Avril Angers

Avril Angers (18 April 1918 – 9 November 2005) was an English stand up comedienne and actress.

She was one of the first stand up comediennes, and was equally capable of playing a straight man role as a foil to established (male) comics including Frankie Howerd and Arthur Askey. As her career developed, her accomplished facility for a very wide variety of acting roles became evident.

Angers was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. She danced with the Tiller Girls before joining ENSA during the Second World War, becoming a Forces' sweetheart.

After five years' service she moved back into civilian life and took on many and various roles in television (including "Dad's Army", "All Creatures Great and Small", "Are You Being Served?", and "Coronation Street"), as well as in film and theatre.

A film still showing Angers in the 1966 "The Family Way" (starring Hayley Mills) appeared on the sleeve of The Smiths single "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish". [Goddard, Simon. "", page 340. Reynolds & Hearn 2006. ISBN 1-905287-14-3] In 1988, Morrissey expressed his admiration for Angers in an interview with Simon Reynolds, who admitted to never having heard of her.

She never married or had children. Angers lived in Covent Garden, London. She died in London from pneumonia, aged 87.

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