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Heather Angel

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Heather Grace Angel was an English actress, the younger of two sisters, born to parents Andrea and Mary Letticia. She began her stage career at the Old Vic in 1926 and later appeared with touring companies. Her Broadway debut came in December 1937, in Love of Women, at the Golden Theatre. She also appeared in The Wookey (1941–42).

Angel appeared in many British films. She made her first screen appearance in City of Song. She later had a leading role in Night in Montmartre, and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles. She then decided to move to Hollywood, sailing on the Majestic to New York in December 1932 with her mother. Over the next few years, she played strong roles in such films as The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Three Musketeers, The Informer, and The Last of the Mohicans.

In 1937, she made the first of five appearances as Phyllis Clavering in the popular Bulldog Drummond series. She was cast as Kitty Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and as maid, Ethel, in Suspicion. Angel was also the leading lady in the first screen version of Raymond Chandler's The High Window, released in 1942 as Time to Kill. She was one of the passengers of Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat. Her film appearances in the following years were few, but she returned to Hollywood to provide voices for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. During 1964 and 1965, she played a continuing role in the television soap opera Peyton Place. After that role, she played Miss Faversham, a nanny and female friend of Sebastian Cabot's character of Giles French in the situation comedy Family Affair.

Angel received a star, located at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Angel died from cancer in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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Actor

Gone with the West

1975

as Old Little Moon

The Premature Burial

1962

as Kate Carrell

Peter Pan

1953

as Mrs. Darling (voice)

Alice in Wonderland

1951

as Alice's Sister (voice)

The Saxon Charm

1948

as Vivian Saxon

In the Meantime, Darling

1944

as Mrs. Nelson

Lifeboat

1944

as Mrs. Higley

Cry 'Havoc'

1943

as Andra

Time to Kill

1942

as Myrle Davis

The Undying Monster

1942

as Helga Hammond

Suspicion

1941

as Ethel the Maid

Singapore Woman

1941

as Frieda

That Hamilton Woman

1941

as Mary Smith

Shadows on the Stairs

1941

as Sylvia Armitage

Kitty Foyle

1940

as Wife in Prologue (uncredited)

Pride and Prejudice

1940

as Kitty Bennet

Half a Sinner

1940

as Anne Gladden

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939

as Phyllis Clavering

Land of Liberty

1939

as Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone')

Undercover Doctor

1939

as Cynthia Weld

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939

as Phyllis Clavering

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938

as Phyllis Clavering

Army Girl

1938

as Gwen Bradley

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938

as Phyllis Clavering

The Duke Comes Back

1937

as Susan Foster

Portia on Trial

1937

as Elizabeth Manners

Western Gold

1937

as Jeannie Thatcher

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937

as Phyllis Clavering

The Bold Caballero

1936

as Lady Isabella Palma

Daniel Boone

1936

as Virginia Randolph

The Last of the Mohicans

1936

as Cora Munro

The Perfect Gentleman

1935

as Evelyn Alden

The Three Musketeers

1935

as Constance

The Headline Woman

1935

as Myrna Van Buren

The Informer

1935

as Mary McPhillip

It Happened in New York

1935

as Chris Edwards

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

as Rosa Bud

Springtime for Henry

1934

as Miss Smith

Romance in the Rain

1934

as Cynthia Brown

Murder in Trinidad

1934

as Joan Cassell

Orient Express

1934

as Coral Musker

Berkeley Square

1933

as Helen Pettigrew

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

1933

as Carlotte Eagan

Early to Bed

1933

as Grete

Pilgrimage

1933

as Suzanne

Men of Steel

1932

as Ann Ford

After Office Hours

1932

as Pat

Mr. Bill the Conqueror

1932

as Rosemary Lannick

Self Made Lady

1932

as Sookey Roberts

Frail Women

1932

as Girl

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1931

as Beryl Stapleton

A Night in Montmartre

1931

as Annette Lefevre

City of Song

1931

as Carmela