Angela Browne (14 June 1938 – 20 June 2001) was a British actress. She had a recurring role in the early 1960s crime series '' Ghost Squad''. She also appeared in episodes of shows such as ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

'', ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) an ...

'', ''

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'', '' The Avengers'', ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'', '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' and ''

Minder A minder is the person assigned to guide or escort a visitor, or to provide protection to somebody, or to otherwise assist or take care of something, i.e. a person who " minds". Government-appointed persons to accompany foreign visitors are of ...

''. In 1966 she appeared in the

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comedy film ''

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''.

Personal life

She was married to actor Francis Matthews from 1963 until her death; they had three sons together. They appeared in the 1962 TV miniseries ''

The Dark Island ''The Dark Island'' is a six-part British television miniseries, produced by Gerard Glaister for the BBC. It premièred on 8 July 1962. It was later adapted for radio, which was transmitted in 1969. It was set on the Outer Hebridean island of B ...

'' and the 1967 film ''

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'', and also co-starred in a 1970 episode of his show ''

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''. Browne gave up acting in 1990.

Death

Browne died on 20 June 2001 at the age of 63. She was survived by her husband, actor Francis Matthews and their three sons, Damien, Paul and Dominic. Matthews died thirteen years later on 14 June 2014 at the age of 86.

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

Carry On Nurse ''Carry On Nurse'' is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ''Carry On'' film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawt ...

'' (1959) – Young Nurse (uncredited) * ''

Doctor in Love ''Doctor in Love'' is a 1960 British comedy film, the fourth of the seven films in the ''Doctor'' series, starring James Robertson Justice as Sir Lancelot Spratt and Michael Craig as Dr Richard Hare. This was the first film in the series not to ...

'' (1960) – Susan, Occupational Therapist (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1961) – Michal * ''

'' (1966) – Eleanor Lampton * ''

'' (1967) – Scilla's Friend

Television

* ''

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'' ''(The Ghost Train Murder)'' (1959) – Sergeant Brown * '' Ghost Squad'' (1961–63) – Helen Winters * ''

'' (1962) - Mary Somers * '' Out of This World'' ''(Impostor'') (1962) - Jean Baron * ''

'' ''(Last Flight)'' (1963) - Fiona Sharpe * ''

'' ''(The Elusive Ellshaw)'' (1963) – Anne Ripwell * ''

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'' (1965–66) – Sergeant Yolanda Perkins * '' The Avengers'' ''(How to Succeed .... At Murder)'' (1966) – Sara / Miss Penny * ''

'' - ''

A Change of Mind "A Change of Mind" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, ''The Prisoner''. It was written by Roger Parkes and directed by Patrick McGoohan and ninth produced. It was the twelfth episode to be broadcast in the UK on ...

'' (1967) – Number Eighty-Six * ''

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ''The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'' is the second and final novel written by English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and ph ...

'' (1968) - Lady Annabella Lowborough * ''

'' ''(Games People Play)'' (1970) – Juliet * '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' - ''

Desirous of Change "Desirous of Change" is the sixth episode of the third series of the British television series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The episode is set in 1913. Cast * Angela Browne Angela Browne (14 June 1938 – 20 June 2001) was a British actress ...

'' (1973) - Comtesse Lili de Ternay * '' Kizzy'' (1976) – Mrs. Cuthbert * ''Breakaway'' (1980) - Margaret Randell * ''

'' ''(Caught in the Act, Fact)'' (1980) – Lady Margaret Thompson * ''

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'' (1983) - Amanda * ''

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' is a collection of twelve short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, w ...

(The Copper Beeches)'' (1984) - Mrs Toller * ''

Brat Farrar ''Brat Farrar'' is a 1949 crime novel by Josephine Tey, based in part on The Tichborne Claimant. Plot The story is about the Ashbys, an English country-squire family. Their centuries-old family estate is Latchetts, in the fictional village of C ...

'' (1986) - Beatrice Ashby * ''Chelworth'' (1989) - Barbara Chivers

References

Bibliography

* Tise Vahimagi & Michael Grade. ''British television: an illustrated guide''.

Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, 1996.

External links

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