Angela Pleasence

Acting

Born 30/09/1941
Chapeltown, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died 10/04/2026

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.

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Known For

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
Amicus: House of Horrors
2012
Your Highness
2011
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
Doctor Who
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Gangs of New York
2002
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
The Search for John Gissing
2001
Cider with Rosie
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997
Crime Traveller
1997
September
1996
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Stealing Heaven
1988
Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna
1986
Casualty
1986
Casualty
1986
Silas Marner
1985
Girls On Top
1985
The Bill
1984
A Christmas Carol
1984
Mansfield Park
1983
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
The Hothouse
1982
The Walls of Jericho
1981
The Godsend
1980
Les Misérables
1978
Breath
1975
Churchill's People
1974
The Wood Demon
1974
Symptoms
1974
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
The Love Ban
1973
Play for Today
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
Destiny of a Spy
1969
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1969
The Expert
1968
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
Coronation Street
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
1955