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Avril Angers

Born: 18th Apr 1918 Liverpool, UK - Died 9th Nov 2005
Dept: Acting
Florence Avril Angers was an English stand-up comedienne and actress. The Daily Telegraph described her as "one of the most zestful, charming and reliable character comediennes in the post-war London theatre".
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 41
Film: 23 (56%)
Television: 18 (44%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action

Filmography

Common As Muck Comedy, Drama
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series. The f ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Victoria Wood Comedy
Nov 1989 (first aired)
Victoria Wood was a series of six one-off situation comedies written by and starring Victoria Wood in 1989, who took a break from sketches, two years ... view
Character:
Mim (1 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Tripper's Day Comedy
Sep 1984 (first aired)
Tripper's Day is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV, starring Leonard Rossiter as a small London supermarket manager whose best in ... view
Character:
Ada (1 ep.)
Feb 1982 (first aired)
Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett. ... view
Character:
Various (1 ep.)
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective Crime, Comedy, TV Movie
1981
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15 ... view
Character:
Mrs. Fulljames
Sep 1980 (first aired)
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Minder Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Knight (1 ep.)
Jan 1978 (first aired)
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshi ... view
Character:
Miss Dooley (1 ep.)
Molly Shadwell (1 ep.)
Odd Man Out Comedy
Oct 1977 (first aired)
Odd Man Out is a British comedy television series starring John Inman. The series aired seven episodes on ITV in 1977. It was made by Thames TV and wr ... view
Character:
Ma (7 ep.)
Jun 1977 (first aired)
Character:
Unknown/various (7 ep.)
1976
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to tea ... view
Character:
Mrs. Helen Truscott
Jun 1975 (first aired)
Les Dawson puts his innate comic ability to excellent use as the hapless protagonist in this series of comedy plays made by ITV company Yorkshire Tele ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1972
One of Shaw's later plays, The Millionairess explores his fascination with the machinations of capitalism. Epifania is glamorous, clever... and also t ... view
Character:
The Woman
Sep 1972 (first aired)
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slaps ... view
Character:
Edna Comlozi (1 ep.)
1971
A self-absorbed young biologist takes on a six-month research post in Antarctica to study a penguin colony. Alone in Shackleton’s abandoned hut, wit ... view
Character:
Fanny
There's a Girl in My Soup Comedy, Romance
1970
TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an Am ... view
Character:
English Tourist in Lift
Aug 1970 (first aired)
Character:
Unknown/various (39 ep.)
Staircase Comedy, Drama
1969
An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police of ... view
Character:
Miss Ricard
1969
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of street prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothe ... view
Character:
Flora's Mother
Dad's Army Comedy, War & Politics
Jul 1968 (first aired)
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers p ... view
Character:
Telephone Operator (2 ep.)
Two a Penny Family, Music, Drama
1967
Set in London's Swinging Sixties, Cliff Richard plays Jamie Hopkins, an art student whose desperate need for money leads him to dabble in the underwor ... view
Character:
Mrs Burry
1967
A tour guide wins a large sum of money at a casino and a beautiful woman schemes at have it, but love complicates her plans. ... view
Character:
Gladys Tomlinson
The Family Way Comedy, Drama, Romance
1966
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their h ... view
Character:
Liz Piper
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
The Woman (1 ep.)
1965
A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals. ... view
Character:
Midge
Be My Guest Drama, Music
1965
A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around. ... view
Character:
Mrs Pucil
The Day the Earth Caught Fire Science Fiction, Drama
1961
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world aft ... view
Character:
Mother (uncredited)
Light Fingers Comedy
1957
Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is. ... view
Character:
Miss Manley
The Green Man Comedy, Crime
1956
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing ... view
Character:
Marigold
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Character:
Unknown/various (7 ep.)
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
Character:
Hilda Greenhalgh (1 ep.)
Women Without Men Romance, Drama
1956
In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model ... view
Character:
Bessie Brown
Bond of Fear Drama, Crime
1956
An escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them. ... view
Character:
Hiker
Blonde Bait Crime, Action, Adventure
1956
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is cu ... view
Character:
Bessie
1954
When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced to ... view
Character:
Renee O'Connor
Apr 1952 (first aired)
The programme ran on BBC in 1952-53, returning in '55 after a hiatus. "Before Your Very Eyes" featured comic monologues and simple skits, of the sort ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
The Six Men Crime
1951
The ‘Six Men’ are a gang of six criminals that Scotland Yard is unable to pin a charge against even though they are positive of the identities. ... view
Character:
Herself
1949
An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act. ... view
Character:
First Factory Girl
1949
Slapstick comedy. ... view
Character:
Sheila
Brass Monkey Crime
1948
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft. ... view
Character:
Avril Angers