Angela went to the United States in 1940; and became a U.S. citizen in 1951.
She studied at the Webber-Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, London;
Feagin School of Drama and Radio, New York.
In 1944 she landed a leading role in Gaslight, starring with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotton.
This film earned her first Oscar nomination.
The next year, 1945, Angela received another Oscar nomination for The Picture of Dorian Gray.
A variety of hit films followed including; The Manchurian Candidate (1963), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1972) and
Death on the Nile (1978).
In 1957, Angela had her first stage experience on Broadway in Hotel Paradiso, at Henry Miller’s Theatre. Her
performance was very well received and Angela went on to star in a number of Broadway shows, winning four Tony Awards
for her performances in Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd.
In 1984, Angela had her first taste of TV and it is perhaps here, as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, that
she is best known.
Angela starred in this programme from 1984 till 1996, completing 264 episodes.
Angela married Richard Cromwell in 1945 (divorced 1946). She then married Peter Shaw in 1949 they had two children Anthony &
Deirdre. and were together until Peter’s death in 2003.
