{{short description|American actress and model (born 1942)}} {{Infobox person | name = Angel Tompkins | image = Angel-tompkins-trailer.jpg | caption = Tompkins in trailer for ''I Love My Wife'' (1970) | image_size = 199px | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth_date_and_age|1942|12|20}} | birth_place = Albany, California, U.S. | known_for = ''I Love My Wife''<br>''The Teacher'' | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}} | spouse = {{marriage|Ted Lang|1985}} | years_active = 1969–present }}
'''Angel Tompkins''' (born December 20, 1942)<ref>https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/4565-angel-tompkins/prehled/</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141222031914/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/192866%7C12822/Angel-Tompkins/#biography Turner Classic Movies]</ref> is an American actress and model. She appeared in several films and television shows, and is a Golden Globe nominee.<ref name='LATIMES'>{{cite news |date=1971-01-16 |title=Angel Tompkins to be star of the week |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=GG2>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/new-star-year-actress/all-years#year-1971|title=Winners & Nominees : New Star Of The Year - Actress (1971)|website=GoldenGlobes.com|publisher=Golden Globe Awards|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Angel Tompkins's performance in the comedy ''I Love My Wife'' (1970), resulted in her being nominated for a Golden Globe award.<ref name=GG2 /> 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.<ref name='PLAY'>{{cite magazine |date=1972-02-01 |title=Angel Tompkins |magazine=Playboy Magazine}}</ref>
She appeared in ''Prime Cut'' (1972) with Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Sissy Spacek<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Cut (1972)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23920/prime-cut|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231111736/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23920/Prime-Cut/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2018|publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> 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'',<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/12/movies/film-a-tiger-s-tale-starring-ann-margret.html Film: 'A Tiger's Tale,' Starring Ann-Margret] ''The New York Times''</ref> and made her last film appearances in ''Relentless'' (1989) and ''Crack House'' (1989). She also works in the commercial voice-over field.
[[File:Herschel Bernardi as Arnie 1970.JPG|thumb|left|Herschel Bernardi and Angel Tompkins in ''Arnie'' in 1970]] 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'' (1968), ''Mannix'' (1967), ''Dragnet'' (1969 episode "Forgery: (DR-33)"), ''Bonanza'' (1970), ''Police Woman'' (1970), ''Kojak'' (1977), ''The Eddie Capra Mysteries'' (1978), Three's Company (1978),<ref>{{Citation|last=THREE'S COMPANY FULL EPISODES HD|title=Three's Company Full Episodes Season 3 Episode 4 The Fast|date=2018-07-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3rUyDV88UI&index=56&list=PLFcVRI0MCJQu_YUV12EZFd6pR46ETYvCi|access-date=2018-07-29}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> ''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).<ref name='CSTIMES'>{{cite news |last=Kupcinet |first=Irving |authorlink=Irv Kupcinet |date=1991-11-20 |title=Kup's Column |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> She ran unsuccessfully for president of the guild in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 Nov 1995 |title=CHARACTER ACTOR PICKED TO HEAD SCREEN GUILD |work=Daily News |location=Los Angeles, Calif |page=4}}</ref> In 1996, she received the most votes for the SAG Hollywood Board of Directors.<ref name=Armbrust/> She ran for president again in 1999, changing her name to Angeltompkins so her name would appear first on the ballot, and came in third.<ref>{{cite news |last=Greenhouse |first=Steven |date=7 Nov 1999 |title=In an Upset, Actors Guild Elects Novice As President |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/07/us/in-an-upset-actors-guild-elects-novice-as-president.html |accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Armbrust>{{cite news |last=Armbrust |first=Roger |date=Oct 12–18, 2001 |title=SAG's Angel returns to ballot |work=Back Stage East |volume=42 |issue=41}}</ref> She came in fourth in the 2001 SAG election, her fifth attempt.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 Nov 2001 |title=Gilbert elected SAG president, but results may be challenged |work=Daily Breeze |location=Torrance, Calif}}</ref>
==Personal life== She has been married to television and film writer/comedy rewriter, venture capitalist, Ted Lang since 1985. They have two children: Troy and Channing. Their homes are in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Fallbrook, California.
== Filmography ==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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 |''{{sortname|The|Don Is Dead}}'' |Ruby Dunne | |- |1974 |''How to Seduce a Woman'' |Pamela Balsam | |- |1974 |''{{sortname|The|Teacher|The Teacher (1974 film)}}'' |Diane Marshall | |- |1975 |''Walking Tall Part 2'' |Marganne Stilson | |- |1977 |''{{sortname|The|Farmer|The Farmer (film)}}'' |Betty | |- |1978 |''{{sortname|The|One Man Jury}}'' |Kitty | |- |1978 |''{{sortname|The|Bees|The Bees (film)}}'' |Sandra Miller | |- |1980 |''Alligator'' |Newswoman | |- |1986 |''{{sortname|The|Naked Cage}}'' |Diane | |- |1986 |''Murphy's Law'' |Jan Murphy | |- |1986 |''Dangerously Close'' |Ms. Waters | |- |1987 |''{{sortname|A|Tiger's Tale}}'' |LaVonne | |- |1989 |''Relentless'' |Carmen | |- |1989 |''Crack House'' |Mother | |- |2001 |''Extreme Honor'' |Gladys | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1968 |''{{sortname|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 |''{{sortname|The|Name of the Game|The Name of the Game (TV series)}}'' |Vickie Ward |Episode: "A Sister from Napoli" |- |1971 |''{{sortname|The|F.B.I.|The F.B.I. (TV series)}}'' |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 |''{{sortname|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 |''{{sortname|The|Hitchhiker|The Hitchhiker (TV series)}}'' |Janet O'Mell |Episode: "Homebodies" |- |1987 |''Amazing Stories'' |Mia |Episode: "Stardust" |- |1990 |''Growing Pains'' |Natalie |Episode: "Daddy Mike" |- |2023 | Periphery | Leanne Cross | TV movie (pre-production) |}
=== Awards and nominations === {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Awards |- !Year !Award !Category !Production !Result |- | 1971 | 28th Golden Globe Awards | ''Most Promising Newcomer - Female'' | ''I Love My Wife'' | {{nom}} |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
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