Angela Bruce (born 6 May 1951) is an English actress, noted for her television work. Bruce was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire to a West Indian father and white mother, but was put up for adoption aged three, and brought up in Craghead, County Durham. Bruce made her screen debut in the 1973 film
Man at the Top, and on the London stage she was the second actress to play Magenta in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show, succeeding Patricia Quinn. Regular or recurring roles in television series include Sandra Ling in Angels (1975–83), Janice Stubbs in Coronation Street (1978) and reporter Chrissie Stuart in
Press Gang (1989–90). In 1980, she appeared in "Charlie Boy", an episode of
Hammer House of Horror. Bruce is also recognisable to sci-fi fans for her performance as Brigadier Winifred Bambera in the 1989
Doctor Who serial Battlefield, her female Lister in
Red Dwarf ...
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