Angela Pleasence (born Chapeltown, Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is the daughter of actor Donald Pleasence and his first wife, Miriam Raymond. The surname for both daughter and father has occasionally been credited as "Pleasance". Chapeltown is an inner-city suburb of north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is the centre of the citys British Afro-Caribbean community. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... Sir Donald Pleasence (October 5, 1919 - February 2, 1995) was an English actor. ...
She remains best known for her performance as Catherine Howard in the 1970BBC mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Other television credits include: The Barchester Chronicles, Silas Marner and Midsomer Murders. Miniature watercolour portrait of Catherine Howard, attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ... The Six Wives of Henry VIII was a series of six teleplays produced by the BBC and first transmitted between 1 January and 5 February 1970. ... The Barchester Chronicles on the cover of Radio Times magazine. ... Silas Marner : The Weaver of Raveloe is a novel by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) which was first published in 1861. ... Midsomer Murders is a popular British television series about murders that take place in the fictional English county of Midsomer. ...
She is also noted for her roles in horror films of the 1970s, including From Beyond the Grave, Symptoms and The Godsend. She made a guest appearance in the parody series Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible satirising her earlier performances. DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The term symptom (from the Greek syn = con/plus and pipto = fall, together meaning co-exist) has two similar meanings in the context of physical and mental health: A symptom can be a physical condition which shows that one has a particular illness or disorder (see e. ... Dr. Terribles House of Horrible was a British television series, created by and starring Steve Coogan and Graham Duff. ...
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