​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.

Фільмографія

• 1990The Krays — Helen
• Close to Home — Mrs Hayes
• No Strings — Miss Butt
• Yesterday's Dreams — Auntie Vi
• 1985Mrs Capper's Birthday — Alice Loft
• 1985No Surrender — Martha Gorman
• Fame Is the Spur — Mrs Muff
• 1982Ґанді — Colin's Mother
• 1981Find Me First — Isobel
• 1981Virginia Fly is Drowning — Mrs Thompson
• 1980Jessie — Mrs Appleyard
• The Gentle Touch — Auntie Win
• The Spoils of War — Helen Hayward
• Leave it to Charlie — Mrs. Foster
• 1978Panic — Old Lady
• 1978Scully's New Year's Eve — Florrie
• The Mayor of Casterbridge — Mrs Goodenough
• The Fosters — Mrs Pugh
• Playhouse — Mrs. Thompson
• Rising Damp — Veronica
• Seven of One — Doris Norvel
• Anne of Green Gables — Rachel Lynde
• 1972The Disappearing Man — Violet
• The Frighteners — Violet
• 1972The Stumbling Block — Lorna
• 1971Everybody Say Cheese — Hylda Cheatham
• In Loving Memory — Amy Jenkinson
• 1968Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter — Tulip's Mother
• Baker's Half-Dozen — Mrs. Smedley
• Half Hour Story — Maria
• 1967The Whisperers — Mrs. Noonan
• Out of Town Theatre — The Wife
• 1966The Wrong Box — Queen Victoria
• 1965A Study in Terror — Landlady
• Gideon's Way — Mrs. Bessie Cowan
• 1965Rotten to the Core — Countess de Wett (Matron)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Rebecca Jarrett
• Theatre 625 — Mrs Moscroft
• Espionage — Woman in Bar
• 1963Sparrows Can't Sing — Bridgie Gooding
• The Human Jungle — Mrs. Dineley
• 1963Tom Jones — Landlady
• 1963What a Crazy World — Mary
• 1962The L-Shaped Room — Doris
• 1962Самотність бігуна на довгу дистанцію — Mrs. Smith
• Drama 61-67 — Betty Knowles, Mrs. Trouncer
• 1961No Love for Johnnie — Constituent (uncredited)
• 1960Doctor in Love — Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
• 1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Blousy Woman
• 1959Expresso Bongo — Mrs Rudge
• Armchair Theatre — Martha, Lorna

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• Cilla — Self