Barbara Angell

Barbara Angell (born 6 March 1935), also known as a performer as Barb Angell, Barbara Angela Angell, and Barbara Angel is an Australian actress, playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer, as well as a composer, singer and dancer, she was Australia's first female television comedy writer-entertainer. She has also worked internationally including a 20 year stint in the United Kingdom

As a playwright and scriptwriter she wrote under the pen name of Angela Barr, she wrote episodes, as well muusic and lyrics for the early TV satirical comedy series The Mavis Bramston Show, and later writing scripts for soap opera including Neighbours and Home and Away as well as New Zealand medical series Shortland Street.

Angell has worked in all facets of the industry including cabaret, revue, musical comedy, vaudeville and radio and screen.