Angela
Douglas
Angela
Douglas (born 29 October 1940) is an English actress who born Angela
McDonagh in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. She was named after her
father's boss Angelino.
Douglas started acting as a teenager,
joining the Worthing, West Sussex repertory company, before making
her West End theatre debut in 1958.
She made
her film debut in 1959 with Donald Pleasence in The Shakedown, and
then appeared with Tommy Steele in It's All Happening.
She is best remembered for her roles in several Carry On Films in
the 1960s, including Carry On Cowboy (1965) as an all-singing and
trigger-happy version of Annie Oakley. She then appeared in Carry On
Screaming (1966), Follow That Camel (1967) and Carry On Up the
Khyber (1968). She has, by virtue of this association, appeared on
many retrospective and spin-off programmes. Douglas made an
appearance in North Wales in September 2005 to unveil a plaque
dedicated to the filming of Carry On... Up the Khyber, as part of
the movie had been shot in Llanberis.
Her other films have
included The Comedy Man (1964), Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
(1973) and The Four Feathers (2002). Her television credits have
included The Avengers, The Saint, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Jason
King and Coronation Street, and Doctor at Large.
After
husband Kenneth More was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease, she put
her career on hold after 11 episodes of Oil Strike North. After
More's death, she returned in various roles, including Doris
Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who (1989) and Peak Practice. She has
since concentrated on a career in journalism and writing, having
completed two books.
Douglas met fellow actor Kenneth More on
the set of Some People in Bristol in 1962. After starting an affair,
More divorced his wife, and the couple married on 17 March 1968.
Happily married for 14 years, after More was found to have
Parkinson's Disease, Douglas put her career on hold until his death
on 12 July 1982.
In 1988, she met divorced Scottish
playwright and director Bill Bryden at a dinner party arranged by
mutual friend Marsha Hunt. They have lived together in west London
since, and were married at City Hall, New York City in February
2009.
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