Overview
- Waring McKenna, her management agency, announced Friday on Instagram that Angela Pleasence had died at 84.
- The RADA-trained performer made her stage debut in 1964 as Titania at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and later appeared at the National Theatre and in the West End.
- Her screen career spanned more than 60 roles over six decades, including a 1968 turn on Coronation Street as Monica Sutton and a 2007 Doctor Who appearance as Queen Elizabeth I.
- Later credits included The Sarah Jane Adventures, a series role in Whitechapel, the 2011 film Your Highness, and two 2016 episodes of Happy Valley.
- Tributes highlighted her range in British horror and period drama, and reports noted her family legacy as the daughter of actor Donald Pleasence.