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	\| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Pakistan]])</small>		\| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India\|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Pakistan]])</small>
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|1|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]<br><small>(present-day [[Pakistan]])</small>
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Peter Penry-Jones]]|1967|2009|end=died}}
| occupation = actress
| children = Laurence Penry-Jones<br>[[Rupert Penry-Jones]]
}}
'''Angela Margaret Leslie Thorne''' (born 25 January 1939) is an English actress of stage, television and film having performed roles in ''[[World in Ferment]]'' (1969), ''[[Get Some In!]]'' (1976), ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' (1977), ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Foyle's War]]'' and [[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[The BFG (1989 film)|The BFG]]'' (1989) as the voice of the Queen, ''[[Three Up, Two Down]]'' (1997), and ''[[Lassie (2005 film)|Lassie]]'' (2005).

However, she is probably best known for playing Marjory Frobisher in ''[[To the Manor Born]]'' (1979 -1981), and [[Margaret Thatcher]] in ''[[Anyone for Denis? (TV version)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' (1982); Also for her [[1981 Laurence Olivier Awards]] nomination for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]] for playing [[Margaret Thatcher]] in ''[[Anyone for Denis? (video)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' at the [[Trafalgar Theatre|Whitehall Theatre]].

==Early life==
Angela Thorne was born in [[Karachi]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]], in 1939. The daughter of an Indian Army doctor father, William Herbert Alfred Thorne, and a teacher mother, Sylvia (Leslie), she spent the first five years of her life in India.<ref name="rupert"/> She was later a pupil at [[Farlington School]] in [[Horsham]], [[West Sussex]]. She trained for the stage at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]].<ref name="lady">{{Cite web|url= https://www.theladykillers.co.uk/cast/angela-thorne/ |title= Ladykillers - Angela Thorne |website=theladykillers.co.uk|access-date= July 11, 2013}}</ref> Her marriage to television actor [[Peter Penry-Jones]] lasted from 22 September 1967 until his death in 2009. They had two sons, Laurence and [[Rupert Penry-Jones|Rupert]], both actors.<ref name="rupert">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00thnbt/Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are_Series_7_Rupert_PenryJones|title=BBC One - Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 7, Rupert Penry-Jones|website= bbc.co.uk|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

In the BBC programme ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' featuring son Rupert, broadcast in August 2010, it was revealed that Thorne's father William had served with the Indian Medical Corps at the [[Battle of Monte Cassino]] and that his preceding ancestors had a long-standing connection with the [[Indian Army]].<ref name="rupert"/>

==Acting career==
Her first professional engagement was with the [[Caryl Jenner]] Children's Theatre.<ref name="lady"/> After [[repertory theatre|repertory]] seasons at [[York]] and [[Sheffield]],<ref name="lady"/> she appeared in ''[[Night Must Fall]]'' at [[Theatre Royal, Windsor]].<ref name="lady"/> Thorne then joined the [[Ralph Richardson]] Theatre company at the [[Haymarket Theatre]], and played Gloria in [[You Never Can Tell (play)|You Never Can Tell]], [[Portia (The Merchant of Venice)|Portia]] in [[the Merchant of Venice]] and Julia in [[The Rivals]].<ref name="lady"/>

Other theatre work that Thorne partook in was in ''Little Boxes'' - [[Hampstead Theatre]],<ref name="lady"/> She portrayed [[Io (mythology)|Io]] in ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' at the [[Mermaid Theatre]];<ref name="lady"/> [[Twelfth Night]] for the [[Prospect Theatre Company]] touring the east; Yahoo - [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen’s theatre]],<ref name="lady"/> and many more productions around England.<ref name="lady"/>

Thorne received a nomination at the [[1981 Laurence Olivier Awards]] for [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance|Best Comedy Performance]] for playing [[Margaret Thatcher]] in ''[[Anyone for Denis? (video)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' at the [[Trafalgar Theatre|Whitehall Theatre]].<ref name="olivier">{{Cite web|url= https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1981/ |title= Olivier Winners 1981 |website=officiallondontheatre.com|access-date= March 18, 2018}}</ref>

She also appeared in television productions, including ''[[Elizabeth R]]'' as [[Lettice Knollys]],<ref name="lady"/> ''The Liars'', and ''[[The Canterville Ghost]]'', playing the leading role opposite [[Bruce Forsyth]] as the Ghost. She played the part of [[Margaret Thatcher]] in a television version the satirical, comic farce ''[[Anyone for Denis? (video)|Anyone for Denis?]]'', in 1982.<ref name="lady"/>

In 1969 she starred as Nancy Chuff in the comedy series ''[[World in Ferment]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Television Today; Reviews: In a rare class of comedy show |author=Marjorie Bilbow|work=[[The Stage and Television Today]]|issue= 4603|date=July 3, 1969|page=12}}</ref> In 1984 she played the role of Susan, "The Duchess" in a West End revival of [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]]'s play ''Happy Family'', opposite [[Ian Ogilvy]] and [[Stephanie Beacham]]. In 1996 she starred in [[Alan Ayckbourn]]'s ''[[Communicating Doors]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]], London.<ref name="lady"/>

She appeared in two episodes of Thames Television's sitcom ''[[Get Some In!]]'' in 1976 as Mrs Fairfax, and in one episode of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' in 1977 as Lady Truscott, before appearing as Marjory Frobisher in ''[[To the Manor Born]]'' between 1979 and 1981:<ref name="lady"/> her husband appeared in two of the later episodes. She reprised this role for both the 10-episode radio series in 1997 and the one-off 2007 Christmas Special on television. She followed this with a lead role in another sitcom, ''[[Three Up, Two Down]]''.<ref name="lady"/> After ''To the Manor Born'', she also played the eponymous character in the ITV sitcom ''[[Farrington of the F.O.]]'' written by [[Dick Sharples]].<ref name="lady"/>

She appeared in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' as well as in ''[[Foyle's War]]'' and [[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''.'' In 1989, she voiced the role of [[Elizabeth II]] in ''[[The BFG (1989 film)|The BFG]]'', the film adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s book.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1969|| ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' || Elizabeth May 'Betty' Smith ||
|-
|1973|| ''Yellow Dog'' || Jenny Alexander ||
|-
|1975|| ''[[Ballet_Shoes_(TV_serial)|Ballet Shoes]]'' || Sylvia Brown || TV film
|-
|1979|| ''[[Lady Oscar (film)|Lady Oscar]]'' || Mme Bertin, the Queen's Dressmaker ||
|-
|1979|| ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' || Lady Mary Hargreaves ||
|-
|1980|| ''[[North Sea Hijack]]'' || Woman on Train ||
|-
|1982|| ''[[Anyone for Denis? (TV version)|Anyone for Denis?]]'' || Margaret Thatcher || TV film
|-
|1983|| ''[[Bullshot (film)|Bullshot]]'' || Hotel Manageress ||
|-
|1989|| ''[[The BFG (1989 film)|The BFG]]'' || Queen Elizabeth II || Voice
|-
|1995|| ''[[Cold Comfort Farm (film)|Cold Comfort Farm]]'' || Mrs. Hawk-Monitor || TV film
|-
|2002|| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' ||Lady Lavinia Chetwood|| Episode: "Market for Murder"
|-
|2003|| ''[[Bright Young Things (film)|Bright Young Things]]'' || Kitty Blackwater ||
|-
|2004|| ''[[Foyle’s War]]'' ||Lady Anne Messinger ||
|-
|2005|| ''[[Lassie (2005 film)|Lassie]]'' || Dr. Gull ||
|-
|2015 || ''[[Silent Hours]]'' || Mrs Garvie ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0861354|name=Angela Thorne}}

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[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Karachi]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]

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