Angela Pleasence

Born: 1941-09-30, Chapeltown, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: 2026-04-10

Biography

Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence, better known as Angela Pleasence, was an English actress. Trained in theatre, Pleasence's first major film role came in Hitler: The Last Ten Days, followed by roles in horror films such as From Beyond the Grave and Symptoms.

Filmography

• Coronation Street (1960)
• Midsomer Murders (1997)
• Doctor Who (2005)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
• Casualty (1986)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• Churchill's People (1974)
• Your Highness (2011)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
• Crime Traveller (1997)
• The Godsend (1980)
• From Beyond the Grave (1974)
• Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
• Cider with Rosie (1998)
• Stealing Heaven (1988)
• Symptoms (1974)
• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
• Destiny of a Spy (1969)
• The Search for John Gissing (2001)
• The Love Ban (1973)
• The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991)
• Amicus: House of Horrors (2012)
• The Wood Demon (1974)
• The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
• The Hothouse (1982)