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Avis Bunnage

Avis Bunnage

Actor · Born 1923-04-22 · Manchester, England, UK

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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923, Manchester, England, UK – 4 October 1990, England) was a British actress of film, stage and television. She attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School in Manchester. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Most notably, she appeared as Veronica, the wife of Rigsby, in Rising Damp, for one episode. Bunnage was a member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in A Taste of Honey, her first West End role when the play transferred to Wynndems Theatre, and also a role in Oh, What a Lovely War! at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndams Theatre. When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by Danny La Rue. Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in Christopher Bond's play Sweeny Todd (the basis for the Sondheim musical), and the title role in a play about the music ha…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Gandhi (1982) — Colin's Mother
  2. Tom Jones (1963) — Landlady
  3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) — Mrs. Smith
  4. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) — Blousy Woman
  5. The Krays (1990) — Helen
  6. A Study in Terror (1965) — Landlady
  7. The Wrong Box (1966) — Queen Victoria
  8. The L-Shaped Room (1962) — Doris
  9. The Whisperers (1967) — Mrs. Noonan
  10. Rising Damp (1974) — Veronica
  11. Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) — Bridgie Gooding
  12. Expresso Bongo (1959) — Mrs Rudge
  13. Doctor in Love (1960) — Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
  14. No Surrender (1985) — Martha Gorman
  15. Rotten to the Core (1965) — Countess de Wett (Matron)
  16. No Love for Johnnie (1961) — Constituent (uncredited)
  17. The Fosters (1976) — Mrs Pugh
  18. The Gentle Touch (1980) — Auntie Win
  19. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Rebecca Jarrett
  20. Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) — Tulip's Mother
  21. What a Crazy World (1963) — Mary
  22. In Loving Memory (1969) — Amy Jenkinson
  23. Seven of One (1973) — Doris Norvel
  24. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Martha
  25. The Human Jungle (1963) — Mrs. Dineley
  26. Gideon's Way (1965) — Mrs. Bessie Cowan
  27. Theatre 625 (1964) — Mrs Moscroft
  28. The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978) — Mrs Goodenough
  29. Cilla (1968) — Self
  30. Close to Home (1989) — Mrs Hayes
  31. Panic (1978) — Old Lady
  32. Scully's New Year's Eve (1978) — Florrie
  33. Mrs Capper's Birthday (1985) — Alice Loft
  34. The Frighteners (1972) — Violet
  35. Half Hour Story (1967) — Maria
  36. Fame Is the Spur (1982) — Mrs Muff
  37. Everybody Say Cheese (1971) — Hylda Cheatham
  38. Jessie (1980) — Mrs Appleyard
  39. Playhouse (1974) — Mrs. Thompson
  40. Yesterday's Dreams (1987) — Auntie Vi