# Angela Bruce

Angela Bruce (born 6 May 1951) is an English actress, noted for her television work. Bruce was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire to a West Indian father and white mother, but was put up for adoption aged three, and brought up in Craghead, County Durham.
Bruce made her stage debut in 1970 in the musical Hair after she joined other members of the audience dancing on stage during a performance in Newcastle and was then signed up to appear in the show.
Bruce made her screen debut in the 1973 film Man at the Top, and on the London stage she was the second actress to play Magenta in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show, succeeding Patricia Quinn. Regular or recurring roles in television series include Sandra Ling in Angels (1975–83), Janice Stubbs in Coronation Street (1978) and reporter Chrissie Stuart in Press Gang (1989–90). In 1980, she appeared in "Charlie Boy", an episode of Hammer House of Horror.
Bruce is also recognisable to sci-fi fans for her performance as Brigadier Winifred Bambera in the 1989 Doctor Who serial Battlefield, her female Lister in Red Dwarf and her portrayal of Dayna Mellanby in the Blake's 7 audio drama The Syndeton Experiment.
Her other notable credits include Prime Suspect and Only Fools and Horses in which she played Councillor Murray. She also appeared as prison officer Mandy Goodhue in the popular ITV1 prison drama series Bad Girls; this was the second time she had appeared in a British women's prison drama series, having played tough inmate Bobbie in an episode of Within These Walls titled "The Good Life".
Bruce played Gina in the 2002 film Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War and in 2008 she guest-starred in the Sapphire & Steel audio dramas Second Sight and Zero. She also guest-starred in Old Wounds, a 2015 episode of Vera in which she played Beryl Doyle, mother of a murder victim found buried, having gone missing 30 years earlier. In June 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Carmen Few.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1973 | Man at the Top | Joyce | Mike Vardy |
| 1988 | Managing Problem People. Behavioral Skills for Leaders | | Charles Crichton |
| 2002 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Gina | Ian Sharp |
| 2023 | Silver Haze | Alice | Sacha Polak |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | ITV Playhouse | Nell | Series 7, Episode 1 |
| 1975 | Within These Walls | Roberta | Series 2, Episode 12 |
| 1975–79 | Angels | Sandra Ling | Series 1–5, 34 episodes (main role) |
| 1975 | Play for Today | Night Nurse | Series 6, Episode 8 |
| 1976 | Red Letter Day | June | Series 1, Episode 5 |
| 1976 | Rock Follies | Gloria | Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 |
| 1978 | Coronation Street | Janice Stubbs | 12 episodes |
| 1979 | Empire Road | Camille | Series 2, Episode 2 |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Sarah | Series 1, Episode 6 |
| 1983 | The Winner | Mrs. Roper | TV movie |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Nursing Sister | Series 2, Episode 5 |
| 1986 | The Practice | Rita Lunt | Series 2, Episode 9 |
| 1986 | Starting Out | Asbestos Expert | Series 6, Episode 5 |
| 1987 | Up Line | Camilla Du Bois | TV movie |
| 1988 | King & Castle | Headmistress | Series 2, Episode 5 |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Deb Lister | Series 2, Episode 6 |
| 1988 | South of the Border | Maura | Series 1, Episode 7 |
| 1989–90 | Press Gang | Chrissie Stuart | Series 1–2, 10 episodes |
| 1989 | Doctor Who | Brigadier Winifred Bambera | Season 26, Battlefield |
| 1991 | Spender | Melanie | Series 1, Episode 6 |
| 1991 | Doctor at the Top | Sheila | Series 1, Episode 7 |
| 1991 | Prime Suspect | Helen Masters | Series 1, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| 1991 | Waiting for God | Judy | Series 2, Episode 1 |
| 1992 | Lovejoy | Dr. Pilger | Series 3, Episode 6 |
| 1992 | Van der Valk | Tony Vishnu | Series 5, Episode 3 |
| 1992 | Sean's Show | Scriptwriter | Series 1, Episode 6 |
| 1992 | Watt on Earth | Eve Carter | Series 2, Episode 3 |
| 1993 | The Upper Hand | Claudia | Series 4, Episode 12 |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Isabel | Miniseries, all 6 episodes (main role) |
| 1996 | The Bill | Jessica Joseph | Series 12, Episode 31 |
| 1996 | Casualty | Joy | Series 11, Episode 11 |
| 1996 | Our Friends In The North | Nursing Sister | Episode 8 |
| 1996 | Only Fools and Horses | Councillor Murray | Christmas special |
| 1997 | The Bill | Ann Harris | Series 13, Episode 33 |
| 1997 | Keeping Mum | Doctor | Series 1, Episode 4 |
| 1999 | Big Bad World | Miss Sayer | Series 1, Episodes 1 & 3 |
| 1999 | The Bill | Maggie Parks | Series 15, Episode 70 |
| 2000–01 | The Ghost Hunter | Mrs. Justin | Series 1–2, 8 episodes |
| 2000 | Hero to Zero | Mrs. Vaughn | Series 1, Episodes 2 & 3 |
| 2000 | EastEnders | D.S. Langford | 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Silent Witness | Alice Michaels | Series 5, Episodes 3 & 4 |
| 2001 | Holby City | Mrs. Holmes | Series 3, Episode 19 |
| 2001 | Holby City | June Hodges | Series 3, Episode 29 |
| 2002 | Doctors | Susie Grade | Series 3, Episode 90 |
| 2002 | My Family | Server | Series 3, Episode 8 |
| 2003 | Messiah | Dr. Dugdale | Series 2, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| 2004 | Doctors and Nurses | Inspector | Series 1, Episode 3 |
| 2005 | Holby City | Bryony Miller | Series 7, Episode 12 |
| 2005 | Doctors | Angela Devon | Series 7, Episode 23 |
| 2005 | Waking the Dead | Judge | Series 5, Episode 7 |
| 2005 | Mary Seacole: The Real Angel of Crimea | Mary Seacole | TV movie |
| 2006 | Bad Girls | Mandy Goodhue | Series 8, 11 episodes (main role) |
| 2007 | Spooks | Ruth Chambers | Series 6, Episode 7 |
| 2007 | Casualty | Rhona Morrell | Series 22, Episode 16 |
| 2009 | Doctors | Mrs. Gilbert | Series 10, Episode 189 |
| 2009 | Holby City | Nora Keane | Series 11, Episode 47 |
| 2015 | Casualty | Corinne Caulfield | Series 29, Episode 17 |
| 2015 | Vera | Beryl Doyle | Series 5, Episode 2 |
| 2016 | Doctors | Patricia Telford | Series 17, Episode 163 |
| 2016 | Him | Fran | Miniseries, all 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Death in Paradise | Ernestine Gray | Series 6, Episode 3 |
| 2017 | Doctors | Joyce Mayweather | Series 19, Episode 79 |
| 2018–20 | Holby City | Ursula Stork | Series 20 & 22, 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Doctors | Carmen Few | Series 21, Episode 134 |