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English comedian and actress (1918–2005)
Avril Angers
Born
Florence Avril Angers
(1918-04-18 ) 18 April 1918Died 9 November 2005(2005-11-09) (aged 87 ) Occupation(s ) Actress, dancer
Florence Avril Angers (18 April 1918 – 9 November 2005) was an English stand-up comedian and actress.[1] The Daily Telegraph [2]
Life
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Angers was born in Liverpool , Lancashire in 1918. Her father, Harry Angers, was a music hall comedian who also appeared in films in the 1930s and 1940s. She was a dancer with the Tiller Girls before joining ENSA during the Second World War . She never married or had children. Angers lived in Covent Garden , London , where she died from pneumonia, aged 87.[3]
Career
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She made her West End theatre debut at the Palace Theatre in a 1944 revue titled Keep Going .[4] straight man role as a foil to established male comics such as Frankie Howerd and Arthur Askey .
Along with Terry-Thomas , she was one of the original cast of British television's first ever comedy series How Do You View? [1]
In 1961, she played Norah Dawson in Coronation Street Arnold Tanner 's new fiancée ('Madame Toffee Shop' as Elsie Tanner called her).
After five years' service with ENSA, she returned to civilian life and took on many and various roles in television (including Dad's Army All Creatures Great and Small Are You Being Served? Odd Man Out [5] [6] Miss Marple in Agatha Christie 's Murder at the Vicarage Savoy Theatre in 1976 in the West End .[2] [5]
One of her best remembered roles was that of Hayley Mills 's shrewish mother in the film version of Bill Naughton 's play The Family Way [1] The Smiths ' single "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish " (1987).
Vocal work
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In 1958, she, Roger Livesey , Terry-Thomas , Rita Webb , Judith Furse , and Miles Malleson , recorded 'Indian Summer of an Uncle', and 'Jeeves Takes Charge' for the Caedmon Audio record label, (Caedmon Audio TC-1137). It was released in stereo in 1964.
Partial filmography
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Miss Pilgrim's Progress
The Six Men
Don't Blame the Stork
Women Without Men
Bond of Fear
The Green Man
Coronation Street
Be My Guest
Devils of Darkness
The Family Way
Three Bites of the Apple
Two a Penny
The Best House in London
Staircase
There's a Girl in My Soup
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Victoria Wood
References
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^ a b "Avril Angers" . Telegraph.co.uk . 11 November 2005.
^ "Comedy great Avril Angers dies at 87" . The Stage . Retrieved 20 December 2010 .
^ Ian Herbert, ed. (1981). "ANGERS, Avril". Who's Who in the Theatre . Vol. 1. Gale Research Company. p. 19. ISSN 0083-9833 .
^ a b Dennis Barker (14 November 2005). "Obituary: Avril Angers - Media - The Guardian" . The Guardian .
^ "Avril Angers" . BFI . Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
External links
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