Avice Landone
Born
Avice Spitta

(1910-09-01)1 September 1910
Died12 June 1976(1976-06-12) (aged 65)
Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1947–1972
SpouseBruno Barnabe (m. 1940)
Children1

Avice Landone (1 September 1910  12 June 1976) was an English actress who appeared in British television and film.[2]

She was born in Quetta, British India, and made her screen debut in the 1948 film My Brother Jonathan. From 1961 she co-starred with Peggy Mount in the ITV sitcom Winning Widows. Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television series Man at the Top.[3][4]

She was married to the actor Bruno Barnabe. She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.[5][6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1948My Brother JonathanMrs. Martyn
1950Guilt Is My ShadowEva
1951The Franchise AffairMrs. Wynn
1951Laughter in ParadiseShopper at Swan & EdgarUncredited
1951White CorridorsSister Jenkins
1952Something Money Can't BuyMaternity SisterUncredited
1953Personal Affair1st GossipUncredited
1953Operation DiplomatMrs. Terry
1953Love in PawnMrs. Trusslove
1953Escape by NightMrs. Weston
1954The EmbezzlerMiss Ackroyd
1954Thought to KillMaud
1955An Alligator Named DaisyMrs. Weston
1955WindfallMary Lee
1956My Teenage DaughterBarbara
1956Reach for the SkyDouglas Bader's Mother
1956EyewitnessNight Sister
1957True as a TurtleValerie Partridge
1958Rx MurderMrs. Motlock
1958Carve Her Name With PrideVera Atkins
1958The Wind Cannot ReadSecond Nurse
1958A Cry from the StreetsRachel
1958The 39 StepsLouisaUncredited
1960Operation CupidMrs. Mountjoy
1961Five Golden HoursBeatrice
1962GaolbreakMrs. Wallis
1964This Is My StreetLily
1964The Leather BoysReggie's Mother
1964Nothing But the BestMrs. Horton
1969Two Gentlemen SharingMrs. Pater - Roddy's Mother
1971The Blood on Satan's ClawIsobel Banham
1972The Adventures of Barry McKenzieMrs. Gort(final film role)

Selected theatre roles

References

  1. "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007".
  2. "Avice Landone movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography". AllMovie.
  3. "Man at the Top: Complete Series 2 DVD". MovieMail.
  4. "It's all Perfectly True (1970)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
  5. "Avice Landone". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 August 2008.
  6. "Avice Landone". IMDb.
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