Angela Cartwright

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Biography

Well-known for her youthful roles in The Sound of Music and Lost in Space , Ms. Cartwright is now a mixed-media artist.

  • Real name
  • Angela Margaret Cartwright
  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 09 September 1952
  • Place of birth
  • Altrincham
  • Knows language
  • English language

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Trivia

Younger sister of Veronica Cartwright , sister-in-law of Richard Compton.

Children: Rebecca Gullion and Jesse Gullion (b. 1985).

Distant cousin of The Sound of Music co-star Heather Menzies-Urich.

Angela and her sister, Veronica Cartwright , have both acted alongside Kym Karath. Veronica in Spencers Mountain and Angela in The Sound of Music and an episode of "Lost in Space" .

Born in England but grew up in America.

Is a fan of "24" .

Introduced The Sound of Music co-star Heather Menzies-Urich to The Beatles.

Did her own singing in The Sound of Music .

At her studio in Studio City, California, she is curator of an exclusively black & white photography gallery and is a founding member of the 4260 Black & White Photography Guild.

In early 2007 Angela partnered with artist Sarah Fishburn to co-author the book "In This House - A Collection of Altered Art Imagery and Collage Techniques". Her second book "Mixed Emulsions - Altered Art for Photographic Imagery" was released in November 2007.

Has has taught classes on her art techniques.

She has a line of rubber stamps called "Unruly Girls Club" which are made from Angelas sketches.

Angela Cartwright Artist Papers, recently released, are collections of her images as artist papers, vellums and transparencies.

Tested for a part in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie which eventually went to Pamela Franklin.

A photography buff since age 15.

Best known by the public for her roles as Linda Williams on "Make Room for Daddy" and as Penny Robinson on "Lost in Space" .

Ex-sister-in-law of Richard Gates.

Her acting mentors were the late Danny Thomas and the late Jonathan Harris.

Friend of Bill Mumy , Rusty Hamer , Ron Howard and Tony Dow.

It was Irwin Allen s idea for her to be Penny Robinson on "Lost in Space" .

Her parrot was named after Danny Thomas.

(March 2002) Lives in California with husband and 2 children. She is a photographer, novelist, artist and occasional actress

Her former series lead, acting mentor and best friend, Danny Thomas , died on February 6, 1991. (Danny celebrated his 79th birthday on January 6, 1991, with friends and family, who appeared on "The Tonight Show" , the following month and passed away, the following day.).

Revealed that she had a wonderful working relationship with Danny Thomas , on "Make Room for Daddy" .

Surrogate stepdaughter of Danny Thomas.

Credits Danny Thomas and Jonathan Harris as her acting mentors.

She was highly influenced by Danny Thomas.

Quotes

Danny was very inspirational to me, he taught me all the ins and out of,comedy timing, listening to the audience, we shoot it live every,Thursday night.

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