Heather Angel (actress)

For other uses, see Heather Angel (disambiguation).

Heather Angel
from the trailer for the film Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Born	Heather Grace Angel 9 February 1909(1909-02-09) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died	13 December 1986(1986-12-13) (aged 77) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1931–79
Spouse	Henry Wilcoxon Ralph Forbes (m. 1934–1941) «start: (1934)–end+1: (1942)»"Marriage: Ralph Forbes to Heather Angel (actress)" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Angel_(actress)) Robert B. Sinclair (m. 1944–1970) «start: (1944)–end+1: (1971)»"Marriage: Robert B. Sinclair to Heather Angel (actress)" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Angel_(actress)) (his death)

Heather Grace Angel (9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986) was an English actress.

Life and career

Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, she was brought up on a farm near Banbury.

She began her stage career at the Old Vic in 1926 and later appeared with touring companies. She appeared in many British films before going to Hollywood. She made her first screen appearance in City of Song. She later had a leading role in Night in Montmartre (1931), and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932). Over the next few years, she played strong roles in such films as The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935), The Three Musketeers (1935), The Informer (1935) and The Last of the Mohicans (1936). 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 (1940). 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 (1944). 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 (1951) and Peter Pan (1953).

She also played a continuing role in the television soap opera Peyton Place from 1964 until 1965. After that role, she played Miss Faversham, a nanny and a female friend of Sebastian Cabot's character of Giles French in the situation comedy Family Affair.

Angel was married to Robert B. Sinclair, a television director. On 4 January 1970, an intruder broke into their home; when Sinclair attempted to protect Angel, the intruder killed Sinclair in Angel's presence, then fled. The incident is believed to have been a failed burglary.

She died from cancer in Santa Barbara, California, and currently has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for her contributions to films, at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard. She was buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Selected filmography

• Night in Montmartre (1931)
• Men of Steel (1932)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
• Pilgrimage (1933)
• Berkeley Square (1933)
• Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
• Murder in Trinidad (1934)
• Springtime for Henry (1934)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
• The Informer (1935)
• The Headline Woman (1935)
• The Imperfect Lady (1935)
• The Three Musketeers (1935)
• Daniel Boone (1936)
• The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
• The Bold Caballero (1936)
• Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
• Army Girl (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
• Half a Sinner (1940)
• Pride and Prejudice (1940)
• That Hamilton Woman (1941)
• Suspicion (1941)
• The Undying Monster (1942)
• Time to Kill (1942)
• Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
• Lifeboat (1944)
• In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
• The Saxon Charm (1948)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951) (voice)
• Peter Pan (1953) (voice)
• The Premature Burial (1962)
• Gone with the West (1975)

External links

• Heather Angel at the Internet Movie Database
• Heather Angel at AllRovi
• Heather Angel at the TCM Movie Database
• Heather Angel at the Internet Broadway Database
• Photographs and literature
• Heather Angel at Find a Grave