# Angela Paton

Angela Paton (January 11, 1930 – May 26, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She co-founded the Berkeley, California-based Berkeley Stage Company. She appeared in stage performances, and in comedy, drama, and thriller films, in roles including Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003).

## Biography

Paton was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco, she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and one of the leading actresses in its first few seasons.
After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years. She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series.

## Personal life

Paton lived in Los Angeles with her husband, Bob Goldsby, a professor at UC Berkeley's Department of Drama, a stage director with A.C.T., and first director of its conservatory program. Paton died of a heart attack on May 26, 2016.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Homicide Detective | Uncredited |
| 1988 | Winnie | Mrs. Spencer | TV film |
| 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | | TV film |
| 1989 | Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker | Mrs. Webster | TV film |
| 1990 | Flatliners | Doctor | |
| 1990 | Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Gloria Sikes | |
| 1991 | Love, Lies and Murder | Parole Board Member #3 | TV film |
| 1991 | Crazy from the Heart | Edna | TV film |
| 1991 | Lies of the Twins | Mrs. Shearer | TV film |
| 1992 | The Last of His Tribe | Mrs. Gustafson | TV film |
| 1992 | Criminal Behavior | Adelaide | TV film |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Dinah | TV film |
| 1993 | Groundhog Day | Mrs. Lancaster | |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Woman in Denver | TV film |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Shirley Pogue | |
| 1994 | Blue Sky | Dottie Owens | |
| 1994 | Where Are My Children? | Ellie McNeil | TV film |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Hattie Anderson | |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Woman on Airplane | |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Moderator | |
| 1996 | Hollywood Boulevard | Mary | |
| 1997 | Lolita | Mrs. Holmes | |
| 1998 | The Wedding Singer | Faye | |
| 1998 | The Con | Lyla | TV film |
| 1999 | The Joyriders | Rita Mae Tuttle | |
| 2001 | The Kennedys | Grandma | TV film |
| 2001 | Early Bird Special | Mrs. Carmichael | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Woman with Roadrunner | |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Airplane Woman | |
| 2003 | Die, Mommie, Die! | Angela's Fan | |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Grandma | |
| 2005 | Red Eye | Nice Lady | |
| 2006 | Aisle 73 | Frances Burnbaum | Short |
| 2007 | The Valley of Light | Granny | TV film |
| 2007 | Lavinia's Heist | Lavinia Silver | Short |
| 2007 | The Final Season | Anne Akers | |
| 2013 | I Am I | Doris | |
| 2014 | Last Wishes | Emilie Baptiste | Short, (final film role) |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Thirtysomething | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 1988–1989 | Falcon Crest | Harriet Anderson | 6 episodes |
| 1989 | Hunter | Eva Sands | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The Wonder Years | Woman at City Hall | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Doctor Doctor | Pauline Meacham | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Mrs. King | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Lifestories | Eileen Chapin | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Quantum Leap | Lottie Sammis | 1 episode |
| 1991 | My Life and Times | Sarah Miller | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Wings | Sandy | 1 episode |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | Sandra Vosburgh | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Murphy Brown | Nurse #1 | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Betty Jameson | 1 episode |
| 1991–1992 | Nurses | Mrs. Kerper, Mrs. Pinson | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Sirens | Dognapper | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Love & War | Nurse Doris | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Dave's World | Mrs. Begley | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Aunt Adah | Episode: "Caretaker" |
| 1995 | Something Wilder | Mrs. Griffen | 1 episode |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue | Josephine Stevens | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Picket Fences | Mrs. Addelson | 1 episode |
| 1995 | The Client | Mrs. Jarvis | 1 episode |
| 1994–1995 | Home Improvement | Irma | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | ER | Mrs. Ransom | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Seduced by Madness | Joan | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Cybill | Evelyn | 1 episode |
| 1996 | The Home Court | Marie Grant | 1 episode |
| 1996 | Caroline in the City | Mrs. Larson | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Ink | Mrs. Iniger | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Tom Show | Mrs. Thompson | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Cracker | The Suspect | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Irene | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Players | Madge | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Dharma & Greg | Judith | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Jesse | Mrs. Baum | 1 episode |
| 1999 | L.A. Doctors | Mrs. Gerken | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Sliders | Mrs. Meadows | 1 episode |
| 2000 | Boston Public | Mrs. Walsh | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | That's Life | Mrs. Leski | 1 episode |
| 2001 | The X-Files | Mrs. Lukesh | 1 episode ("4-D") |
| 2002 | First Monday | Bernice Jaworski | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Becker | Mrs. Bernstein | 1 episode |
| 2003 | JAG | Elena Motley | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Numbers | Eyewitness | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Ruth | 1 episode ("Kamikaze Bingo") |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Betty | 1 episode |
| 2008 | My Name Is Earl | Old Woman | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Sons of Tucson | Ethel | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Medium | Mrs. Halstead | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Martha Elkin | 1 episode |
| 2014 | I Didn't Do It | Mrs. Klasby | 1 episode |

## Theatre (selection)

| Title | Role | Notes |
| The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Mag | |
| Dog Logic | Mother | |
| Harvey | Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet | On Broadway |
| Memoirs of Jesus | | Director |
| Passione | Aggy | |
| The Sandbox | Mommy | |
| Three Sisters | Anfisa | |
| Tonight at 8.30 | Mrs. Rockett | The Fumed Oak act |
| Woman in Mind | Muriel | |