Avice Landone

{{Short description|English actress (1910–1976)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Avice Landone

| image = Actress_Avice_Landone.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = In Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

| birth_name = Avice Spitta

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|9|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quetta, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|6|12|1910|9|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England{{cite web |title=Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 |url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?lastname=barnabe&eventyear=1976&eventyear_offset=0}}

| other_names =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1947–1972

| spouse = Bruno Barnabe (m. 1940)

| children = 1

}}

Avice Landone (1 September 1910{{spaced ndash}}12 June 1976) was an English actress who appeared in British television and film.{{cite web |title=Avice Landone movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/avice-landone-p40315 |publisher=AllMovie}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.moviemail.com/film/dvd/Man-at-the-Top-Complete-Series-2/|title=Man at the Top: Complete Series 2 DVD|work=MovieMail}}{{cite web |title=It's all Perfectly True (1970) |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b825b567f |url-status=dead |publisher=BFI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218154239/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b825b567f |archive-date=2015-02-18}}

She was married to the actor Bruno Barnabe. She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/206699|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817125508/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/206699|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-17|title=Avice Landone|work=BFI}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484952|title=Avice Landone|work=IMDb}}

Filmography

class="wikitable"
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