Heather Angel(1909-1986)
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Heather Grace Angel was born in Oxford, England, on February 9, 1909.
She dabbled on the stage for a time before coming to California to try
her luck on the screen. Heather was 20 years old when she landed a bit
part for the 1929 film,
Bulldog Drummond (1929).
Although she didn't know it at the time, she would become a staple of
that particular series eight years hence. That movie would be her only
foray onto celluloid for two years. When Heather did return, she did so
in 1931's
A Night in Montmartre (1931).
Not only did she land a part, but it was the leading role in the
picture, starring as Annette Lefevre. Later that year, she again landed
the leading role in the acclaimed
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1931).
Throughout the 1930s, Heather's services were in high demand. She kept
very busy in such productions as
Men of Steel (1932),
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933),
Orient Express (1934), and
Daniel Boone (1936). In 1937, she
began playing Phyllis Clavering in the serial about Bulldog Drummond.
Audiences delighted in catching the latest adventures of Drummond.
After the last Drummond film,
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
in 1939, Heather went on her way in other films. Although she didn't
have the leading role, she did appear in top movies such as 1940's
Kitty Foyle (1940) and
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
and in 1943's Cry 'Havoc' (1943).
After Lifeboat (1944) in 1944, Heather
wasn't seen again on the silver screen until
The Saxon Charm (1948) in 1948.
As with other actresses, Heather's time had come and gone. Her last
appearance anywhere was in 1979's television mini-series,
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
when she played President 'Harry Truman''s mother-in-law. On December
13, 1986, Heather died in Santa Barbara, California, of cancer. She was
77 years old.
