Angela Douglas (born Angela McDonagh; born 29 October 1940) is an English actress.
Early life Douglas was born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire in 1940.
Career Douglas began acting as a teenager, joining the Worthing, West Sussex repertory company, before making her West End theatre debut in 1958.
Douglas made an uncredited appearance as an audience member in the 1958 film version of Six-Five Special. She made her (non-speaking) film debut in 1959 in The Shakedown, and then appeared with Tommy Steele in It's All Happening. She is best remembered for her roles in several Carry On Films in the 1960s, including Carry On Cowboy (1965) as an all-singing and trigger-happy version of Annie Oakley. She then appeared in Carry On Screaming! (1966), Follow That Camel (1967) and Carry On Up the Khyber (1968). She has, by virtue of this association, appeared on many retrospective and spin-off programmes. Douglas made an appearance in North Wales in September 2005 to unveil a plaque dedicated to the filming of Carry On Up the Khyber, as part of the movie had been shot in Llanberis.
Her other films have included The Comedy Man (1964), Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973), and The Four Feathers (2002).
Her television credits have included Gideon's Way, The Avengers, The Saint; in which she played Jenny Turner, a psychology student in the episode The Death Game, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Jason King, Doctor Who, Casualty, Holby City, Coronation Street,Nown, Graham ed.(1985). Coronation Street 1960–1985: 25 years, CBC Enterprises, 1986. photo with brief description of cameo role p203. and Doctor at Large.
In 2001 she appeared in the Yorkshire Television period drama Heartbeat, in which she played Sonia Parking in the episode "Who's Who".
After her husband Kenneth More was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she put her career on hold, after 11 episodes of Oil Strike North. After More's death, she returned in various roles, including Doris Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who serial Battlefield (1989), Peak Practice and Soldier, Soldier,
in the episode "Band of Gold", which featured Robson & Jerome singing in an impromptu wedding band. She played the part of Isobel Trimble in Cardiac Arrest. She has since concentrated on a career in journalism and writing, having completed two books, including the autobiographical Swings and Roundabouts.
In October 2018 her debut novel, Josephine: An Open Book, was published. It is fictional but partly based on her own experiences.
Personal life Douglas met fellow actor Kenneth More on the set of Some People in Bristol in 1962, Douglas and More then began an affair. More divorced his wife. On 17 March 1968, the couple married and remained together until his death on 12 July 1982.
In 1988, Douglas met Scottish playwright and director Bill Bryden at a dinner party arranged by mutual friend Marsha Hunt. They married in 2009. Bryden died on 5 January 2022.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1959 The Shakedown Model 1960 Feet of Clay Diana White1961 The Wind of Change Denise Don't Bother to Knock Girl in Gallery uncredited The Gentle Terror Nancy Murder in Eden Beatnik1962 Fate Takes a Hand Secretary Design for Loving Bernie's secretary Some People Terry 1963 It's All Happening Julie Singleton 1964 The Comedy Man Fay Trubshaw1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Mandy – Harem Girl uncredited Carry On Cowboy Annie Oakley Gideon's Way Episode: "Morna" Morna Copthorne 1966 Carry On Screaming! Doris Mann1967 The Saint Jenny Turner Maroc 7 Freddie Follow That Camel Lady Jane Ponsonby Wuthering Heights Isabella Linton 3 episodes 1968 Carry On Up the Khyber Princess Jelhi 1969 The Avengers Miranda Loxton 1971 Doctor at Large Alison 1972 Jason King Dana Charles 1973 Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World Janine 1974 Father Brown Petra Merton 1975 Oil Strike North Julie Ward 13 episodes 1982 Third Time Lucky Millie King 4 episodes 1989 Doctor Who Doris 2 episodes 1996 Hamlet Attendant to Gertrude 1998 Shadow Run Bridget 1999 This Year's Love Annabel 2001 South Kensington Camila's Mother 2002 The Four Feathers Aunt Mary
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