Avis Bunnage
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1923
- Died
- October 4, 1990 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avis Bunnage, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Krays
Movie · as Helen
No Strings
TV · as Miss Butt · 1 ep
Close to Home
TV · as Mrs Hayes · 1 ep
Yesterday's Dreams
TV · as Auntie Vi · 1 ep
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Movie · as Alice Loft
No Surrender
Movie · as Martha Gorman
Gandhi
Movie · as Colin's Mother
Fame Is the Spur
TV · as Mrs Muff · 1 ep
Find Me First
Movie · as Isobel
Virginia Fly is Drowning
Movie · as Mrs Thompson
Jessie
Movie · as Mrs Appleyard
The Gentle Touch
TV · as Auntie Win · 4 eps
The Spoils of War
TV · as Helen Hayward · 13 eps
Panic
Movie · as Old Lady
Scully's New Year's Eve
Movie · as Florrie
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TV · as Mrs Goodenough · 3 eps
Leave it to Charlie
TV · as Mrs. Foster · 1 ep
The Fosters
TV · as Mrs Pugh · 1 ep
Rising Damp
TV · as Veronica · 1 ep
Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Thompson · 1 ep
Seven of One
TV · as Doris Norvel · 1 ep
Oranges and Lemons
TV · as Mrs Minter · 1 ep
The Stumbling Block
Movie · as Lorna
The Disappearing Man
Movie · as Violet
The Frighteners
TV · as Violet · 1 ep
Anne of Green Gables
TV · as Rachel Lynde · 4 eps
Everybody Say Cheese
Movie · as Hylda Cheatham
In Loving Memory
TV · as Amy Jenkinson · 22 eps
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Movie · as Tulip's Mother
Cilla
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Whisperers
Movie · as Mrs. Noonan
Baker's Half-Dozen
TV · as Mrs. Smedley · 1 ep
Half Hour Story
TV · as Maria · 1 ep
The Wrong Box
Movie · as Queen Victoria
Out of Town Theatre
TV · as The Wife · 1 ep
A Study in Terror
Movie · as Landlady
Rotten to the Core
Movie · as Countess de Wett (Matron)
Gideon's Way
TV · as Mrs. Bessie Cowan · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Rebecca Jarrett · 2 eps
Theatre 625
TV · as Mrs Moscroft · 1 ep
Tom Jones
Movie · as Landlady
Sparrows Can't Sing
Movie · as Bridgie Gooding
What a Crazy World
Movie · as Mary
The Human Jungle
TV · as Mrs. Dineley · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Woman in Bar · 1 ep
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Movie · as Mrs. Smith
The L-Shaped Room
Movie · as Doris
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Constituent (uncredited)
Drama 61-67
TV · as Betty Knowles, Mrs. Trouncer · 1 ep
Doctor in Love
Movie · as Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Movie · as Blousy Woman
Expresso Bongo
Movie · as Mrs Rudge
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Martha, Lorna · 1 ep