Avice Landone

Avice Landone (1 September 1910 – 12 June 1976) was an English actress who appeared in British television and film.^[2]

Avice Landone
In Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Born	Avice Spitta (1910-09-01)1 September 1910 Quetta, British India
Died	12 June 1976(1976-06-12) (aged 65) Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–1972
Spouse	Bruno Barnabe (m. 1940)
Children	1

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. She appeared as Mrs Haddock in the BBC TV series AP Herbert’s Misleading Cases (1967 & 1971). Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television series Man at the Top.^[3][4]

She was married to the actor Bruno Barnabe. She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.^[5][6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	My Brother Jonathan	Mrs. Martyn
1950	Guilt Is My Shadow	Eva
1951	The Franchise Affair	Mrs. Wynn
1951	Laughter in Paradise	Shopper at Swan & Edgar	Uncredited
1951	White Corridors	Sister Jenkins
1952	Something Money Can't Buy	Maternity Sister	Uncredited
1953	Personal Affair	1st Gossip	Uncredited
1953	Operation Diplomat	Mrs. Terry
1953	Love in Pawn	Mrs. Trusslove
1953	Escape by Night	Mrs. Weston
1954	The Embezzler	Miss Ackroyd
1954	Thought to Kill	Maud
1955	An Alligator Named Daisy	Mrs. Weston
1955	Windfall	Mary Lee
1956	My Teenage Daughter	Barbara
1956	Reach for the Sky	Douglas Bader's Mother
1956	Eyewitness	Night Sister
1957	True as a Turtle	Valerie Partridge
1958	Rx Murder	Mrs. Motlock
1958	Carve Her Name With Pride	Vera Atkins
1958	The Wind Cannot Read	Second Nurse
1958	A Cry from the Streets	Rachel
1958	The 39 Steps	Louisa	Uncredited
1960	Operation Cupid	Mrs. Mountjoy
1961	Five Golden Hours	Beatrice
1962	Gaolbreak	Mrs. Wallis
1964	This Is My Street	Lily
1964	The Leather Boys	Reggie's Mother
1964	Nothing But the Best	Mrs. Horton
1969	Two Gentlemen Sharing	Mrs. Pater - Roddy's Mother
1971	The Blood on Satan's Claw	Isobel Banham
1972	The Adventures of Barry McKenzie	Mrs. Gort	(final film role)

Selected theatre roles

• Great Day (1945) by Lesley Storm
• A Lady Mislaid (1950) by Kenneth Horne
• And This Was Odd (1951) by Kenneth Horne
• Not in the Book (1958) by Arthur Watkyn