Angela Down | |
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Born | 15 June 1946 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1969–2009 |
Spouse | Tim Hardy |
Angela Down (born 15 June 1946) is an English actress. She is known for her role in the BBC drama programme Take Three Girls portraying cockney art student Avril for the first series before being replaced in the second. [1] [2]
Down played a leading role as Princess Maria in the 15-hour BBC version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1972), starred as Sylvia Pankhurst in the BBC's Shoulder to Shoulder (1974), as Joyce Bradley in the television adaptation of Frederick Raphael’s The Glittering Prizes (1976) and played teacher Myra Bawne in the 1980 BBC drama serial We, the Accused , opposite Ian Holm. She performed as Helena in the 1981 BBC Shakespeare collection, All's Well That Ends Well.
Her film roles include appearances in The Looking Glass War (1970), the cult horror film What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972), as Justine Mahler in Ken Russell's 1974 film Mahler , and as Mrs Cole in the 1996 film Emma , starring Gwyneth Paltrow.
She is married to the actor Tim Hardy. [3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1970 | The Looking Glass War | Chelsea Girl | |
1972 | What Became of Jack and Jill? | Caller | |
1974 | Mahler | Justine Mahler | |
1976 | Meetings, Bloody Meetings | Businesswoman | Video |
1987 | Maximum Potential | Girl on the Beach | |
1990 | Twisted Justice | Police Officer | |
1996 | Emma | Mrs Cole | |
2004 | The Face at the Window | Amy |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1969 | ITV Playhouse | Brenda | Episode: "Like Puppies in a Basket" |
1969–1970 | Take Three Girls | Avril | 12 episodes |
1970 | Daniel Deronda | Anna Gascoigne | Episode: "Temptations" |
1970 | Z-Cars | Eileen Parker | 2 episodes |
1970 | Jackanory | Storyteller | 5 episodes |
1970 | Little Women | Jo March | 9 episodes |
1971 | The Doctors | Audrey | 2 episodes |
1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Jenny Hopkins | Episode: "Tales of Piccadilly: Out of Town Girl" |
1971 | Owen, M.D. | Sophie Lowrey | 2 episodes |
1972 | Pathfinders | A.C.W. June Bunting | |
1972–1973 | War and Peace | Maria Bolkonskaya | 10 episodes |
1974 | Shoulder to Shoulder | Sylvia Pankhurst | 5 episodes |
1975 | BBC Play of the Month | Enid / Cordelia | 2 episodes |
1976 | The Glittering Prizes | Joyce Bradley / Joyce Hadleigh | |
1977 | Play for Today | Daphne | Episode: "Do as I Say" |
1978 | Scorpion Tales | Martha Fredricks | Episode: "Killing" |
1980 | We, the Accused | Myra Bawne | 5 episodes |
1981 | All's Well That Ends Well | Helena | Television film |
1981 | It Takes a Worried Man | Lillian | 2 episodes |
1982 | Take Three Women | Avril | |
1988 | Emmerdale | Barbara | 4 episodes |
1988 | The ITV Play | Masha Chekhov | Episode: "Chekhov in Yalta" |
1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Marjorie Gold | Episode: "Triangle at Rhodes" |
1989 | The Play on One | Eve | Episode: "Clowns" |
1989 | Casualty | Liz | Episode: "Union" |
1989 | Howards' Way | Lee Simons | 2 episodes |
1990 | Capital City | Rachel Lowe | Episode: "Strange Fruits" |
1997 | The Bill | Esther Guthrie | Episode: "Going Down" |
1997, 1998 | Kavanagh QC | Angela Beddoes | 2 episodes |
2000, 2009 | Midsomer Murders | Dr. Sylvia Goring / Pru Bennett |
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