Angel Tompkins

Infobox actor
name = Angel Tomkins


caption = Tomkins as Gloria Harding in Search
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birthname = Angel Tomkins
birthdate = birth date and age|1943|12|20
location = California, United States
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goldenglobeawards = Nominated

Angel Tompkins (1943- ) is an American actress and Golden Globe nominee, who appeared in several films and television shows. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866986/ Angel Tompkins] "IMDb.com"] cite news | coauthors= | title=Angel Tompkins to be star of the week | date=1971-01-16 | publisher=The Los Angeles Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-19 | language = ]

Career

Tompkins was a model in the Chicago area before starting 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).

She appeared in Prime Cut (1972) with co-stars Gene Hackman and Lee Marvin with newcomer Sissy Spacek in a featured role, She also appeared with Charles Bronson in Murphy's Law (1986). Tompkins was featured in the pictorial "Angel" in the February 1972 edition of Playboy Magazine.cite magazine | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Angel Tompkins | publisher = Playboy Magazine | date = 1972-02-01 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

On television, Tompkins appered in the pilot film for and some of the early episodes of "Search (1972)", and appeared in many guest spots in shows such as "The Wild Wild West" (1965), "Mannix" (1967), "Police Woman" (1970), "Knight Rider" (1982) and "Simon & Simon" (1981).

In 1988, Tompkins appeared with Ann-Margret in the film "A Tiger's Tale", [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DD1F39F931A25751C0A96E948260 Film: 'A Tiger's Tale,' Starring Ann-Margret] "The New York Times] ] , and made her last film appearances in 1989 in "Relentless" (1989) and "Crack House" (1989).

In 1991 Tompkins was elected the national recording secretary of the Screen Actors Guild, and ran for president of the guild, but was upset in her bid during a record turnout of voters.cite news | first=Irving | last=Kupcinet | coauthors= | title=Kup's Column | date=1991-11-20 | publisher= | url = | work =Chicago Sun-Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-19 | language = ] cite news | title= SAG vote draws record turnout | date=2002-03-08 | publisher= | url = | work =Hollywood Reporter | pages = | accessdate = 2008-09-19 | language = ]

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