- Born
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- Birth nameMadeline Angela Clinton-Baddeley
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpousesGlen Byam Shaw(July 9, 1929 - February 22, 1976) (her death, 2 children)Stephen Thomas(1921 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- RelativesHermione Baddeley(Sibling)Dennis Clinton(Cousin)Pauline Tennant(Niece or Nephew)Charles Hart(Grandchild)
- Older sister of Hermione Baddeley.
- Can be seen playing Mistress Quickly with her sister Hermione Baddeley as Doll Tearsheet in Henry IV (episode 3) in the DVD box "An Age of Kings - the History Plays of William Shakespeare".
- English character actress, best known as the often irritable cook from the long-running television series, Upstairs, Downstairs (1971). Started her theatrical acting career at the age of eleven at the Old Vic in "Richard III", playing the juvenile "Duke of York". Toured with the Shakespeare Memorial Company in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1958.
- Died at Grayshott Hall, now Grayshott Spa.
- Died of a combination of flu and bronchitis.
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