Nancy Nevinson
Nancy Nevinson (26 July 1918 - 25 January 2012), was an Indian born English actress.[1]
Early life and education
Nevinson was born in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India.
Career
Nevison worked on stage,[2][3] in film and on television.[4] She also dubbed voices for both young and old.[5] She appeared in the films Foxhole in Cairo (1960), Light in the Piazza (1962), Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962), Ring of Spies (1964),[6][7] The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), For the Love of Ada (1972), Symptoms (1974), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), S.O.S. Titanic (1979), Le Pétomane (1979), Raise the Titanic (1980),[8][9] Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and Mrs Dalloway (1997).
Retirement
In 2001, she moved to Wokingham, to a retirement home funded by the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund especially for film- and TV-personalities. Nevinson died there on January 25, 2012.
Filmography
- 1956 : High Flight: Bishop's Wife
- 1957 : The Adventures of Twizzle : Various (voices)
- 1958 : Wonderful Things! : Mother
- 1958 : Starr and Company (TV-series)[10]
- 1960 : Night Train for Inverness : Landlady
- 1961 : Foxhole in Cairo : Signorina Signorelli[11]
- 1961 : Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen : Sluttish woman
- 1961 : Very Important Person : German wife
- 1962 : Light in the Piazza : Signora Naccarelli[12]
- 1963 : Ring of Spies : Helen Kroger[13][14][15]
- 1963 : Ricochet : Elsie Siddall
- 1965 : The Big Spender (TV-series) : Mrs. Winters
- 1965 : The Spy Who Came In from the Cold : Mrs. Zanfrello
- 1966 : Infamous Conduct
- 1967 : An Officer of the Court (TV) : Rachel
- 1969 : Love Is a Splendid Illusion : Amanda's Mother
- 1972 : For the Love of Ada : Elsie Lockwood
- 1972 : Our Miss Fred : Patron's Wife
- 1974 : Symptoms : Hannah
- 1977 : Gulliver's Travels (voice)
- 1977 : Jesus of Nazareth (TV-series) : Abigail
- 1979 : S.O.S. Titanic (TV) : Ida Strauss
- 1980 : Raise the Titanic : Sarah Martindale
- 1981 : Private Schulz (TV-series) : Frau Ehrlich
- 1982 : Jane (TV-series) : Colonels Wife
- 1985 : Young Sherlock Holmes : Hotel Receptionist
- 1988 : War and Remembrance (TV-series) : Woman at Weir Courteney
- 1994 : Martin Chuzzlewit (TV-series) : Deaf Cousin
- 1997 : Mrs. Dalloway : Mrs. Hilberry
References
- ↑ Theatre World. Iliffe Specialist Publications, Limited. 1964. p. 34.
- ↑ Playgoer Monthly. Co-operative Press. 1949. p. 128.
- ↑ John Gielgud (1 April 2005). Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters. Arcade Publishing. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-1-55970-755-8.
- ↑ Michele Hilmes (23 May 2012). Network Nations: A Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting. Routledge. pp. 247–. ISBN 978-1-136-91118-7.
- ↑ Marcus Hearn; Simon Archer; Gerry Anderson (2002). What Made Thunderbirds Go!: The Authorized Biography of Gerry Anderson. BBC. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-563-53481-5.
- ↑ The Film Daily. Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated. 1964. p. 200.
- ↑ Film Bulletin. Wax Publications. 1964. p. 64.
- ↑ Paul Mavis (3 March 2011). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland. pp. 495–. ISBN 978-1-4766-0427-5.
- ↑ D. Brian Anderson (22 March 2005). The Titanic in Print and on Screen: An Annotated Guide to Books, Films, Television Shows and Other Media. McFarland. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-7864-1786-5.
- ↑ "Television: Glimpses of Reality". The Spectator, 18 APRIL 1958, Page 13. By JOHN BRAINE
- ↑ John Howard Reid (1 March 2006). America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies. Lulu.com. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-4116-7877-4.
- ↑ "Movie Review: Light in the Piazza (1962)". New York Times.
- ↑ Tony Shaw (3 September 2006). British Cinema and the Cold War: The State, Propaganda and Consensus. I.B.Tauris. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-1-84511-211-0.
- ↑ University of Southern California. Division of Cinema; American Film Institute; Center for Understanding Media. Filmfacts.
- ↑ "Ring of Spies (1964)" Film Review. French Film Site.
- ↑ Frances Stephens (1960). Theatre World Annual. Macmillan.
- ↑ Playgoer Monthly. Co-operative Press. 1949.
External links
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- Nancy Nevinson at the Internet Movie Database
- Obituary - Times (The obituary has been archived. The word actress is not mentioned in the obituary, but Glebelands has only 41 residents - see History on glebelands.org. Two 93-year-old Nancy Nevinsons is hardly likely.)
- Obituary - Times (Cachad)