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

2021
Harvey

as Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet

2014
I Didn't Do It

as Mrs. Klasby

2013
I Am I

as Doris

2010
2007
The Final Season

as Anne Akers

2007
2006
Four Kings

as Betty

2005
Red Eye

as Nice Lady

2005
My Name Is Earl

as Old Woman

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Martha Elkin

2005
Medium

as Mrs. Halstead

2003
Die, Mommie, Die!

as Angela's Fan

2003
American Wedding

as Grandma

2003
The United States of Leland

as Airplane Woman

2001
Early Bird Special

as Mrs. Carmichael

2001
Joe Dirt

as Woman with Roadrunner

1998
The Con

as Lyla

1998
1998
Jesse

as Mrs. Baum

1997
Lolita

as Mrs. Holmes

1997
George & Leo

as Mrs. Johnson

1995
Home for the Holidays

as Woman on Airplane

1995
JAG

as Elena Motley

1995
Caroline in the City

as Mrs.Larson

1995
Sliders

as Mrs. Meadows

1995
Star Trek: Voyager

as Aunt Adah

1994
Trapped in Paradise

as Hattie Anderson

1994
Where Are My Children?

as Ellie McNeil

1994
Blue Sky

as Dottie Owens

1994
Clean Slate

as Shirley Pogue

1994
ER

as Mrs. Ransom

1993
And the Band Played On

as Woman in Denver

1993
Groundhog Day

as Mrs. Lancaster

1993
Dave's World

as Mrs. Begley

1993
The X-Files

as Mrs. Lukesh

1992
1992
Criminal Behavior

as Adelaide

1992
The Last of His Tribe

as Mrs. Gustafson

1991
Lies of the Twins

as Mrs. Shearer

1991
1990
1990
Flatliners

as Doctor

1990
Wings

as Sandy

1989
Quantum Leap

as Lottie Sammis

1988
Dear John

as Mother Superior

1988
The Wonder Years

as Woman at City Hall

1981
Falcon Crest

as Harriet Anderson

1971
Dirty Harry

as Homicide Detective (uncredited)

Director

1980