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Aliases: Angela Payton

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Quantum Leap
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8

Quantum Leap

(1989) Lottie Sammis
The X-Files
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8

The X-Files

(1993) Mrs. Lukesh
Star Trek: Voyager
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8

Star Trek: Voyager

(1995) Aunt Adah
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mrs. Ransom
Medium
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8

Medium

(2005) Mrs. Halstead
Sliders
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8

Sliders

(1995) Mrs. Meadows
Lolita
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7

Lolita

(1997) Mrs. Holmes
Dirty Harry
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Dirty Harry

(1971) Homicide Detective (uncredited)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
2014 Mrs. Klasby
2013 Doris
2010 Ethel
2007 Anne Akers
Granny
2005 Nice Lady
Mrs. Halstead
2003 Angela's Fan
Grandma
Airplane Woman
2001 Woman with Roadrunner
2000 Ruth
1998 Lyla
Faye
1997 Mrs. Holmes
1996 Joan
1995 Mrs. Meadows
Aunt Adah
1994 Hattie Anderson
Mrs. Ransom
N/A
Ellie McNeil
Shirley Pogue
1993 Woman in Denver
Mrs. Lukesh
Mrs. Lancaster
1992 Dinah
Adelaide
Mrs. Gustafson
1991 Irma
Mrs. Shearer
1990 Gloria Sikes
Doctor
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1989 Mrs. Webster
Lottie Sammis
1988 Woman at City Hall
1971 Homicide Detective (uncredited)
Mrs. Carmichael
Year Character Movie/Tv

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