Angela Paton
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Groundhog Day
as Mrs. Lancaster 1993
American Wedding
as Grandma 2003
Dirty Harry
as Homicide Detective (uncredited) 1971
Red Eye
as Nice Lady 2005
Lolita
as Mrs. Holmes 1997
The Wedding Singer
as Faye 1998
Flatliners
as Doctor 1990
Joe Dirt
as Woman with Roadrunner 2001
The United States of Leland
as Airplane Woman 2003
Trapped in Paradise
as Hattie Anderson 1994
Home for the Holidays
as Woman on Airplane 1995
Blue Sky
as Dottie Owens 1994
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
as Gloria Sikes 1990
And the Band Played On
as Woman in Denver 1993
Clean Slate
as Shirley Pogue 1994
Die, Mommie, Die!
as Angela's Fan 2003
The Final Season
as Anne Akers 2007