Heather Angel (actress)
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Heather Angel | |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1931–1979 |
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Children | 1 |
Heather Grace Angel (9 February 1909 – 13 December 1986) was a British actress. She was known for providing the voice of Mrs. Darling, Wendy's mother in Peter Pan (1953) and Alice's sister in Alice in Wonderland (1951).
Early life
Angel was born 9 February 1909 in
In the 1911 UK Census, the family is shown as living at 17 Banbury Road, Oxford along with three servants. She was the younger of two sisters.
Andrea Angel was killed in the Silvertown explosion in January 1917, and posthumously awarded the Edward Medal (First Class).[4] In his will, he left his wife £374[5] and shortly thereafter, his wife moved to London with the two daughters.[6] By 1929, when Heather was 19, she was already appearing with an overseas touring theatre company managed by Charles Bradbury-Ingles.[7] The same record shows that she was living at 20 Queen Anne's Grove, London W4, when she left.
Career
Stage
Angel began her stage career at the
Film
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Angel appeared in many British films. She made her first screen appearance in
In 1937 she made the first of five appearances as Phyllis Clavering in the popular
Personal life
Angel married actor Ralph Forbes in Arizona in 1934, a union that lasted less than ten years. Angel had acted with Henry Wilcoxon in Self Made Lady (1932) when they were both in Britain. When she heard Wilcoxon was also in Hollywood, she contacted him. She invited him to polo matches at the home of Will Rogers and later taught him horseback riding. They acted together in two other films: The Last of the Mohicans (1936) and Lady Hamilton (1941). Though they remained lifelong friends, they never married. Heather and her husband were both present at the wedding of Wilcoxon to his first wife. They had intended to host the wedding at their house in Coldwater Canyon.[11]
Angel married Robert B. Sinclair (1905–1970), a film and television director, in 1944. On 4 January 1970, an intruder, Billy McCoy Hunter, broke into their home. When Sinclair attempted to protect Angel, Hunter killed him in her presence, then fled. He was allegedly found with a knife and pistol when arrested.[12] The incident is believed to have been a failed burglary. Angel had one son with Sinclair in 1947.
Death
In 1986, Angel died of cancer in Los Angeles.[13] She was cremated at Santa Barbara Cemetery.[14]
Recognition
Angel has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard.[15]
Filmography
References
- ^ "Four Stars in Color". Chicago Tribune. 28 July 1940. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Minute Biographies – Heather Angel". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 30 October 1933. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ UK, City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
- ^ "Andrea Angel".
- ^ Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD203_c_35
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London City Directories
- ^ a b Ancestry.com. UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890–1960
- ^ "Stage News". New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 7 December 1937. p. 9.
- ^ "Heather Angel". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Heather Angel, 77, Is Dead; Acted in More Than 60 Films". The New York Times. 16 December 1986. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ Katherine Orrison and Henry Wilcoxon: Lionheart in Hollywood, p.72
- ^ "RETIRED DIRECTOR IS SLAIN ON COAST; Robert Sinclair Is Stabbed in Home Suspect Held". The New York Times. 5 January 1970. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ISBN 9781442251601– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781476625997– via Google Books.
- ^ "Heather Angel". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
Bibliography
- Wilcoxon, Henry; Orrison, Katherine (1991). Lionheart in Hollywood: the autobiography of Henry Wilcoxon. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 0-8108-2476-0.
External links
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