Avice Landone(1 September 1910 – 12 June 1976) was anEnglishactress who appeared in British television and film.[2]
Avice Landone | |
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Born | Avice Spitta 1 September 1910 |
Died | 12 June 1976 Richmond upon Thames,Surrey, England[1] | (aged 65)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1947–1972 |
Spouse | Bruno Barnabe(m. 1940) |
Children | 1 |
She was born inQuetta,British India,and made her screen debut in the 1948 filmMy Brother Jonathan.From 1961 she co-starred withPeggy Mountin the ITV sitcomWinning Widows.Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television seriesMan at the Top.[3][4]
She was married to the actorBruno Barnabe.She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.[5][6]
Filmography
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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1948 | My Brother Jonathan | Mrs. Martyn | |
1950 | Guilt Is My Shadow | Eva | |
1951 | The Franchise Affair | Mrs. Wynn | |
1951 | Laughter in Paradise | Shopper at Swan & Edgar | Uncredited |
1951 | White Corridors | Sister Jenkins | |
1952 | Something Money Can't Buy | Maternity Sister | Uncredited |
1953 | Personal Affair | 1st Gossip | Uncredited |
1953 | Operation Diplomat | Mrs. Terry | |
1953 | Love in Pawn | Mrs. Trusslove | |
1953 | Escape by Night | Mrs. Weston | |
1954 | The Embezzler | Miss Ackroyd | |
1954 | Thought to Kill | Maud | |
1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy | Mrs. Weston | |
1955 | Windfall | Mary Lee | |
1956 | My Teenage Daughter | Barbara | |
1956 | Reach for the Sky | Douglas Bader's Mother | |
1956 | Eyewitness | Night Sister | |
1957 | True as a Turtle | Valerie Partridge | |
1958 | Rx Murder | Mrs. Motlock | |
1958 | Carve Her Name With Pride | Vera Atkins | |
1958 | The Wind Cannot Read | Second Nurse | |
1958 | A Cry from the Streets | Rachel | |
1958 | The 39 Steps | Louisa | Uncredited |
1960 | Operation Cupid | Mrs. Mountjoy | |
1961 | Five Golden Hours | Beatrice | |
1962 | Gaolbreak | Mrs. Wallis | |
1964 | This Is My Street | Lily | |
1964 | The Leather Boys | Reggie's Mother | |
1964 | Nothing But the Best | Mrs. Horton | |
1969 | Two Gentlemen Sharing | Mrs. Pater - Roddy's Mother | |
1971 | The Blood on Satan's Claw | Isobel Banham | |
1972 | The Adventures of Barry McKenzie | Mrs. Gort | (final film role) |
Selected theatre roles
edit- Great Day(1945) byLesley Storm
- A Lady Mislaid(1950) byKenneth Horne
- And This Was Odd(1951) byKenneth Horne
- Not in the Book(1958) byArthur Watkyn
References
edit- ^"Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007".
- ^"Avice Landone movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography".AllMovie.
- ^"Man at the Top: Complete Series 2 DVD".MovieMail.
- ^"It's all Perfectly True (1970)".BFI. Archived fromthe originalon 18 February 2015.
- ^"Avice Landone".BFI.Archived fromthe originalon 17 August 2008.
- ^"Avice Landone".IMDb.