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Angela Paton
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "…
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Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco, she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and one of A.C.T.'s leading actresses in its first few seasons. After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years. She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series. Some of her notable film roles include Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003). She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething (1987-1991), My Name is Earl (2005-2009), and The War at Home (2005-2007). Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community, and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." She was also a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Paton died in Oakland, California, in 2016, at the age of 86.
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2021
Harvey
Movie Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
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2014
I Didn't Do It
TV show Mrs. Klasby
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2013
I Am I
Movie Doris
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2010
Sons of Tucson
TV show Ethel
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2007
The Final Season
Movie Anne Akers
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2007
The Valley of Light
Movie Granny
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2006
Four Kings
TV show Betty
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2005
My Name Is Earl
TV show Old Woman
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2005
Red Eye
Movie Nice Lady
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Martha Elkin
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2005
Numb3rs
TV show Eyewitness
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2005
Medium
TV show Mrs. Halstead
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2003
Die, Mommie, Die!
Movie Angela's Fan
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2003
American Wedding
Movie Grandma
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2003
The United States of Leland
Movie Airplane Woman
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2001
Early Bird Special
Movie Mrs. Carmichael
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2001
Joe Dirt
Movie Woman with Roadrunner
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2000
Boston Public
TV show Mrs. Walsh
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2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV show Ruth
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1999
The Joyriders
Movie Rita Mae Tuttle
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1998
Jesse
TV show Mrs. Baum
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1998
L.A. Doctors
TV show Mrs. Gerken
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1998
The Con
Movie Lyla
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1998
The Wedding Singer
Movie Faye
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1997
Lolita
Movie Mrs. Holmes
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1997
George & Leo
TV show Mrs. Johnson
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1995
Home for the Holidays
Movie Woman on Airplane
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1995
The Home Court
TV show Marie Grant
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1995
JAG
TV show Elena Motley
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1995
Caroline in the City
TV show Mrs.Larson
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1995
Sliders
TV show Mrs. Meadows
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1995
Star Trek: Voyager
TV show Aunt Adah
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1995
Cybill
TV show Evelyn Minnow
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1994
Trapped in Paradise
Movie Hattie Anderson
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1994
ER
TV show Mrs. Ransom
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1994
Chicago Hope
TV show Irene
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1994
Where Are My Children?
Movie Ellie McNeil
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1994
Blue Sky
Movie Dottie Owens
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1994
Clean Slate
Movie Shirley Pogue
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1993
Dave's World
TV show Mrs. Begley
