Acting
Angela Paton
- Born
- Jan 11, 1930 · Aged 86
- Died
- May 16, 2016
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 30
- TV credits
- 31
- Directing credits
- 1
Also known as (1)
- Angela Payton
Biography
Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco, she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and one of A.C.T.'s leading actresses in its first few seasons. After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years. She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series. Some of her notable film roles include Mrs. Lancaster, the…
