Angela Thorne

Angela Margaret Leslie Thorne (25 January 1939 – 16 June 2023) was an English actress of stage, television and film having performed roles in World in Ferment (1969), Get Some In! (1976), The Good Life (1977), Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and Heartbeat, The BFG (1989) as the voice of the Queen, Three Up, Two Down and Lassie (2005).

Angela Thorne
Born
Angela Margaret Leslie Thorne

(1939-01-25)25 January 1939
Karachi, Sind, British India (now Pakistan)
Died16 June 2023(2023-06-16) (aged 84)
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Spouse
Peter Penry-Jones
(m. 1967; died 2009)
Children2 (including Rupert Penry-Jones)

However, she was probably best known for playing Marjory Frobisher in To the Manor Born (1979–2007), and for playing Margaret Thatcher in Anyone for Denis? (initially at the Whitehall Theatre in 1981, for which she was nominated for Best Comedy Performance at the 1981 Laurence Olivier Awards, and subsequently for the video release).

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