Avis Bunnage
Known for Acting · 50 credits
- Born
- 1923-04-22
- Died
- 1990-10-04
- Place of birth
- Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as
- Эвис Баннедж
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 hall legend Marie Lloyd. In the early years of Coronation Street she played Lucile Hewitt's auntie. She was in the musical Billy at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, playing the mother of 'Billy Liar'. She played Golda in Fiddler on the Roof, opposite Alfie Bass, at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
Married to Derek Orchard, she died in Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, aged 67.
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Known For
TV Shows (24)
Playhouse
1974
as Mrs. Thompson
Theatre 625
1964
as Mrs Moscroft
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Rebecca Jarrett
Gideon's Way
1965
as Mrs. Bessie Cowan
Drama 61-67
1961
as Betty Knowles / Mrs. Trouncer
The Human Jungle
1963
as Mrs. Dineley
Rising Damp
1974
as Veronica
The Gentle Touch
1980
as Auntie Win
Espionage
1963
as Woman in Bar
Cilla
1968
as Self
Half Hour Story
1967
as Maria
The Frighteners
1972
as Violet
The Fosters
1976
as Mrs Pugh
In Loving Memory
1969
as Amy Jenkinson
Seven of One
1973
as Doris Norvel
No Strings
1989
as Miss Butt
Close to Home
1989
as Mrs Hayes
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Martha / Lorna
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Mrs Muff
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
as Mrs Goodenough
Baker's Half-Dozen
1967
as Mrs. Smedley
Yesterday's Dreams
1987
as Auntie Vi
Out of Town Theatre
1966
as The Wife
Anne of Green Gables
1972
as Rachel Lynde
Movies (26)
Gandhi
1982
as Colin's Mother
The Wrong Box
1966
as Queen Victoria
Tom Jones
1963
as Landlady
Panic
1978
as Old Lady
The Krays
1990
as Helen
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
as Mrs. Smith
The L-Shaped Room
1962
as Doris
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Blousy Woman
A Study in Terror
1965
as Landlady
The Whisperers
1967
as Mrs. Noonan
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Constituent (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
1960
as Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
Expresso Bongo
1959
as Mrs Rudge
Find Me First
1981
as Isobel
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
as Bridgie Gooding
No Surrender
1985
as Martha Gorman
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Tulip's Mother
Rotten to the Core
1965
as Countess de Wett (Matron)
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
as Alice Loft
Virginia Fly is Drowning
1981
as Mrs Thompson
Scully's New Year's Eve
1978
as Florrie
The Disappearing Man
1972
as Violet
Everybody Say Cheese
1971
as Hylda Cheatham
What a Crazy World
1963
as Mary
The Stumbling Block
1972
as Lorna
Jessie
1980
as Mrs Appleyard
About Avis Bunnage
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… With 50 credits spanning from 1956 to 1990, Avis Bunnage has appeared in 26 films and 24 TV shows.
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