Angela Baddeley(1904-1976)
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Angela and her actress sister Hermione were born of a wealthy family, with Angela making her stage debut at the age of 8 as a little orphan girl in The Dawn of Happiness. One night, a police officer said that she was too young and wouldn't allow her to perform. The following year, she auditioned at The Old Vic Theatre. When she was ten, a newspaper called her 'a consummate little actress. At eleven, she was appearing in Shakespeare and as a teenager she was singing and dancing in musicals and pantomimes, becoming the 'toast of London'. She retired briefly when she was eighteen. She appeared in many plays, but most enjoyed those by Emlyn Williams: Night Must Fall, The Winslow Boy, Morning Star and The Light of Heart, which he wrote for her, She was married to theatre producer Glen Byam Shaw (1931 75) and was awarded a CBE for services to the theatre.
