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Angela Browne

British actress

Francis Matthews

(m. 1963)

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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.^[1] She also appeared in episodes of shows such as Danger Man, No Hiding Place, The Saint, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Upstairs, Downstairs and Minder. In 1966 she appeared in the Norman Wisdom comedy film Press for Time.

Personal life

She was married to actor Francis Matthews from 1963 until her death; they had three sons together.^[2] They appeared in the 1962 TV miniseries The Dark Island and the 1967 film Just Like a Woman, and also co-starred in a 1970 episode of his show Paul Temple. Browne gave up acting in 1990.^[3]

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.^[2] Matthews died thirteen years later on 14 June 2014 at the age of 86.^[4]^[5]

Selected filmography

Film

Carry On Nurse (1959) – Young Nurse (uncredited)
Doctor in Love (1960) – Susan, Occupational Therapist (uncredited)
A Story of David (1961) – Michal
Press for Time (1966) – Eleanor Lampton
Just Like a Woman (1967) – Scilla's Friend

Television

Scotland Yard (The Ghost Train Murder) (1959) – Sergeant Brown
Danger Man (TV Series) (The Girl in Pink Pajamas) (1960) The Girl
Ghost Squad (1961–63) – Helen Winters
The Dark Island (1962) - Mary Somers
Out of This World (Impostor) (1962) - Jean Baron
No Hiding Place (Last Flight) (1963) - Fiona Sharpe
The Saint (The Elusive Ellshaw) (1963) – Anne Ripwell
Court Martial (1965–66) – Sergeant Yolanda Perkins
The Avengers (How to Succeed .... At Murder) (1966) – Sara / Miss Penny
The Prisoner - A Change of Mind (1967) – Number Eighty-Six
Man in a Suitcase - Man From the Dead (1967) – Rachel Thyssen
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968) - Lady Annabella Lowborough
Paul Temple (Games People Play) (1970) – Juliet
Upstairs, Downstairs - Desirous of Change (1973) - Comtesse Lili de Ternay
Kizzy (1976) – Mrs. Cuthbert
Breakaway (1980) - Margaret Randell
Minder (Caught in the Act, Fact) (1980) – Lady Margaret Thompson
Butterflies (1983) - Amanda
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The Copper Beeches) (1984) - Mrs Toller
Brat Farrar (1986) - Beatrice Ashby
Chelworth (1989) - Barbara Chivers

References

^ Vahimagi & Grade p.100
^ ^a ^b "Angela Browne". The Daily Telegraph. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ Collard, Ed (28 June 2001). "Obituary: Angela Browne". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
^ Gaughan, Gavin (15 June 2014). "Francis Matthews". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ Topping, Alexandra (15 June 2014). "Francis Matthews, actor who voiced Captain Scarlet, dies aged 86". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2017 – via www.theguardian.com.