Background
As Julie, Angela grew up on The Electric Company.
As Julie, Angela grew up on The Electric Company.
She was awarded an Emmy of Honor for her work on the series. Angela said she named her Short Circus character Julie after her idol at the time, Julie Andrews. When The Electric Company wrapped production, Angela worked in theater.
Additional theater credits include Tuptim in the Broadway & London Palladium Revival of The King and I with Yul Brynner and starring in many world premieres including Sayonara and Office-Broadway"s Cambodia Agonistes at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre.
Angela has also appeared on television television credits include being a regular on the series Mr.T & Tina with Pat Morita.
Starring in American Geisha and David Henry Hwang"s Blind Alleys. Recurring on Mad-television; co-starring on Emergency. Step By Step.
Hannah Montana, and Dexter.
She was also on the Emmy-Award-winning special Free to be You and Maine.
Her voice work includes the Emmy-Award-winning series The Big Blue Marble, Nickelodeon"s The Wild Thornberrys, Danny Phantom and Walt Disney Studios" English dub of the acclaimed, Japanese Miyazaki animated film Kiki"s Delivery Service for which she does voices and is also co-writer of Soaring, the main title song. June Angela holds the distinction of making the youngest solo soprano debut at age 10 as Flora in Benjamin Britten"s The Turn of the Screw with the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. Later, Angela"s solo Civil Defense, released on Original Cast Records, features a full orchestra on songs from shows she has done, including a medley from The Electric Company, as well as several jazz numbers.
Angela was interviewed for the 2006 Digital Video Disc release of The Best of The Electric Company.
Angela was levitated atop the World Trade Center by Doug Henning in the "highest levitation in the world". In June 1976, the photo was featured on the cover of The Electric Company Magazine.
Her best-known role is that of Julie, the mainstay member of the "Short Circus" featured in the Public Broadcasting Service children"s television series The Electric Company during its entire six-year run.