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Angela and her actress sister Hermione were born of a wealthy family with Angela making her stage debut at the age of 8 as a little orphan girl in The Dawn of Happiness. One night a police officer said that she was too young and wouldn't allow her to perform, The following year she auditioned at The Old Vic Theatre, When she was 10 a newspaper called her 'a consumate little actress, at 11 she was appearing in Shakespeare, as a teenager she was singing and dancing in musicals and pantomimes and became the 'toast of London. She retired briefly when she was18. She appeared in many plays but most enjoyed those by Emlyn Williams - Night Must Fall, The Winslow Boy, Morning Star and The Light of Heart, which he wrote for her, She was married to theatre producer Glen Byam Shaw 1931 -75 and was awarded a CBE for services to the theatre- Actress
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Gwen Cherrell was born on 12 March 1926 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for One Wild Oat (1951), Thursday Theatre (1964) and Angels (1975). She died on 24 April 2019 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK.- Frederick Grisewood was born on 11 April 1888 in Daylesford, Worcestershire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Spelling Bee (1938), How a Motor Car Engine Works (1946) and Guest Night (1938). He was married to Aileen Croft (née Scriven) and Gladys Elizabeth Roffey. He died on 15 November 1972 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England, UK.