Angela Paton

Angela Paton (January 11, 1930 – May 26, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She co-founded the Berkeley, California-based Berkeley Stage Company. She appeared in stage performances, and in comedy, drama, and thriller films, in roles including Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day and Grandma in American Wedding (2003).

Biography Paton was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930. Described as a "natural comic" and one of the "legends of the local stage" of San Francisco, she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and one of the leading actresses in its first few seasons.

After leaving A.C.T. in the early 1970s, Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years. Lyla TV film 1999 The Joyriders Rita Mae Tuttle 2001 The Kennedys Grandma TV film 2001 Early Bird Special Mrs. Carmichael 2001 Joe Dirt Woman with Roadrunner 2003 The United States of Leland Airplane Woman 2003 Die, Mommie, Die! Angela's Fan 2003 American Wedding Grandma 2005 Red Eye Nice Lady 2006 Aisle 73 Frances Burnbaum Short 2007 The Valley of Light Granny TV film 2007 Lavinia's Heist Lavinia Silver Short 2007 The Final Season Anne Akers 2013 I Am I Doris 2014 Last Wishes Emilie Baptiste Short, (final film role)

Television

Theatre (selection) TitleRoleNotesThe Beauty Queen of Leenane MotherHarvey DirectorPassione AggyThe Sandbox Mrs. RockettThe Fumed Oak actWoman in Mind Muriel