Song. She later had a leading role in Night in Montmartre, and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles. She then decided to move to Hollywood, sailing on the Majestic to New York in December 1932 with her mother. Over the next few years, she played strong roles in such films as The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Three Musketeers, The Informer, and The Last of the Mohicans.

In 1937, she made the first of five appearances as Phyllis Clavering in the popular Bulldog Drummond series. She was cast as Kitty Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and as maid, Ethel, in Suspicion. Angel was also the leading lady in the first screen version of Raymond Chandler's The High Window, released in 1942 as Time to Kill. She was one of the passengers of Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat. Her film appearances in the following years were few, but she returned to Hollywood to provide voices for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. During 1964 and 1965, she played a continuing role in the television soap opera Peyton Place. After that role, she played Miss Faversham, a nanny and female friend of Sebastian Cabot's character of Giles French in the situation comedy Family Affair.

Angel received a star, located at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Angel died from cancer in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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Known For

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

1951

as Alice's Sister (voice)

Peter Pan
Peter Pan

1953

as Mrs. Darling (voice)

Lifeboat
Lifeboat

1944

as Mrs. Higley

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

1940

as Kitty Bennet

Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle

1940

as Wife in Prologue (uncredited)

The Informer
The Informer

1935

as Mary McPhillip

Suspicion
Suspicion

1941

as Ethel the Maid

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937

as Phyllis Clavering

Undercover Doctor
Undercover Doctor

1939

as Cynthia Weld

Western Gold
Western Gold

1937

as Jeannie Thatcher

Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage

1933

as Suzanne

Orient Express
Orient Express

1934

as Coral Musker

That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman

1941

as Mary Smith

Army Girl
Army Girl

1938

as Gwen Bradley

The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans

1936

as Cora Munro

Gone with the West
Gone with the West

1975

as Old Little Moon

The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial

1962

as Kate Carrell

The Bold Caballero
The Bold Caballero

1936

as Lady Isabella Palma

Cry 'Havoc'
Cry 'Havoc'

1943

as Andra

The Mystery of Edwin Drood