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| image1 = Angela Channing - Jane Wyman.jpg
| caption1 occupation = [[Jane Wyman]]Owner asof Angela{{unordered Channinglist
| Falcon Crest Winery
| gender = Female
| ''The San Francisco Globe'' newspaper
| residence = Tuscany Valley, [[California]]
| Tuscany Downs
| occupation = Owner of Falcon Crest winery and several other businesses, including ''The San Francisco Globe'', Tuscany Downs, and Del Oro Spa and Country Club
| Del Oro Spa and Country Club}}
| father = Jasper Gioberti Jr.
| mother = Lilly Gioberti, née Travers
| brothers = [[Jason Gioberti]]
| halfsisters = [[Francesca Gioberti]]
}}
| granddaughters = Angela
| grandfathers = JasperJoseph Gioberti Sr.
| grandmothers = Tessa Gioberti, née Lindstrom
| nephews = {{ubl|[[Chase Gioberti]]|[[Cole Gioberti]]|Kevin Gioberti|Joseph Gioberti}}
| nieces = {{ubl|[[Vickie Gioberti]]|Hope Gioberti}}
}}
'''Angela Channing''' (maiden name '''Gioberti'''; formerly '''Erickson''', '''Stavros''' and '''Agretti''') is a fictional character on the American [[prime time]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Falcon Crest]]'', portrayed by [[Jane Wyman]] from 1981 to 1990. Angela is the devious, tyrannical owner of the Falcon Crest winery in fictional Tuscany Valley, California, whose schemes to advance the fortunes of her family company while keeping sole control over it drive the action of the series. Wyman won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Drama Series]] for the role in 1984.
==Appearances==
Wyman originated the role of Angela in the December 1981 first episode "[[In His Father's House]]", remaining until the series finale episode "[[Home Again (Falcon Crest)|Home Again]]" in May 1990.<ref name="NYT">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/29/arts/jame-wyman-i-always-did-four-handkerchief-roles-until-now.html|title=Jane Wyman: 'I Always Did Four-Handkerchief Roles. Until Now.'|first=Marianne|last=Costantinou|date=November 29, 1981|website=[[The New York Times]]|page=D29|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="People Obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20055635,00.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' Star Jane Wyman Dies at 93|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|date=September 10, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821155120/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20055635,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Wyman appeared in 208 of the series' 227 episodes, missing two episodes in season five ("[[Law and Ardor]]" and "[[Hidden Meanings]]") and 17 episodes in season nine due to health problems.<ref name="LAT 1986">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-13-ca-23423-story.html|title=Wyman Returns to ''Falcon Crest''|date=February 13, 1986|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|authoragency=[[Associated Press]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161243/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-13-ca-23423-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Luther">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/zap-janewymanobit-story.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' Actress Jane Wyman Dies at 90|first=Claudia|last=Luther|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 10, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
==Casting and production==
Wyman, who won an [[Academy Award]] in 1948 for her role in the film ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'', largely retired from acting in 1962 at age 48.45,<ref name="NYT"/> Nothingthough offeredshe toappeared herin overguest roles on several television series in the following1960s 19and years1970s.<ref>{{Cite interestedweb|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562735/Jane-Wyman.html|title=Jane herWyman|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222154211/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1562735/Jane-Wyman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For 19 years, untilonly ''Falcon Crest'' lured her outback ofto full-time retirementemployment.<ref name="NYT"/> Wyman was initially undecided about taking the role, which was so different from the "self-sacrificing" characters she had previously played.<ref name="Napa VR">{{Cite web|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies/article_b3538cc4-e4fa-5c3f-97db-92db70e62b88.html|title=''Falcon Crest'' star Jane Wyman dies|first=Bob|last=Thomas|publisher=Associated Press|website=[[Napa Valley Register]]|date=September 10, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161239/https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies/article_b3538cc4-e4fa-5c3f-97db-92db70e62b88.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She said:
{{quoteblockquote| I read the pilot script for ''Falcon Crest'' and all of a sudden, it just struck a bell. I thought, 'Well, I've always done the four-handkerchief bits'—you know, everybody walking outside and saying, 'Wasn't it marvelous?' ... Angie Channing is a very heads-up lady, so why don't we just go ahead and play her? I really like her. A lot. She's very much a 1981 kind of lady. You just can't miss on a thing like this. You really can't. If you do, you're dumb.<ref name="NYT"/>}}
''Falcon Crest'' creator [[Earl Hamner Jr.]] offered Wyman the role. She said, "I told him I'd heard [[Barbara Stanwyck]] had turned it down. And he said that was an untrue rumor. It had never been offered to her."<ref name="Bawden">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkKWCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=vintage+years+wyman&source=bl&ots=sApo68HyI2&sig=ACfU3U3yzbFGYAVxcyumbB9cDVISff0XRQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv58DUnuvoAhUIIDQIHYEwD1wQ6AEwEXoECAsQLw#v=onepage&q=vintage+years+wyman&fpg=falsePA287|title=Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era|first1=James|last1=Bawden|first2=Ron|last2=Miller|page=287|date=March 4, 2016|publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]]|isbn=978-0813167107|via=[[Google Books]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161149/https://books.google.com/books?id=tkKWCwAAQBAJ&q=vintage+years+wyman&pg=PA287#v=snippet&q=vintage%20years%20wyman&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamner said he was looking for a "sympathetic actress" for the role.<ref name="Bawden"/> He called Wyman "one of the legendary stars ... a great actress", and insisted that though she was the ex-wife of recently elected [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], her casting had nothing to do with her connection to Reagan.<ref name="NYT"/> Hamner said Wyman was chosen to add credibility to the role, and noted "The character is a harsh one. Miss Wyman's nice-lady image gives Angie more dimension and sympathy."<ref name="NYT"/>
After shooting the original [[pilot episode]] of the series, called ''The Vintage Years'' and featuring Wyman in a silver wig, the actress pushed for changes in Angela.<ref name="Bawden"/> Hamner had warned Wyman that the press would call Angela a female [[J. R. Ewing]], the amoral [[oil baron]] from ''Falcon Crest''{{'s}} lead-in series, ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', played by [[Larry Hagman]].<ref name="Bawden"/> Not wanting her character to simply be a J.R. clone, Wyman said, "I feel I'm representing all women in business. I may come off as a hard, tough character, but I want Angie to show she's also capable of love."<ref name="TVHS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvherstory.com/longform/2017/2/10/monied-matriarchs-profiles-of-ellie-ewing-angela-channing|title=Monied Matriarchs: Profiles of Ellie Ewing & Angela Channing|website=TVHerstory}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Quirk">{{cite book|title=Jane Wyman: The Actress and the Woman: An Illustrated Biography|first=Lawrence|last=Quirk|authorlinkauthor-link=Lawrence J. Quirk|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|date=April 1, 1986|isbn=978-0934878685}}</ref> She said, "I remade my character",<ref name="Bawden"/> and explained:
{{quoteblockquote|After I told them I was plenty old enough and had enough gray hair without putting on that dreadful wig, I decided to do something about Angela. Not only was she too mean and vicious, she was just plain boring. I wanted Angie to be an interesting character. She's a tough-as-nails businesswoman in every sense of the word, but the trouble with the pilot was that she was just too nasty.<ref name="TVHS"/><ref name="Quirk"/><ref name="Independent">{{Cite web|url=httphttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jane-wyman-401980.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jane-wyman-401980.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jane Wyman|date=September 11, 2007|first=Tom|last=Vallance|website=[[The Independent]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> }}
Journalist Claudia Luther wrote that "the role gave Wyman an opportunity to break away from her nice-girl image and play a female power broker intent on ruling over her family of winemakers at whatever cost."<ref name="Luther"/>
==Characterization==
Wyman said that Angela “runs"runs everything. She goes straight through everything like a Mack truck.”"<ref name="Napa VR"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20070911/ENTERTAINMENT/309119827|title=Oscar winner was first Mrs. Reagan|website=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|date=September 11, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161235/https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2007/09/11/oscar-winner-was-first-mrs/23811979007/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CNT">{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2007/09/10/oscar-winner-and-falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies-in-california/|title=Oscar Winner and ''Falcon Crest'' Star Jane Wyman Dies in California|website=[[CityNews Toronto]]|author=News Staff|date=September 10, 2007|via=toronto.citynews.ca|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403161109/https://toronto.citynews.ca/2007/09/10/oscar-winner-and-falcon-crest-star-jane-wyman-dies-in-california/|url-status=live}}</ref> The character, positioned as "a Napa Valley winery owner who maintained her power with a steely will",<ref name="Napa VR"/> has been described as "icy",<ref name="THR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-winner-jane-wyman-dies-149848|title=Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies at 90|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Duane|last=Byrge|date=September 11, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/oscar-winner-jane-wyman-dies-149848/|url-status=live}}</ref> "vicious",<ref name="DC">{{Cite web|url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/01/24/a-toast-to-you-falcon-crests-angela-channing|title=A Toast to You ''Falcon Crest''{{'s}} Angela Channing|first=Jamey|last=Giddens|website=[[Daytime Confidential]]|date=March 17, 2015|accessdateaccess-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022094557/https://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/01/24/a-toast-to-you-falcon-crests-angela-channing|url-status=live}}</ref> "domineering",<ref name="THR"/> "formidable",<ref name="People Obit"/> "ruthless",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wyman-death-idUSN1033676920070910|title=Actress Jane Wyman dead|date=September 10, 2007|first=Steve|last=Gorman|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=May 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517152137/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wyman-death-idUSN1033676920070910|url-status=live}}</ref> "conniving",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14293445|title=Oscar Winner Jane Wyman, Reagan's First Wife, Dies|website=[[NPR]]|first=Elizabeth|last=Blair|date=September 10, 2007|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202065012/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14293445|url-status=live}}</ref> "wily",<ref name="SS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-21-8602060582-story.html|title=Actor Revels in Vileness of ''Dynasty'' Bad Guy|first=Vernon|last=Scott|publisher=[[United Press International]]|website=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|accessdatedate=21 June 1986|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=2021-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629134351/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-06-21-8602060582-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> "power-mad",<ref name="Napa VR"/><ref name="CNT"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/11/20040520/actress-jane-wyman-is-dead-at-93|title=Actress Jane Wyman is dead at 93|authoragency=Associated Press|date=September 11, 2007|website=[[Deseret News]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://www.deseret.com/2007/9/11/20040520/actress-jane-wyman-is-dead-at-93|url-status=live}}</ref> "villainous",<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y04MQEgHbZsC&pg=PA422&lpg=PA422&dq=angela+channing+villain&source=bl&ots=fzJtflleKv&sig=ACfU3U091t09yBdgUjUQM4B7jopmwLMrnw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv1pG27OroAhVOnJ4KHehiBQc4ChDoATADegQIDBAt#v=onepage&q=angela+channing+villain&fpg=falsePA422|title=Historical Dictionary of American Cinema|first=Keith M.|last=Booker|date=March 17, 2011|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|isbn=9780810874596|via=Google Books|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y04MQEgHbZsC&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q=angela%20channing%20villain&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> "backstabbing",<ref name="CNT"/> "a female tyrant",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/television-124731|title=Television|author=''Newsweek'' Staff|date=November 28, 2004|website=[[Newsweek]]|accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085629/https://www.newsweek.com/television-124731|url-status=live}}</ref> and as "an iron-fisted matriarch who will let nothing stop her quest for power and goes head-to-head with anyone trying to gain control of the coveted Falcon Crest Vineyards."<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2017 |title=Dueling Divas: Jane Wyman and Lana Turner in ''Falcon Crest'' |url=https://news.warnerarchive.com/dueling-divas-jane-wyman-and-lana-turner-in-falcon-crest-bfb95e4642cc |titleurl-status=Duelingdead Divas|archive-url=https: Jane Wyman //web.archive.org/web/20190429130602/https://news.warnerarchive.com/dueling-divas-jane-wyman-and-lana-turner-in-falcon-crest-bfb95e4642cc Lana|archive-date=April Turner29, in2019 ''Falcon Crest''|access-date=FebruaryApril 324, 20172024 |website=Warner Archive|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
Jamey Giddens of ''[[Daytime Confidential]]'' called Angela "the most cunning, lethal, downright venomous one of them all" among prime time soap opera villainesses from the 1980s, and described her as "the indominable Angela, a woman wouldn't think twice about stabbing her own children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews in the back if it meant maintaining control of her grandfather's legacy, Falcon Crest."<ref name="DC"/> Angela runs the winery and her family "with the precision of a drill sergeant", and is "feared, loathed and respected" by everyone in the Tuscany Valley.<ref name="121 Shows">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOUyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=angela+channing+villain&source=bl&ots=lO42y1jf7d&sig=ACfU3U0PvHeiZB3niq4yAN4H382jjHAi6A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv1pG27OroAhVOnJ4KHehiBQc4ChDoATAEegQIDBAz#v=onepage&q=angela+channing+villain&fpg=falsePA133|title=The American Family on Television: A Chronology of 121 Shows, 1948–2004|first=Marla|last=Brooks|date=March 12, 2015|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|via=Google Books|pages=132–135|accessdateisbn=9781476606903|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212153923/https://books.google.com/books?id=qOUyBwAAQBAJ&q=angela+channing+villain&pg=PA133#v=snippet&q=angela%20channing%20villain&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> According to her nemesis [[Richard Channing]] ([[David Selby]]), Angela tells more lies "than the devil himself".<ref name="121 Shows"/>
From the very first episode, in which Angela makes the accidental death of her brother [[Jason Gioberti]] (Jason[[Harry GoldbergTownes]]) seem less suspicious to preserve her stake in the Falcon Crest vineyard,<ref name="TVHS"/><ref name="Quirk"/> she schemes against her nephew [[Chase Gioberti]] ([[Robert Foxworth]]),<ref name="DC"/> who has inherited enough of the vineyard from his father Jason's will to be a threat to Angela's interests.<ref name="TVHS"/><ref name="Quirk"/> Refusing to accept any loss of control over Falcon Crest or the Tuscany Valley itself, she first attempts to buy Chase out, but must then resort to deceit, coercion, and all manner of underhanded tactics to thwart Chase's rising power.<ref name="TVHS"/><ref name="Quirk"/>
Angela is a dominating force even at home,<ref name="121 Shows"/> grooming her grandson [[Lance Cumson]] ([[Lorenzo Lamas]]) to eventually take over the business, and seeking to control every aspect of his life in the meantime.<ref name="TVHS"/><ref name="Quirk"/> She plots for Lance to marry [[Melissa Agretti]] ([[Ana Alicia]]), the fiery heiress to valuable vineyards Angela covets, but finds only a "formidable foe" in Melissa, who pits Lance and Chase's son, [[Cole Gioberti]] ([[William R. Moses]]), against each other and repeatedly crosses Angela.<ref name="DC"/>
Angela has been called "the matriarch-you-love-to-hate".<ref name="Luther"/>
Wyman was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress in a Television Drama Series]] in 1983, and won in 1984.<ref name="THR"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/falcon-crest |title=Winners & Nominees: ''Falcon Crest'' |publisher=[[Golden Globe Award]] |accessdateaccess-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123042251/https://www.goldenglobes.com/tv-show/falcon-crest |url-status=live }}</ref> She was nominated for five [[Soap Opera Digest Award|''Soap Opera Digest'' Awards]] for playing Angela in 1986, 1988, and 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Jane-Wyman.aspx?t=845|title=Jane Wyman|website=RUSC|accessdateaccess-date= April 15, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527221629/https://www.rusc.com/old-time-radio/Jane-Wyman.aspx?t=845|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- 1986 (Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role on a Prime Time Serial, Outstanding Villainess on a Prime Time Serial, Outstanding Actress/Actor in a Comic Relief Role on a Prime Time Serial); 1988 (Outstanding Villainess: Prime Time); 1989 (Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role: Prime Time) -->
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