Angela Piper is an
English actress who is best known for her portrayal of
Jennifer Aldridge
Jennifer Aldridge (also Archer) is a fictional character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ''The Archers''. The character first appeared in 1951. The role was played by a variety of actresses, until Angela Piper joined the cast in June 1963. As of ...
in the
BBC radio drama ''
The Archers'', a role she played from 1963 to 2022. Piper had not appeared in the programme for some months before the character died on 22 January 2023, as Piper had decided to retire from the role.
She attended Parkfield Cedars School in
Derby and then Ashby de la Zouch Girls' School, where she was encouraged to pursue a career in acting.
Piper appeared in the ITV series ''Life Begins at Forty'' and ''Third Time Lucky'' in the 1980s. From 1963 she voiced Jennifer in ''The Archers'', and she was as of 2022 the
third-longest serving current soap star worldwide.
She is married to
Peter Bolgar, a former announcer at the BBC.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century English actresses
English soap opera actresses
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