Angela Clarke


Angela Clarke

Biography

Angela Clarke was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Clarke's career in acting began with her roles in various films like "A Double Life" (1947), the Olivia de Havilland drama "The Snake Pit" (1949) and the Glenn Ford comedy "Mr. Soft Touch" (1949). She also appeared in "Mrs. Mike" (1949) with Dick Powell, the drama "Captain Carey, U.S.A." (1950) with Alan Ladd and th...

Biography

Angela Clarke was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Clarke's career in acting began with her roles in various films like "A Double Life" (1947), the Olivia de Havilland drama "The Snake Pit" (1949) and the Glenn Ford comedy "Mr. Soft Touch" (1949). She also appeared in "Mrs. Mike" (1949) with Dick Powell, the drama "Captain Carey, U.S.A." (1950) with Alan Ladd and the drama "Outrage" (1950) with Mala Powers. She continued to act in productions like the sports comedy "The Harlem Globetrotters" (1951) with Thomas Gomez, "It's a Big Country" (1952) with Ethel Barrymore and "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" (1952) with Gilbert Roland. She also appeared in the western "The Savage" (1952) with Charlton Heston. During the latter part of her career, she tackled roles in "The Seven Little Foys" (1955), the dramatic adaptation "The Interns" (1962) with Michael Callan and "Blindfold" (1966). She also appeared in the Robert Reiser drama "The Harrad Summer" (1974). Clarke more recently worked on "Homesick" (1990).

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Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Miracles Are A Crime The priest (Richard Hale) conducting mass in rural Portugal, ca. 1917, stopped by a government man (Frank Silvera) who’s after Lucia (Susan Whitney), the girl who saw the vision, rescued by her friend Hugo (Gilbert Roland), the smooth-talking irreligious peddler, in The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, 1952.
Gunfighter, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Do Anything Sudden Persuaded to stay in town on the chance his wife (Helen Westcott, who’s just outside) might see him after all, Ringo (Gregory Peck, title character) gets a visit from nearly snot-nosed local Hunt Bromley (ex-child star Skip Homeier), Karl Malden the bartender, in The Gunfighter, 1950.
Gunfighter, The (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Has Anybody Else Tried? Jimmy (Gregory Peck) gets schmoozed by saloon keeper Mac (Karl Malden), leaving town when he runs into old pal Molly (Jean Parker), who thinks she might get his wife, who lives in town under an assumed name, to see him after all, in Henry King’s The Gunfighter, 1950.
Outrage (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Picking Up Strays Rape survivor Ann (Mala Powers) doesn't know where she is, waking up the morning after she fled her hometown and collapsed in a ditch, inventing a new last name as she meets her rescuer Bruce (Tod Andrews) and friends (Angela Clarke, Kenneth Patterson), in director Ida Lupino's Outrage, 1950.
Seven Little Foys, The -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Next Act Bob Hope as vaudevillian Eddie Foy, desperate to be seen by agent Green (George Tobias), intrudes on the Italian ballet sister act, (Milly Vitale as dancer Madeleine, Angela Clarke as pianist Clara), the real Charley Foy narrating, in The Seven Little Foys, 1955.

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