{{Short description|English actress (1945–2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Angela Scoular | image = Angela Scoular.jpg | caption = in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) | birth_name = Angela Margaret Scoular | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|11|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|4|11|1945|11|8|df=yes}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1963–1996 | spouse = Leslie Phillips (1982–2011) | children = 1 | relatives = Margaret Johnston (aunt) }}
'''Angela Margaret Scoular''' (8 November 1945 – 11 April 2011)<ref name="Tel o">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/8448951/Angela-Scoular.html|title=Angela Scoular|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=13 April 2011|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="Indy obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-scoular-stage-and-screen-actress-who-starred-in-two-james-bond-films-2268010.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/angela-scoular-stage-and-screen-actress-who-starred-in-two-james-bond-films-2268010.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Angela Scoular: Stage and screen actress who starred in two James Bond films|work=The Independent|date=23 October 2011|access-date=21 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was a British actress.
==Early life== Her father was an engineer and she was born in London.<ref name="Indy obit"/> She attended St George's School, Harpenden, Queen's College, Harley Street and RADA.<ref>Who's Who on Television 1970. Independent Television Publications Ltd</ref>
==Career== Scoular was among a small group of actors to have appeared in two James Bond films, made by different production companies. Scoular played Buttercup in the comedy ''Casino Royale'' (1967) and then two years later made an appearance in the Eon Productions Bond film series playing Ruby in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969).
Her other film credits include ''A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967), ''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' (1968), ''Great Catherine'' (also 1968), ''Doctor in Trouble'' (1970), ''The Adventurers'' (1970), ''Adventures of a Taxi Driver'' (1976), and ''Adventures of a Private Eye'' (1977).
Her television credits included playing Cathy in a 1967 BBC production of ''Wuthering Heights'', ''Doctor in the House'', ''The Avengers'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Penmarric'', ''As Time Goes By'' and ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' (in the recurring role of Lady Agatha Shawcross).
Scoular appeared in a play entitled ''Little Lies'', starring Sir John Mills, at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, England, which ran from July 1983 through February 1984, written by Joseph George Caruso. The play was produced at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Canada in 1984, with the same cast, for six weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/139770-little-lies-at-wyndhams-theatre-and-others-1983-1984|title=Little Lies|work=About the Artists|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>
==Personal life== She was a niece of actress Margaret Johnston. She moved in with actor Leslie Phillips in 1977, at which time she was pregnant by another actor.<ref name="Tel o"/><ref name="Indy obit"/> She and Phillips, who she married in 1982, raised her son together.<ref name="Tel o"/>
==Illnesses and death== Scoular had depression and anorexia nervosa.<ref name="Tel o"/><ref name="Indy obit"/> She attempted suicide in 1992.<ref name="bbc"/> It was revealed in March 2009 that she had bowel cancer;<ref>{{cite interview|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/14/leslie-phillips-family-values |last=Phillips |first=Leslie |subject-link=Leslie Phillips |interviewer=Caroline Rees |title=My family values |work=The Guardian |date=14 March 2009 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> she was eventually declared cancer-free, but in the months preceding her death she had feared its return.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14218733 |title=Bond actress Angela Scoular died by drinking acid cleaner |publisher=BBC News|date=20 July 2011|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> Weeks before her death, she was arrested for driving under the influence.<ref name="bbc"/>
She died on 11 April 2011 after ingesting acid drain cleaner and pouring it on her body, causing lethal burns to her digestive tract and skin.<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="Tel o"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/14/angela-scoular-obituary|title=Angela Scoular obituary|work=The Guardian|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|author-link=Anthony Hayward|date=14 April 2011|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> An inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court on 20 July 2011 established that Scoular had been an alcoholic and had depression and anxiety about debts; she was on medication for bipolar disorder at the time of her death.<ref name="bbc"/> The coroner recorded that Scoular had "killed herself while the balance of her mind was disturbed", and stated that her death was not suicide.<ref name="bbc"/>
==Filmography== *''Wuthering Heights'' (1967) as Cathy Earnshaw *''A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967) as The Society Girl *''Casino Royale'' (1967) as Buttercup *''Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'' (1968) as Caroline Beauchamp *''Great Catherine'' (1968) as Claire *''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) as Ruby Bartlett *''The Adventurers'' (1970) as Denisonde *''Doctor in Trouble'' (1970) as Ophelia O'Brien *''Adventures of a Taxi Driver'' (1976) as Marion *''Adventures of a Private Eye'' (1977) as Jane Hogg
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0780029|name=Angela Scoular}}
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