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Nancy Nevinson

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Nancy Nevinson

Born July 26, 1918 in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British IndiaDied January 25, 201221 films

Nancy Nevinson (26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was an India-born English actress. Nevinson was born in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India.

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Nevison worked on stage, in film and on television. She also dubbed voices for both young and old. She appeared in the films Foxhole in Cairo (1960), Light in the Piazza (1962), Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962), Ring of Spies (1964), 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), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and Mrs Dalloway (1997).

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 25 January 2012, aged 93.

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold posterFirst watchThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold19657.1as Mrs. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer (uncredited)British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.View film

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Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 1997Mrs. DallowayMrs. Hilberry
  2. 1993Maria's ChildLuisa
  3. 1985Young Sherlock HolmesHotel Receptionist
  4. 1981Mrs. ReinhardtHotel Owner's Wife
  5. 1980Raise the TitanicSarah Martindale
  6. 1980S.O.S. TitanicIda Straus
  7. 1977Gulliver's Travels(voice)
  8. 1974The PrisonMme. Jeanne
  9. 1974SymptomsHannah
  10. 1972Our Miss FredPatron's Wife
  11. 1970Love Is a Splendid IllusionAmanda's Mother
  12. 1965The Spy Who Came In from the ColdMrs. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer (uncredited)
  13. 1964Ring of SpiesHelen Kroger
  14. 1963RicochetElsie Siddall
  15. 1962Mrs. Gibbons' BoysMrs Morelli
  16. 1962Light in the PiazzaSignora Naccarelli
  17. 1961The Devil's Daffodil
  18. 1961Very Important PersonGerman Frau (uncredited)
  19. 1960Foxhole in Cairo1st Barman
  20. 1958Wonderful ThingsMamma
  21. 1956Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMrs. Woodford