Angela and her actress sister Hermione were born of a wealthy family with Angela making her stage debut at the age of 8 as a little orphan girl in The Dawn of Happiness. One night a police officer said that she was too young and wouldn't allow her to perform, The following year she auditioned at The Old Vic Theatre, When she was 10 a newspaper called her 'a consumate little actress, at 11 she was appearing in Shakespeare, as a teenager she was singing and dancing in musicals and pantomimes and became the 'toast of London. She retired briefly when she was18. She appeared in many plays but most enjoyed those by Emlyn Williams - Night Must Fall, The Winslow Boy, Morning Star and The Light of Heart, which he wrote for her, She was married to theatre producer Glen Byam Shaw 1931 -75 and was awarded a CBE for services to the theatre
Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)as Mrs. Bridges, Mrs. Kate Bridges, cook (52 episodes)
BBC Play of the Month(1965)as Mrs. Pearce
Trial(1971)as Sarah Phillips
Take Three Girls(1969)as Jenny's Mother
The Russell Harty Show(1974)as Mrs. Bridges
This Is Your Life(1955)as Self, Self - Guest
Disco(1971)as Mrs. Bridges
