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Avril Angers 1918 - 2005

Her father was the comedian Harry Angers and her mother was Lillian Errol, a member of the original Fol-de-Rols concert party.

Her career started in Variety with her first appearance at the Palace Theatre, Brighton in a concert party. Then she followed in her mother to become a Fol-de-Rol.... More..



Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1936 Palace Pier Theatre, Brighton .. ..... .. ..... .. ..
1936 Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Cinderella ..... .. ..... .. ..
1944 Palace Theatre Keep Going - Revue ..... .. ..... .. ..
1945 Winter Garden The Gaieties ..... .. ..... .. ..
1946 Duchess Theatre Make It A Date ..... .. ..... .. ..
1949 Connaught Theatre, Worthing Love for Love Miss Prue .. ..... Skimpy in the Navy Sheila
1949 Connaught Theatre, Worthing Jeannie Jeannie .. ..... .... ..
1949 Hayes Theatre Don't Listen Ladies Madeleine .. ..... .. ..
1949 Connaught Theatre, Worthing Sugar Plum Adeline .. ..... .. ..
1950 Gaiety Theatre, Isle of Man Born Yesterday Billie Dawn .. ..... Miss Pilgrim's Progress Factory girl
1950 - 1951/1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... How Do You View? Rosie Lee
1951 Strand Theatre Mary Had a Little... Dolores .. ..... .. ..
1952 New Theatre, Bromley Susan Susan Ray .. ..... .. ..
1953 Wimbledon Theatre Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe .. ..... .. ..
1954 .. .. ..... Friends and Neighbours Maisie Honeybee Don't Blame the Stork Renee O'Connor
1955 Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe .. ..... .. ..
1956 .. .. ..... The Charlie Farnsbarns Show ..... Bond of Fear Hiker
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Green Man Marigold
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... Women Without Men Bessie
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... Light Fingers Miss Manley
1958 Richmond Theatre The Gypsy Warned Me Belle All Aboard Joan Harrison, stewardess .. ..
1960 Lyric Theatre The Night Life of the Virile Potato Mrs Webster Coronation Street Norah Dawson .. ..
1962 On Tour - Australia Paris By Night - Revue ..... .. ..... .. ..
1964 Lyceum, Edinburgh Busybody Mrs. Piper .. ..... .. ..
1964 Alhambra, Bradford This is Your Wife Amy Holroyd .. ..... .. ..
1964 Cambridge Theatre Little Me Miss Poitrine .. ..... .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Devils of Darkness Midge
1965 .. .. ..... .. ..... Be My Guest Mrs. Pucil
1966 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati .. ..... The Family Way Liz Piper
1967 Alexandra theatre, Birmingham I'll Get My Man Harriet Humphrey .. ..... Two a Penny Mrs. Burry
1967 Derby Playhouse The Winslow Boy Grace Winslow .. ..... Three Bites of the Apple Gladys Tomlinson
1967 Derby Playhouse School for Scandal Mrs Candour .. ..... .. ..
1968 Guernsey Barefoot in the Park Mother .. ..... .. ..
1968 Hippodrome, Bristol Cinderella Wicked Sister .. ..... .. ..
1969 Phoenix Theatre, Leicester Barefoot in the Park Mother .. ..... The Best House in London Mrs. Tozer
1969 Phoenix Theatre A Talent To Amuse ..... Dad's Army - The Lion Has Phones The Telephone Operator .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... .. ..... Staircase Miss Ricard
1970 Watford The Au Pair Man Mrs Rogers Dad's Army - Put That Light Out Telephone Operator There's a Girl in My Soup English Tourist
1970 .. .. ..... Bright's Boffins Molly McCrandle .. ..
1971 Pier Theatre, Bournemouth The Mating Game Mrs. Finney The More We Are Together Doris Tingle Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Fanny
1971 Princess Theatre, Torquay Goldilocks Dame .. ..... .. ..
1972 Apollo Theatre The Mating Game Mrs. Finney Play of the Month - The Millionairess ..... .. ..
1973 Vaudeville Cockie ..... .. ..... Gollocks! There's Plenty of Room in New Zealand Mrs. Armstrong
1974 Toured South Africa Not in the Book Sylvia Bennett The Liver Birds - Where's Beryl? Receptionist .. ..
1975 Phoenix Theatre Norman, Is That You? Beatrice Charlton Dawson's Weekly - All Pools Day Second Clerk .. ..
1975 Strand Theatre No Sex Please, We're British Eleanor Hunter .. ..... .. ..
1975 Tour See How They Run Miss Skillon .. ..... .. ..
1975 Croydon Cinderella Fairy Queen .. ..... .. ..
1976 Savoy Theatre Murder at the Vicarage Miss Marple .. ..... Confessions of a Driving Instructor Mrs. Truscott
1977 .. .. ..... Odd Man Out Ma .. ..
1977 .. .. ..... No Appointment Necessary Beryl Armitage .. ..
1978 Birmingham Rep, Birmingham She Stoops to Conquer Mrs. Hardcastle All Creatures Great and Small - Pups, Pigs and Pickle Miss Dooley .. ..
1979 Middle and Far East Move over Mrs. Markham Miss Smythe Are You Being Served? - Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person Edna Comlozi .. ..
1979 UK Tour Blithe Spirit Madame Arcati .... .... .. ..
1980 .. .. ..... Just Liz Jessie Worth .. ..
1981 .. .. ..... Dangerous Davies - The Last Detective Mrs. Fulljames .. ..
1981 .. .. ..... Smuggler - In at the Death Nan .. ..
1982 .. .. ..... Minder - The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs Mrs. Knight .. ..
1983 Theatre Royal, Bath The Killing of Sister George ..... .... .... .. ..
1985 Theatre Royal, Bath When We Are Married ..... .... .... .. ..
1986 King's Theatre, Glasgow Cluedo ..... C.A.T.S. Eyes - Tranmere Dan and Tokyo Joe Edna .. ..
1986 .. .. ..... C.A.B. - A World in Tatters/Mystery at Ma Mossop's Ma Mossop .. ..
1988 King's Head Theatre Club EAsy Virtue ..... .... .... .. ..
1989 .. .. ..... Victoria Wood - Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha) Mim .. ..
1990 .. .. ..... All Creatures Great and Small Molly Shadwell .. ..
1992 Prince Edward Theatre Crazy For You Mother .... .... .. ..
1994 .. .. ..... Common As Muck Diane Parry .. ..
1996 .. Crazy For You Mother .... .... .. ..


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