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Angela Clarke (American actress)

Not to be confused with Angela Clarke (British actress).

Angela Clarke
Clarke in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Born(1909-08-14)August 14, 1909
New York City, US
DiedDecember 16, 2010(2010-12-16) (aged 101)
Moorpark, California, US
OccupationActress
Years active1946–1955, 1961–1988

Angela Clarke (August 14, 1909 – December 16, 2010) was an American stage, television and film actress.

Career

Clarke entered film acting at a relatively late age. She was nearly forty when she landed a series of uncredited roles, beginning with Her Sister's Secret (1946). Her first screen credit was for The Undercover Man (1949). She then proceeded to corner the market on grey-haired, matriarchal characters, such as her performance as Mama Caruso in The Great Caruso (1951).

In the course of forty years, Clarke appeared on screen over sixty times, counting her work in films and in guest spots on TV series episodes.[1] Although she generally had background roles and bit parts, the films where she made a more substantial impression included Darling, How Could You! (1951), The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952), House of Wax (1953), Houdini (1953), and The Seven Little Foys (1955),[2] in which she had a sizable supporting role as Bob Hope's disapproving sister-in-law.[3]

Clarke's acting career came to a halt after The Seven Little Foys was released in June 1955. That was the month she testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). She was previously named as a Communist to the HUAC by Judith Raymond,[4] and by Carin Kinzel Burrows (wife of Abe Burrows).[5] In her testimony, Clarke admitted she had been a member of the Communist Party USA from 1942 to 1949. She said she drifted away from the Party "because acting was more important".[6] However, she would not "name names" of her Communist associates, and for that she was blacklisted. She didn't work again in films until 1962.[7] The year before, she had obtained her first TV acting job (on the premiere episode of Ben Casey)[8] and would continue to supplement her film work with guest appearances on TV series.

Death

Angela Clarke died on December 16, 2010, in Moorpark, California. She was 101.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1946 Her Sister's Secret Cafe Cashier (uncredited)
1947 Backlash 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 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 Madge Harrison
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York Mrs. Dominic (uncredited)
1950 Undercover Girl Babe Snell
1951 The Great Caruso Mama Caruso
1951 The Harlem Globetrotters Sylvia Saperstein
1951 Darling, How Could You! Nurse
1951 It's a Big Country Mama Esposito
1951 My Favorite Spy Gypsy Fortune Teller
1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Maria Rosa Abóbora dos Santos
1952 The Savage Pehangi
1953 House of Wax Mrs. Andrews
1953 Houdini Harry's Mother
1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Mama Petrakis
1954 The Egyptian Kipa (uncredited)
1954 The Bounty Hunter Señora Maria Dominquez (uncredited)
1955 The Seven Little Foys Aunt Clara Morando
1962 The Interns Mrs. Emma Auer
1966 Blindfold 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
1988 Memories of Me Mrs. Petrakis (small part)

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 Helena Nuvo 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

References

  1. ^ "Angela Clarke (1909-2010)". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Films starring Angela Clarke". Letterboxd.
  3. ^ "The Seven Little Foys - Synopsis". TCM.
  4. ^ United States Congress House Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1956). Investigation of Communist Activities in Los Angeles, Calif., Area—Part 11. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 5770.
  5. ^ Vaughn, Robert (1972). Only Victims: A Study of Show Business Blacklisting (PDF). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 280 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ "Character Actress Balks at Red Quiz". Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas. 29 June 1955.
  7. ^ Caute, David (1979). The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower. Touchstone. p. 558. ISBN 0671248480.
  8. ^ "Ben Casey - S1.E1 'To the Pure' (Episode aired October 2, 1961)". IMDb.
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