Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 11, 1930
Died
May 16, 2016
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
62 titles
Angela Paton
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 innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003). She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething (1987-1991), My Name is Earl (2005-2009), and The War at Home (2005-2007). Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community, and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." She was also a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Paton died in Oakland, California, in 2016, at the age of 86.
Known For
Filmography
Harvey
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
I Didn't Do It
Mrs. Klasby
I Am I
Doris
Sons of Tucson
Ethel
The Final Season
Anne Akers
The Valley of Light
Granny
Four Kings
Betty
My Name Is Earl
Old Woman
Red Eye
Nice Lady
Grey's Anatomy
Martha Elkin
Numb3rs
Eyewitness
Medium
Mrs. Halstead
Die, Mommie, Die!
Angela's Fan
American Wedding
Grandma
The United States of Leland
Airplane Woman
Early Bird Special
Mrs. Carmichael
Joe Dirt
Woman with Roadrunner
Boston Public
Mrs. Walsh
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ruth
The Joyriders
Rita Mae Tuttle
Jesse
Mrs. Baum
L.A. Doctors
Mrs. Gerken
The Con
Lyla
The Wedding Singer
Faye
Lolita
Mrs. Holmes
George & Leo
Mrs. Johnson
Home for the Holidays
Woman on Airplane
The Home Court
Marie Grant
JAG
Elena Motley
Caroline in the City
Mrs.Larson
Sliders
Mrs. Meadows
Star Trek: Voyager
Aunt Adah
Cybill
Evelyn Minnow
Trapped in Paradise
Hattie Anderson
ER
Mrs. Ransom
Chicago Hope
Irene
Where Are My Children?
Ellie McNeil
Blue Sky
Dottie Owens
Clean Slate
Shirley Pogue
Dave's World
Mrs. Begley
And the Band Played On
Woman in Denver
The X-Files
Mrs. Lukesh
Groundhog Day
Mme Lancaster
Keep the Change
Dinah
Criminal Behavior
Adelaide
The Last of His Tribe
Mrs. Gustafson
Home Improvement
Irma
Lies of the Twins
Mrs. Shearer
Love, Lies and Murder
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Gloria Sikes