Angela Clarke

Birth : , Liverpool, England

History

Born in Liverpool in 1969, Angela Clarke (born 1969 in Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English actress best known for her roles in the TV series Soldier Soldier, Brookside, Coronation Street, Liverpool 1, The Bill, Pie in the Sky and Casualty. Her films credits include Letter to Brezhnev, Blonde Fist, Dancin' Thru The Dark, Land and Freedom and Bernard and the Genie. She is the younger sister of actress Margi Clarke , with whom she starred alongside in Letter to Brezhnev and Blonde Fist, and the screenwriter Frank Clarke (who wrote Letter to Brezhnev). Like her brother, Angela is also a writer, penning the BBC1 sitcom Eyes Down from 2003-2004.

Movies

Land and Freedom

Kitty

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

Bernard and the Genie

Carrie

Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.

Blonde Fist

Brenda Doyle

A woman attempts to escape her domestic problems by fleeing to New York in search of her father. She finds him, and also new problems, some friendship, a romance, and an unexpected career as pro-boxer, to make ends meet.

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Maureen

Linda's out on her hen night, her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married, when both groups arrive at a club, to find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: Does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter?

Letter to Brezhnev

Josie

The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.