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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.
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1990
as Helen
1985
as Alice Loft
1985
as Martha Gorman
1985
as Mrs Medeemey
1982
as Colin's Mother
1981
as Mrs Thompson
1981
as Isobel
1980
as Mrs Appleyard
1978
as Mrs. Goodenough
1978
as Florrie
1978
as Old Lady
1974
as Veronica
1972
as Lorna
1972
as Vi
1972
as Rachel Lynde
1971
as Hylda Cheatham
1969
as Amy Jenkinson
1968
as Self
1968
as Tulip's Mother
1967
as Mrs. Noonan
1966
as Queen Victoria
1965
as Landlady
1965
as Countess de Wett (Matron)
1965
as Mrs. Bessie Cowan
1963
as Landlady
1963
as Mary
1963
as Mrs. Dineley
1963
as Bridgie Gooding
1962
as Doris
1962
as Mrs. Smith
1960
as Blousy Woman
1960
as Mrs. Jimp (uncredited)
1959
as Mrs Rudge