Angela Paton

Angela Paton was an American stage film and television actress and theatre director She was born in Brooklyn New York in 1930 Described as a natural comic and one of the legends of the local stage of San Francisco she was a veteran of the American Conservatory Theater ACT and one of ACTs leading actresses in its first few seasons After leaving ACT in the early 1970s Paton and her husband founded and ran the Berkeley Stage Company for a number of years She appeared in 38 films and over 50 TV series Some of her notable film roles include Mrs Lancaster the innkeeper in Groundhog Day 1993 and Grandma in American Wedding 2003 She also had recurring roles on the television shows Thirtysomething 19871991 My Name is Earl 20052009 and The War at Home 20052007 Paton was a respected figure in the Bay Area theater community and she was awarded the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1987 for her performance in the play The Beauty Queen of Leenane She was also a member of the Actors Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild Paton died in Oakland California in 2016 at the age of 86