Angel Tompkins

Angel Tompkins (born December 20, 1942) is an American actress. She appeared in several films and television shows and is a Golden Globe nominee.[1][2]

Angel Tompkins
Tompkins in trailer for I Love My Wife (1970)
Born	Angel Stromberg (1942-12-20) December 20, 1942 Albany, California, U.S.

Career

Angel Tompkins was a model in the Chicago area before being discovered by Woody Allen, who sent her to Universal Pictures. She was signed and became part of the last Universal Contract Players. She started her television and film-acting career in the late 1960s. She made her major film debut as the seductive blonde who came between husband and wife, Elliott Gould and Brenda Vaccaro, in the comedy I Love My Wife (1970) and was nominated for a Golden Globe award.[2] Tompkins was featured in the pictorial "Angel" in the February 1972 edition of Playboy; subsequently the magazine used her in three more editions, all presumably related to that film promotion.[3]

She appeared in Prime Cut (1972) with Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek[4] and Little Cigars (1973) as a gangster's moll who teams up with a gang of little people. She also appeared with Anthony Quinn in The Don Is Dead (1973), with former child star Jay North in The Teacher (1974), and with Bo Svenson in the action sequel Walking Tall Part 2 (1975). Her later films included The One Man Jury (1978), The Bees (1978), Alligator (1980), The Naked Cage (1986), Dangerously Close (1986) and Murphy's Law (1986), opposite Charles Bronson.

In 1987, Tompkins appeared in the comedy film Amazon Women on the Moon and with Ann-Margret in the film A Tiger's Tale,[5] and made her last film appearances in Relentless (1989) and Crack House (1989). She also works in the commercial voice-over field.

On television, Tompkins appeared in the pilot for Search (1972). The pilot was originally titled "Probe", but the title was changed to 'Search' due to a PBS program already having that title. She also appeared in several of the early episodes of 'Search'. She appeared in many guest spots on shows such as The Wild Wild West (1965), Mannix (1967), Dragnet (1969 episode "Forgery: (DR-33)"), Bonanza (1970), Police Woman (1970), Kojak (1977), The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978), Three's Company (1978),[6] Knight Rider (1983), and Simon & Simon (1981). Tompkins additionally appeared in the episode "Gallery of Fear" on the Canadian sci-fi program The Starlost.

In 1991, Tompkins was elected the national recording secretary of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).[7] She ran unsuccessfully for president of the guild in 1995.[8] In 1996, she received the most votes for the SAG Hollywood Board of Directors.[9] She ran for president again in 1999, changing her name to Angeltompkins so that her name would appear first on the ballot, and came in third.[10] In 2000, she proposed that members of SAG's partner union, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, vote to decertify the union and recertify as part of SAG.[9] She came in fourth in the 2001 SAG election, her fifth attempt.[11]

Personal life

She is married to television and film writer/comedy rewriter Ted Lang.[12] They have two children. Their homes are in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Hang Your Hat on the Wind	Fran Harper
1970	I Love My Wife	Helene Donnelly
1972	Prime Cut	Clarabelle
1973	Little Cigars	Cleo
1973	The Don Is Dead	Ruby Dunne
1974	How to Seduce a Woman	Pamela Balsam
1974	The Teacher	Diane Marshall
1975	Walking Tall Part 2	Marganne Stilson
1977	The Farmer	Betty
1978	The One Man Jury	Kitty
1978	The Bees	Sandra Miller
1986	The Naked Cage	Diane
1986	Murphy's Law	Jan Murphy
1986	Dangerously Close	Ms. Waters
1987	A Tiger's Tale	LaVonne
1989	Relentless	Carmen
1989	Crack House	Mother
2001	Extreme Honor	Gladys

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	The Wild Wild West	Marcia Dennison	Episode: "The Night of the Death-Maker"
1968	Here Come the Brides	Jenny	Episode: "The Man of the Family"
1969	Dragnet 1967	Sarah Phillips	Episode: "Forgery: DR-33"
1969	Mannix	Barbara Stoner / Sondra Markham	Episode: "A Sleep in the Deep"
1970	Bonanza	Mrs. Janie Lund	Episode: "The Night Virginia City Died"
1970	Arnie	Gabrielle	Episode: "Wife vs. Secretary"
1970	Night Gallery	Lila Bauman	Episode: "Room with a View"
1971	The Name of the Game	Vickie Ward	Episode: "A Sister from Napoli"
1971	The F.B.I.	Polly	Episode: "Death Watch"
1971	O'Hara, U.S. Treasury	Diana	Episode: "Operation: Big Store"
1971	Love, American Style	Joyce	Episode: "Love and the Groupie"
1971–72	Ironside	Kerry / Candy Delmar	Episodes: "Love, Peace, Brotherhood and Murder", "Achilles' Heel"
1972	Probe	Gloria Harding	TV film
1972	Search	Gloria Harding	Episodes: "The Murrow Disappearance", "The Gold Machine"
1973	The Starlost	Daphne	Episode: "Gallery of Fear"
1974	Police Woman	Wanda May Kubelski	Episode: "Anatomy of Two Rapes"
1974	McCloud	Madge	Episode: "The Concrete Jungle Caper"
1975	You Lie So Deep, My Love	Jennifer Pierce	TV film
1977	Kojak	Jocelyn Mayfair	Episode: "Case Without a File"
1977	Charlie's Angels	Jean Trevor	Episode: "Angels on Horseback"
1978	Three's Company	Grace Thompson	Episode: "The Fast"
1979	CHiPs	Billy Wakefield / Laurie Windsor	Episode: "Destruction Derby"
1983	Knight Rider	Connie Chasen / Nora Rayburn	Episodes: "Nobody Does It Better", "Custom K.I.T.T."
1985	Knots Landing	Maggie	Episode: "#14 with a Bullet"
1985	E/R	Bitsy Carmichael	Episode: "Merry Wives of Sheinfeld: Part 2"
1985	Simon & Simon	Sylvia Finnegan / Bonnie Henderson	Episodes: "Enter the Jaguar", "Down-Home Country Blues"
1985	General Hospital	Dr. Erna Morris	TV series
1986	T. J. Hooker	Diane	Episode: "Death Trap"
1987	The Hitchhiker	Janet O'Mell	Episode: "Homebodies"
1987	Amazing Stories	Mia	Episode: "Stardust"
1990	Growing Pains	Natalie	Episode: "Daddy Mike"

References

1. "Angel Tompkins to be star of the week". Los Angeles Times. 1971-01-16.
2. "Winners & Nominees : New Star Of The Year - Actress (1971)". GoldenGlobes.com. Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
3. "Angel Tompkins". Playboy Magazine. 1972-02-01.
4. "Prime Cut (1972)". TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Retrieved 30 December 2018.
5. Film: 'A Tiger's Tale,' Starring Ann-Margret The New York Times
6. THREE'S COMPANY FULL EPISODES HD (2018-07-10), Three's Company Full Episodes Season 3 Episode 4 The Fast, retrieved 2018-07-29
7. Kupcinet, Irving (1991-11-20). "Kup's Column". Chicago Sun-Times.
8. "CHARACTER ACTOR PICKED TO HEAD SCREEN GUILD". Daily News. Los Angeles, Calif. 5 Nov 1995. p. 4.
9. Armbrust, Roger (Oct 12–18, 2001). "SAG's Angel returns to ballot". Back Stage East. 42 (41).
10. Greenhouse, Steven (7 Nov 1999). "In an Upset, Actors Guild Elects Novice As President". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
11. "Gilbert elected SAG president, but results may be challenged". Daily Breeze. Torrance, Calif. 4 Nov 2001.
12. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3110883/bio

External links

• Angel Tompkins on IMDb