Angela Paton
Acting • Born 1930-01-11 – Died 2016-05-16
Biography
Angela Paton was an American stage, film, and television actress and theatre director. She 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 A.C.T.'s 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. She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series. Some of her notable film roles include Mrs. Lancaster, the innkeeper, in Groundhog Day (1993) and Grandma in American Wedding (2003). She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething (1987-1991), My Name is Earl (2005-2009), and The War at Home (2005-2007). Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community, and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." She was also a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Paton died in Oakland, California, in 2016, at the age of 86.
Filmography
60 credits
Groundhog Day
Movie • 1993
Mme Lancaster
Red Eye
Movie • 2005
Nice Lady
Trapped in Paradise
Movie • 1994
Hattie Anderson
American Wedding
Movie • 2003
Grandma
Die, Mommie, Die!
Movie • 2003
Angela's Fan
Clean Slate
Movie • 1994
Shirley Pogue
The Con
Movie • 1998
Lyla
Criminal Behavior
Movie • 1992
Adelaide
Early Bird Special
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Carmichael
I Am I
Movie • 2013
Doris
Lolita
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Holmes
Home for the Holidays
Movie • 1995
Woman on Airplane
The Final Season
Movie • 2007
Anne Akers
The Last of His Tribe
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Gustafson
Where Are My Children?
Movie • 1994
Ellie McNeil
Dirty Harry
Movie • 1971
Homicide Detective (uncredited)
The Valley of Light
Movie • 2007
Granny
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
Movie • 1990
Gloria Sikes
Lies of the Twins
Movie • 1991
Mrs. Shearer
Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Webster
Flatliners
Movie • 1990
Doctor
The United States of Leland
Movie • 2003
Airplane Woman
Joe Dirt
Movie • 2001
Woman with Roadrunner
The Wedding Singer
Movie • 1998
Faye
Harvey
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Keep the Change
Movie • 1992
Dinah
And the Band Played On
Movie • 1993
Woman in Denver
Blue Sky
Movie • 1994
Dottie Owens
The Joyriders
Movie • 1999
Rita Mae Tuttle
Roe vs. Wade
Movie • 1989
Wings
TV • 1990
Sandy
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Mrs. Lukesh
Medium
TV • 2005
Mrs. Halstead
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Irene
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV • 2000
Ruth
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Irma
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Lottie Sammis
The Wonder Years
TV • 1988
Woman at City Hall
JAG
TV • 1995
Elena Motley
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Martha Elkin
Jesse
TV • 1998
Mrs. Baum
Sliders
TV • 1995
Mrs. Meadows
Dear John
TV • 1988
Mother Superior
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Old Woman
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Aunt Adah
Sons of Tucson
TV • 2010
Ethel
George & Leo
TV • 1997
Mrs. Johnson
ER
TV • 1994
Mrs. Ransom
I Didn't Do It
TV • 2014
Mrs. Klasby
Dave's World
TV • 1993
Mrs. Begley
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Mrs.Larson
Four Kings
TV • 2006
Betty
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Harriet Anderson
Boston Public
TV • 2000
Mrs. Walsh
L.A. Doctors
TV • 1998
Mrs. Gerken
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Eyewitness
Cop Rock
TV • 1990
Juror
Cybill
TV • 1995
Evelyn Minnow
The Home Court
TV • 1995
Marie Grant
Love, Lies and Murder
TV • 1991
Parole Board Member #3