Angela Margaret Leslie Thorne, who played the voice of the Queen in The BFG (1989), appeared in World in Ferment (1969), Get Some In! (1976), The Good Life (1977), Midsomer Murders, Foyle’s War, Heartbeat, Three Up, Two Down, and Lassie (2005). She was an English actress who appeared on stage, in television, and in movies.
She was nominated for a 1981 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in Anyone for Denis? at the Whitehall Theatre. However, she was probably best known for her roles as Marjory Frobisher in To the Manor Born (1979–1981) and Margaret Thatcher in Anyone for Denis? (1982).
Angela Thorne parents: Meet William Thorne, Sylvia Thorne
British India’s Karachi is where actress Angela Thorne was born in 1939. She was born in India and spent her first five years there.
Her parents were teacher Sylvia (Leslie) and Indian Army doctor William Herbert Alfred Thorne.
Later, she attended Horsham, West Sussex’s Farlington School as a student. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she received stage training. She wed television actor Peter Penry-Jones on September 22, 1967, and they were married until his passing in 2009. Laurence and Rupert, their two sons, were both performers.