Angela Richards (born 18 December 1944 in London) is an English actress. A graduate of
RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Se ...
, she is also known for her body of work in musical theatre.
Biography
Theatre
Richards has starred in several
West End productions such as ''
Robert and Elizabeth
''Robert and Elizabeth'' is a musical with music by Ron Grainer and book and lyrics by Ronald Millar. The story is based on an unproduced musical titled ''The Third Kiss'' by Judge Fred G. Moritt, which in turn was adapted from the play ''The ...
'' (her debut in 1964), ''
Cats'' (following
Elaine Paige
Elaine Jill Paige (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professiona ...
as Grizabella), ''
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'', ''
Blood Brothers'', ''
Cole
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'' and the title role in ''
Liza of Lambeth
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''. Later musical theatre work includes: ''
Dorothy Fields Forever'' and ''
Call Me Merman''.
In March 2006, over two nights at the
King's Head Theatre
The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by Dan Crawford, is an off-West End venue in London. It is the second oldest operating pub theatre in the UK. In 2021, Mark Ravenhill became Artistic Director and the theatre focusses on producing LGBTQ ...
, Richards returned to the songs she created for ''
Secret Army'', in a show entitled ''An Evening at Le Candide'', which was subsequently made into a studio-recorded CD. Between September 2007 and June 2008 she appeared as Fraulein Schneider in the musical ''
Cabaret
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'' in London's West End opposite
Julian Clary
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and
Amy Nuttall
Amy Abigail Nuttall (born 7 June 1982) is an English actress and singer known for playing Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2000 until 2005, and housemaid Ethel Parks in ITV period drama ''Downton Abbey''.
Early life
Nut ...
.
Television
Richards is best known to
television
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viewers for her leading role in the
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at the restaurant ''Le Candide.'' She reprised her role of Monique in ''Secret Army's'' follow up series ''
'' (1981).
Richards starred as Sheila Jones, private secretary to the roguish Cecil Caine in the ''
'' episode "Senior Citizen Caine" (1984). Her other television credits include ''
'' (1996).