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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.
The Krays
1990
Close to Home
1989
No Strings
1989
Yesterday's Dreams
1987
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985
No Surrender
1985
Gandhi
1982
Virginia Fly is Drowning
1981
Find Me First
1981
Jessie
1980
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1978
Scully's New Year's Eve
1978
Panic
1978
The Fosters
1976
Rising Damp
1974
Playhouse
1974
Seven of One
1973
The Stumbling Block
1972
The Disappearing Man
1972
The Frighteners
1972
Anne of Green Gables
1972
Everybody Say Cheese
1971
In Loving Memory
1969
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
Cilla
1968
Baker's Half-Dozen
1967
The Whisperers
1967
Half Hour Story
1967
The Wrong Box
1966
A Study in Terror
1965
Rotten to the Core
1965
Gideon's Way
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Espionage
1963
Tom Jones
1963
What a Crazy World
1963
The Human Jungle
1963
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
The L-Shaped Room
1962
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
1962
Drama 61-67
1961
No Love for Johnnie
1961
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
Doctor in Love
1960
Expresso Bongo
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956