[2][3] Angel Tompkins's performance in the comedy I Love My Wife (1970), resulted in her being nominated for a Golden Globe award.

[4] She appeared in Prime Cut (1972) with Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Sissy Spacek[5] and Little Cigars (1973) as a gangster's moll who teams up with a gang of little people.

She also appeared with Anthony Quinn in The Don Is Dead (1973), with former child star Jay North in The Teacher (1974), and with Bo Svenson in the action sequel Walking Tall Part 2 (1975).

Her later films included The One Man Jury (1978), The Bees (1978), Alligator (1980), The Naked Cage (1986), Dangerously Close (1986), and Murphy's Law (1986), opposite Charles Bronson.

They have two children: Troy and Channing, Their homes are in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Fallbrook, California.