Angela Paton

Known for ActingBorn 1930-01-11Died 2016-05-16Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She 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 A.C.T.'s 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. Some of her notable film roles include Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003). She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething (1987-1991), My Name is Earl (2005-2009), and The War at Home (2005-2007). Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community, and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." She was also a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Paton died in Oakland, California, in 2016, at the age of 86.Read more

Movies & web series

Early Bird Special

George & Leo

L.A. Doctors

The X-Files

Grey's Anatomy

The Wonder Years

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Quantum Leap

My Name Is Earl

Star Trek: Voyager

ER

I Didn't Do It

Boston Public

Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

Groundhog Day

Sliders

Medium

Home Improvement

JAG

Chicago Hope

Dirty Harry

Lolita

Numb3rs

Criminal Behavior

The Home Court

The Last of His Tribe

Keep the Change

The Wedding Singer

Wings

Sons of Tucson

Die, Mommie, Die!

The Valley of Light

The United States of Leland

Caroline in the City

Red Eye

And the Band Played On

Dave's World

Flatliners

Doogie Howser, M.D.

American Wedding

Home for the Holidays

I Am I

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Blue Sky

Roe vs. Wade

Where Are My Children?

Cybill

Sister of the Bride