Angela Down

Angela Down
Born (1946-06-15) 15 June 1946 (age 78)
OccupationActress
Years active1969–2009
SpouseTim Hardy

Angela Down (born 15 June 1946) is an English actress. She is known for her role in the BBC drama programme Take Three Girls portraying cockney art student Avril for the first series before being replaced in the second.[1][2]

Career

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Down played a leading role as Princess Maria in the 15-hour BBC version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1972), starred as Sylvia Pankhurst in the BBC's Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), as Joyce Bradley in the television adaptation of Frederick Raphael’s The Glittering Prizes (1976) and played teacher Myra Bawne in the 1980 BBC drama serial We, the Accused, opposite Ian Holm. She performed as Helena in the 1981 BBC Shakespeare collection, All's Well That Ends Well.

Her film roles include appearances in The Looking Glass War (1970), the cult horror film What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972), as Justine Mahler in Ken Russell's 1974 film Mahler, and as Mrs Cole in the 1996 film Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow.

Personal life

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She is married to the actor Tim Hardy.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1970 The Looking Glass War Chelsea Girl
1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? Caller
1974 Mahler Justine Mahler
1976 Meetings, Bloody Meetings Businesswoman Video
1987 Maximum Potential Girl on the Beach
1990 Twisted Justice Police Officer
1996 Emma Mrs Cole
2004 The Face at the Window Amy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1969 ITV Playhouse Brenda Episode: "Like Puppies in a Basket"
1969–1970 Take Three Girls Avril 12 episodes
1970 Daniel Deronda Anna Gascoigne Episode: "Temptations"
1970 Z-Cars Eileen Parker 2 episodes
1970 Jackanory Storyteller 5 episodes
1970 Little Women Jo March 9 episodes
1971 The Doctors Audrey 2 episodes
1971 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Jenny Hopkins Episode: "Tales of Piccadilly: Out of Town Girl"
1971 Owen, M.D. Sophie Lowrey 2 episodes
1972 Pathfinders A.C.W. June Bunting
1972–1973 War and Peace Maria Bolkonskaya 10 episodes
1974 Shoulder to Shoulder Sylvia Pankhurst 5 episodes
1975 BBC Play of the Month Enid / Cordelia 2 episodes
1976 The Glittering Prizes Joyce Bradley / Joyce Hadleigh
1977 Play for Today Daphne Episode: "Do as I Say"
1978 Scorpion Tales Martha Fredricks Episode: "Killing"
1980 We, the Accused Myra Bawne 5 episodes
1981 All's Well That Ends Well Helena Television film
1981 It Takes a Worried Man Lillian 2 episodes
1982 Take Three Women Avril
1988 Emmerdale Barbara 4 episodes
1988 The ITV Play Masha Chekhov Episode: "Chekhov in Yalta"
1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot Marjorie Gold Episode: "Triangle at Rhodes"
1989 The Play on One Eve Episode: "Clowns"
1989 Casualty Liz Episode: "Union"
1989 Howards' Way Lee Simons 2 episodes
1990 Capital City Rachel Lowe Episode: "Strange Fruits"
1997 The Bill Esther Guthrie Episode: "Going Down"
1997, 1998 Kavanagh QC Angela Beddoes 2 episodes
2000, 2009 Midsomer Murders Dr. Sylvia Goring / Pru Bennett

References

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  1. ^ "Three ladies with a double hit". Evening Times. 15 December 1982. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Angela Down". IMDb. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Up, down: Angela's in town". London Evening Standard. 20 April 1979. p. 27. Retrieved 26 December 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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