Angela Morant | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Notable work | I, Claudius |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Richard Morant (brother), Bill Travers (uncle), Linden Travers (aunt) |
Angela Morant (born 15 January 1941) is an English actress best known for playing Octavia Minor in the 1976 BBC television adaptation of I, Claudius, [1] [2] and Barbara Harrison in the soap opera Brookside.
Other TV credits include A.D., Dixon of Dock Green, Callan, Inspector Morse, [3] Bergerac, Ever Decreasing Circles and The Bill. She was also featured in the Lord Peter Wimsey series Have His Carcase.
Her film roles include the lead in the 1979 film Victims. [4]
Morant attended Chipping Campden Grammar School.[ citation needed] Her brother was actor Richard Morant. She was a niece of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton and Susan Travers. [5]
She was the first wife of actor Ben Kingsley, with whom she had two children: Thomas and Jasmin Bhanji. [6]