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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        Commission File Number 1-5674

      Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): AUGUST 19, 2003


                            ANGELICA CORPORATION
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              MISSOURI                                  43-0905260
   (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   incorporation or organization)

      424 SOUTH WOODS MILL ROAD
       CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI                           63017-3406
(Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


                               (314) 854-3800
            (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

           (c)  Exhibits

                99.1   Quarterly Report to Shareholders, dated August 19, 2003

ITEM 9.    REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

           Quarterly Report to Shareholders dated August 19, 2003 and mailed
to Shareholders on August 27, 2003, furnished pursuant to Regulation FD.

           This information is furnished pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K
and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, unless the Registrant specifically incorporates
it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By furnishing this information on Form 8-K,
the Registrant makes no admission as to the materiality of any information
in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of
Regulation FD.


                                 SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 27, 2003

                              ANGELICA CORPORATION



                              By:  /s/ T. M. Armstrong
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                                  T. M. Armstrong
                                  Senior Vice President-Finance and
                                  Administration and Chief Financial Officer


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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                           Description
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99.1          Quarterly Report to Shareholders, dated August 19, 2003.



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