Biography

Angela Aames grew up in Pierre, South Dakota. She acted in high school and attended the University of South Dakota before coming to Hollywood in 1978 to begin her acting career. Her first film role was as Little Bo Peep in the film Fairy Tales (1978). She followed that up by playing Linda "Boom-Boom" Bang in Le Collège en folie (1979). Other film roles included Deux filles au tapis (1981), Scarface (1983), Le palace en folie (1984), The Lost Empire (1984), Uniformes et porte-jarretelles (1985), and Shopping (1986). She did guest appearances on several television shows, including Cheers (1982) and Tribunal de nuit (1984). Her last role was as Penny, a fitness instructor, on The Dom DeLuise Show (1987). Angela was found dead at a friend's home in West Hills in the San Fernando Valley on November 27, 1988. The coroner later ruled that her death was a result of a deterioration of the heart muscle, probably caused by a virus. She was 32 at the time.

- IMDb mini biography by: Don Nelsen <kpaden@cobweb.net>

Beautiful, buxom blond Angela Aames made her mark in Hollywood during the late 1970s and 1980s while appearing in a string of silly T & A comedies and exploitation movies. Additionally, she appeared on numerous TV shows in sexy bit parts that sadly amounted to little more than window dressing.

While she aspired to be a comedienne, her ample curves made her most suitable to play the series of voluptuous party girls and sex kittens that eventually would comprise her resume.

Angela's early resume indicates that, early, her thespian training included stints at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and Harvey Lembeck's Comedy Workshop, and stage appearances in such theatrical fare as "Of Mice and Men", "The Lion in Winter", "A Midsummer Nights Dream", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Tartuffe", "The Pleasure of his Company", "Dark of the Moon" and "The Women".

In addition to Angela's verified credits as published at IMDb, her resume lists a number of other appearances in film and television including the 20-minute educational short called "Malice in Bigotland" as well as an industrial short for G.T.E. that dealt with sexual harassment. Also listed are appearances on the Telethon for Autistic Children and Krofft Supershows.

Her television work included bit parts in shows like Barnaby Jones (1973), Angie (1979), Out of the Blue (1979), Mork & Mindy (1978), Capitaine Furillo (1981), Cheers (1982), Automan (1983) and Alice (1976), in addition to her recurring appearances on B.J. and the Bear (1978), L'homme qui tombe à pic (1981) and Tribunal de nuit (1984). All featured Angela in tight outfits with copious amounts of cleavage on display. In her Cheers (1982) appearance, in the episode called Sam's Women (1982), Angela plays her "bimbo" role with such skill that her spelling of her name, "Brandee-with two E's", is the show's funniest and most memorable line.

In 1983, she appeared on Cinemax's Likely Stories, Vol. 4 (1983), playing an 80-foot tall, bikini-clad giantess.

Her earliest film role appears to have been Fairy Tales (1978), in which she plays a sexier "Little Bo Peep" than you've probably seen before. Angela briefly appeared nude in this film, and clips of her nude scene later appeared in made-for-video compilations like The Best of Sex and Violence (1981) and Famous T & A (1982). Taking one look at her, Angela was simply made to play the part of Linda "Boom Boom" Bangs in Le Collège en folie (1979), which had her skydiving topless into a swimming pool, among other exploits that made effective use of her frontal anatomy. Her resume also lists an otherwise unknown film from this period, called "The Crazy".

Angela appeared in bit parts a number of made-for-TV movies in 1980-81 appearances, which mostly showcased her figure and which included "Moviola" (aka This Year's Blonde (1980)), Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981), Retour à zéro (1980) and The Perfect Woman (1981).

The early 1980s saw her topless again in Deux filles au tapis (1981). She also appeared, briefly, in Boxoffice (1982), as a pregnant Hollywood starlet at a posh dinner party. In 1983, Angela had a non-speaking walk-through part in Scarface (1983).

In 1984, she had arguably her most memorable moment on-screen, in the now-cult classic Tom Hanks vehicle, Le palace en folie (1984). During the film's opening credits, Aames appears in Adrian Zmed's photography studio as a mother having baby pictures taken of her infant child. With a red "come get me" top cut practically to her navel, she made indelible impressions on legions of adoring male fans.

Her later film roles, in the mid to late 1980s, included Jim Wynorski's The Lost Empire (1984), Uniformes et porte-jarretelles (1985) and Shopping (1986). The Lost Empire (1984), in particular, allowed Angela to take more of a leading role, demonstrating her fine flair for comedy in addition to her big breasts. There are also some vague Internet references to an appearance in a 1988 "documentary" on bodybuilding called Biceps Business (1988), and also starring Harry Grant and Tom Platz. This is certainly plausible, as Angela had reportedly taken up weightlifting in the years just before her untimely death.

In 1988, she had secured a starring role in the weekly sit-com, The Dom DeLuise Show (1987), in which she portrayed an aerobics instructor who frequented the beauty and barber shop around which the show revolved. During the show's pilot episode, she made a spectacular entrance, clad in a skin-tight leotard, during which Dom DeLuise commented, to the audience, "I just love watching her jog!"

In addition to her numerous TV and film appearances, Angela occasionally modeled. Notably, she was a "Mint 400 Girl" in 1982. The "Mint 400 Girls" were glamorous race beauty queens integrally involved in the publicity for the prestigious Mint 400 Las Vegas off-road race. She has been featured in a number of publications over the years, including Adam Magazine, Playboy, Partner, Variety, Celebrity Sleuth, Femme Fatales and the National Enquirer.

Angela died unexpectedly on November 27, 1988. The postmortem report listed her cause of death as heart disease, most likely due to a virus. She was 32 years old. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Pierre, South Dakota, where she was born.

There were actresses who had better roles and who achieved more in their careers, but the fact that, despite her rather lightweight film roles, Angela's fans fondly remember her nearly twenty years after she left us speaks volumes about her cinematic legacy.

- IMDb mini biography by: Brent Blackburn