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Angela Clarke (born August 14, 1909 - December 16, 2010) was an American stage, television and film actress.
Career
Clarke appeared in over thirty films throughout her forty-year career, usually in bit parts or in background roles, uncredited. Films in which she made a large impression included The Seven Little Foys, where she played a large supporting role as Bob Hope's disapproving sister-in-law, House of Wax, A Double Life, The Gunfighter and The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima.
Angela Clarke, despite entering the film business in her early forties (in 1949's The Undercover Man), cornered the market for grey-haired, matriarchal motherly-types (such as her role as Mama Caruso in The Great Caruso).
Death
Clarke died, aged 101, in Moorpark, California.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Her Sister's Secret | Cafe Cashier | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Backlash (1947 film) | Mrs O'Neill | (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Night Song | Woman | (uncredited |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Lucy | (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit | Greek Patient | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Undercover Man | Theresa Rocco | |
| 1949 | House of Settlement | Clara Christopher | |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Miss Rourke | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mrs. Mike (film) | Sarah Carpentier | |
| 1950 | Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Serafina | |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | Clara May's Mother | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Gunfighter | Mac's Wife | (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Outrage (1950 film) | Madge Harrison | |
| 1950 | Undercover Girl | Babe Snell | |
| 1950 | Frightened City | Mrs Dominic | (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso | Mama Caruso | |
| 1951 | The Harlem Globetrotters (film) | Sylvia Saperman | |
| 1951 | Rendezvous | Nurse | |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country | Mama Espisito | |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Gypsy Fortune Teller | |
| 1952 | The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima | Maria Rosa Abóbora dos Santos | |
| 1952 | The Savage (1952 film) | Pehangi | |
| 1953 | House of Wax (1953 film) | Mrs Andrews | |
| 1953 | Houdini (film) | Harry's Mother | |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Mama Petrakis | |
| 1954 | The Egyptian (film) | Kipa | (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Bounty Hunter (1954 film) | Señora Maria Dominquez | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Seven Little Foys | Aunt Clara Morando | |
| 1962 | The Interns (film) | Mrs Emma Auer | |
| 1965 | Blindfold (film) | Lavinia Vincenti | |
| 1973 | The Girl Most Likely to... | Actress | TV movie |
| 1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon | Lady in the Park | |
| 1974 | Harrad Summer | Mrs Kolasukas | |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Mrs Collura | TV movie |
| 1986 | Killer in the Mirror | Mrs Wilkens | TV movie |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Mrs Salazar | Episode: To the Pure |
| 1962 | Going My Way | Mama Cipollaro | Episode: Not Good Enough for my Sister |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Mama | Episode: The Potentate |
| 1963 | Combat! | Madame Michelin / Claire Brouchard | Episode playing Mme. Michelin: No Hallelujahs for Glory Episode playing Claire Brouchard: Reunion (both 1963) |
| 1962 - 1963 | The Untouchables | Catherine Chavis / Mrs Santos | Episode playing Catherine Chavis: Come and Kill Me (1962) Episode playing Mrs Santos: The Spoiler (1963) |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Sue Ann Beasley | Episode: Second Chance |
| 1962 - 1964 | Gunsmoke | Topsanah / Carrie Newcom / Mrs. Crabbe | Episode playing Topsanah: Quint Asper Comes Home (1962) Episode playing Carrie Newcom: The Far Places (1963) Episode playing Mrs. Crabbe: Trip West (1964) |
| 1965 | Mr. Novak | Mother General | Episode: There's a Penguin in my Garden |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Mary Tait | Episode: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All |
| 1966 | Dr. Kildare | Dahlia Rossi | Two episodes: The Art of Taking a Powder Read the Book and then See the Picture |
| 1966 | Daniel Boone | Wanona | Episode: The Allegiances |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | Maria | Episode: The Vasquez Brief |
| 1967 | Mission: Impossible | Nancy Stoner | Episode: The Survivors |
| 1968 | The High Chaparral | Sister Luke | Episode: A Joyful Noise |
| 1965 - 1969 | Death Valley Days | Rosie Winters / Theresa Pico / Serafina | Episode playing Rosie Winters: The Trouble with Taxes (1965) Episode playing Theresa Pico: The Firebrand (1966) Episode playing Serafina: The Great Pinto Bean Gold Hunt (1969) |
| 1965 - 1970 | Bonanza | Teresa / Mrs Marshall | Episode playing Teresa: Jonah (1965) Episode playing Mrs Marshall: It's a Small World (1970) |
| 1970 | Arnie | / | Episode: Pilot |
| 1970 | Bracken's World | Mama Finello / Norma | Episode playing Mama Finello: Focus on a Gun Episode playing Norma: Preview in Samarkand |
| 1970 | The Young Lawyers | Mrs McGuire | Episode: At the Edge of the Night |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | Hannah Utley | Episode: Stagecoach Seven |
| 1973 | The Partridge Family | Myra Fromacher | Episode: The Partridge Connection |
| 1974 | Kojak | Mrs Harrington | Episode: Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die |
| 1974 - 1975 | Petrocelli | Mrs. Donato / Mrs. Moran | Episode playing Mrs. Donato: An Act of Love (1974) Episode playing Mrs. Moran: Five Yards of Trouble (1975) |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Mrs Jardino | Mini-series Appears in Part III: Chapter 5 |
| 1974 - 1977 | Insight | Maria Abrams / Lillian | Episode playing Maria Abrams: And the Walls Came Tumblin' Down (1974) Episode playing Lillian: Arnstein's Miracle (1977) |
| 1977 - 1978 | Baretta | Mama / Mrs. Volga | Episode playing Mama: New Girl in Town (1977) Episode playing Mrs. Volga: The Gadjo (1978) |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Nana | Episode: Return/The Toughest Man Alive |
| 1979 | All in the Family | Mrs. Loretta Dillon | Episode: Edith Gets Fired |
| 1983 | Voyagers! | Sara Delano Roosevelt | Episode: Destiny's Choice |
| 1983 | Brookside | Elsa | Two episodes: Better Things to Do In Clink (both 1973) |
| 1984 | St. Elsewhere | Emma Keuhnelian | Three episodes: Attack After Dark Vanity (all 1984) |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Caterina Bennett | Episode: The Prodigal |