Angela Paton
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1930-01-11
Deathday 2016-05-16 (86 years old)
Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Angela Payton
Angela Paton
Biography
Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco, she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and one of A.C.T.'s leading actresses in its first few seasons. After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years. She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series. Some of her notable film roles include Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003). She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething (1987-1991), My Name is Earl (2005-2009), and The War at Home (2005-2007). Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community, and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." She was also a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Paton died in Oakland, California, in 2016, at the age of 86.
Known For
Actor
as Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
as Mrs. Klasby
as Doris
as Ethel
as Anne Akers
as Granny
as Betty
as Nice Lady
as Old Woman
as Martha Elkin
as Mrs. Halstead
as Angela's Fan
as Grandma
as Airplane Woman
as Mrs. Carmichael
as Woman with Roadrunner
as Mrs. Walsh
as Ruth
as Lyla
as Faye
as Mrs. Baum
as Mrs. Holmes
as Mrs. Johnson
as Woman on Airplane
as Elena Motley
as Mrs.Larson
as Mrs. Meadows
as Aunt Adah
as Hattie Anderson
as Ellie McNeil
as Dottie Owens
as Shirley Pogue
as Mrs. Ransom
as Woman in Denver
as Mrs. Lancaster
as Mrs. Begley
as Mrs. Lukesh
as Dinah
as Adelaide
as Mrs. Gustafson
as Mrs. Shearer
as Irma
as Gloria Sikes
as Doctor
as Sandy
as Mrs. Webster
as Lottie Sammis
as Mother Superior
as Woman at City Hall
as Harriet Anderson
as Homicide Detective (uncredited)
Director
as Director