Biography angela cartwright
- Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television.
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- Angela Margaret Cartwright is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television.
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Angela Cartwright
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1952 - Today
Angela Cartwright
Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the long-running TV series The Danny Thomas Show, and Penny Robinson in the 1960s television series Lost in Space. Cartwright's most famous movie role was the part of Brigitta von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music (1965). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angela Cartwright has received more than 4,733,152 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Angela Cartwright is the 7,752nd most popular actor (down from 7,485th in 2019), the 5,459th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,183rd in 2019) and the 867th most popular British Actor.
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BIOFILMSHOMEPICSAngela Cartwright: A Short Biography
In 1955, when Angela was only three, she starred in the film Somebody Up there Likes Me(1956) as Paul Newman's daughter. The film won two Oscars and a nomination, which Angela shortly followed with Something of Value(1957) with Rock Hudson and Sidney Poiter.
Angela was only five when she began her very successful TV acting career as the adorable little stepdaughter, Linda Williams in Danny Thomas's, Make Room for Daddy(1956-1964). Angela starred on the show for seven seasons; during which time Angela also starred in Lad: A Dog(1962), with Carroll O'Conner. Angela thereafter co-starred with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer as Brigitta Von Trapp in the multi-award winning film, The Sound of Music(1965).
Soon after, Angela was snatched up by the high profile producer Irwin Allen
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ANGELA CARTWRIGHT...artist, actress, author, photographer, designer, curator, collaborator, instructor, traveler, webmaster, wife, mother, and grandmother, not always in that order...
Born in Cheshire, England Angela moved with her family to Los Angeles, California and started her acting career at the age of 3 playing Paul Newman’s daughter in the movie Somebody Up There Likes Me. At the tender age of four Angela was cast to play Linda Williams for 7 years on the hit television series The Danny Thomas Show as Danny’s daughter.
Angela was then cast as Brigitta von Trapp in the legendary film The Sound of Music. Shortly after she was offered the role of Penny Robinson the iconic television show, Lost in Space. Angela has guest starred in numerous television shows, commercials and movies over her multiple decade career in show business.
As an author Angela’s award-winning coffee table book Styling the Stars: Lost Treasures from the Twentieth Century Fox Archive offers never before seen photographs and a behind the scenes exclusive
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