Angela Scoular

Angela Scoular (born November 8, 1945 in London , England - † April 11, 2011 , ibid) was a British actress .

Life

Career

Angela Scoular is best known for her roles in two James Bond films. She was one of the few actresses to appear in two Bond films under different production companies. She played the role of Buttercup in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale and in 1969 in the Eon Productions- produced James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service alongside Bond actor George Lazenby as Ruby Bartlett. In Charles Chaplin's only color film The Countess of Hong Kong , a British comedy film from 1967, she played a society girl alongside Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren . In the British comedy A Stowaway Has It Hard From 1970, she played the role of his girlfriend Ophelia O'Brien alongside her future husband Leslie Phillips . In the following years she had several roles in British television series such as Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , Gene Bradley on a secret mission or the role of Lady Agatha Shawcross in You Rang, M'Lord? . In the mid-1990s, she said goodbye to the film and television business with two appearances on the television series As Time Goes By .

Private life

Since 1982 she was married to actor Leslie Phillips , a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

In March 2009 she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Angela Scoular died on April 11, 2011 at the age of 65 in London, where it was believed to have committed suicide.

Filmography

• 1963–1964: No Hiding Place (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1965: Romeo and Juliet (TV movie)
• 1966: Casino Royale
• 1966: David Copperfield (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1967: The Countess of Hong Kong (A Countess from Hong Kong)
• 1967: Girl in a Black Bikini (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1967: Love Story (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1967: Wuthering Heights (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1968: ... under the Holderbusch (Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)
• 1968: The Great Catherine (Great Catherine)
• 1968: With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat (The Avengers) (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1969: Die last Adventurer, also: Playboys und Abenteurer (The Adventurers)
• 1969: Doctor in the House (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1969: James Bond 007 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• 1970: A stowaway has a hard time (Doctor in Trouble)
• 1970: ITV Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1971: Equal Partners (TV movie)
• 1971–1981: Play for Today (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1972: Coronation Street (TV series)
• 1972: Gene Bradley on a Secret Mission (The Adventurer) (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1972: Thirty-Minute Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1973: Crown Court (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1973: Harriet's Back in Town (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1973: ITV Saturday Night Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: Beryl's Lot (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1974: ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: Rooms (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1976: Adventures of a Taxi Driver
• 1977: My dear boss, you are a bottle (Adventures of a Private Eye)
• 1979: Penmarric (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1988–1993: You Rang, M'Lord? (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 1996: As Time Goes By (TV series, 2 episodes)

Further appearances

• 2000: Inside "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (Video)
• 2002: The Best of British ... as Herself (1 episode)

Archival material

• 2002: Other tijden: De vergeten James Bond ... as herself (TV movie)

Web links

• Angela Scoular in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Angela Scoular in the All Movie Guide (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} "Leslie Phillips' actress wife dies" . The Press Association as reproduced by Google. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
2. ^ Rees Caroline: My family values . The Guardian . March 14, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
3. ^ Agony for Leslie Phillips as his Bond Girl wife commits suicide. Retrieved April 13, 2011. or UK Movies. ( Memento of April 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved April 13, 2011.