Annie Fargue, American actress and manager, died from cancer she was , 76.

Annie Fargue was a French-born American actress, who garnered fame in 1961, when she was named "most promising new star in a situation comedy"died from cancer she was , 76. when she costarred with Marshall Thompson, Doris Singleton, and Don Keefer in CBS's Angel.

(c. 1934 – 4 March 2011)


Fargue played Angelique "Angel" Smith, the young, pretty, scatterbrained wife of an American architect, John Smith, portrayed by Marshall Thompson. Singleton was her sympathetic neighbor Susie, and Keefer was Susie's husband George. The program was filmed at Desilu Studios under producers Jess Oppenheimer and Edward H. Feldman. Prior to the debut of Angel on October 6, 1960, Fargue had made no previous acting appearances. The series ran for thirty-three episodes, with new segments until June 14, 1961.
After Angel folded because of low ratings on Thursday evenings, having lost out to My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray, Fargue appeared as a guest star in a few other series, including Jennifer in "The Princess" on The Rifleman with Chuck Connors (1962) and as Suzanne in "Policeman's Holiday" on Adventures in Paradise with Gardner McKay (1962), both on ABC. Her last television appearance was in CBS's "The Case of the Betrayed Bride" on Perry Mason (1964). ^[3][4]
On November 30, 1960, she appeared as herself on CBS's I've Got a Secret, hosted by Garry Moore.^[5] That appearance came shortly after the premiere of Angel. In August 1961, Fargue joined actor Howard Duff in the play For Love or Money by F. Hugh Herbert at the Colonie Summer Theatre in Latham, New York.^[6]

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