1. Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence was born on 17 September 1941 and is an English actress.
10 Facts About Angela Pleasence
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Angela Pleasence worked extensively in television productions and British miniseries throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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Angela Pleasence had minor roles in the films The Search for John Gissing, Gangs of New York, and The Gigolos.
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Angela Pleasence was born in Chapeltown, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Miriam Raymond and actor Donald Angela Pleasence.
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Angela Pleasence studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her stage debut in 1964 as Titania in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Angela Pleasence appeared extensively in London theatre productions throughout the 1970s.
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Angela Pleasence is known for her performance as Catherine Howard in the 1970 BBC serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
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Angela Pleasence is noted for her roles in horror films of the 1970s, including From Beyond the Grave, Symptoms and The Godsend.
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Angela Pleasence made a guest appearance in the parody series Dr Terrible's House of Horrible satirising her earlier performances.
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Angela Pleasence has appeared as the Ghost of Christmas Past in the 1984 holiday television film A Christmas Carol, Sister Cecilia in Stealing Heaven, a crowd member in Martin Scorsese's 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York, Elizabeth I in the 2007 Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code", and Winnie in the BBC drama Happy Valley.