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Avice Landone is a Actor born on 1 september 1910 at Quetta (Pakistan)

Avice Landone

Avice Landone
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Birth name Avice Spitta
Birth 1 september 1910 at Quetta (Pakistan)
Death 12 june 1976 (at 65 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Avice Landone (1 September 1910 – 12 June 1976) was a British actress who appeared in British television and film.

She was born in Quetta, British India and made her screen debut in the 1948 film My Brother Jonathon. Between 1970-72 she played "Margaret Brown" in the television series Man at the Top.

She was married to the actor Bruno Barnabe (1905 - 1998).

She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.

Usually with

Monty Berman
Monty Berman
(4 films)
Lewis Gilbert
Lewis Gilbert
(3 films)
John Gilling
John Gilling
(3 films)
Vernon Harris
Vernon Harris
(3 films)
Robert S. Baker
Robert S. Baker
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Avice Landone (23 films)

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Actress

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
, 1h54
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Genres Comedy
Actors Barry Crocker, Peter Cook, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Dennis Price, Christopher Malcolm
Roles Mrs Gort
Rating56% 2.800422.800422.800422.800422.80042
Barry 'Bazza' McKenzie (Barry Crocker) travels to England with his aunt Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) to advance his cultural education. Bazza is a young Aussie fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful 'sheilas'. He settles in Earls Court, where his old friend Curly (Paul Bertram) has a flat. He gets drunk, is ripped off, insulted by pretentious Englishmen and exploited by record producers, religious charlatans and a BBC television producer (Peter Cook). He reluctantly leaves England under the orders of his aunt, after exposing himself on television. His final words on the plane home are, "I was just starting to like the Poms!".
The Blood on Satan's Claw
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
, 1h33
Directed by Piers Haggard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Witches in film
Actors Patrick Wymark, Linda Hayden, Michele Dotrice, James Hayter, Wendy Padbury, Anthony Ainley
Roles Isobel Banham
Rating63% 3.197083.197083.197083.197083.19708
In early 18th century England. Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews) uncovers a deformed skull with one eye and strange fur on it while ploughing a field. Ralph insists that local judge (Patrick Wymark) look at it, but the skull has vanished and the judge disregards Ralph's supernatural fears. Later, many people in the village become affected by its supernatural power, including a young woman (Tamara Ustinov) who sprouts a claw, and children who find a strange claw and then behave oddly and grow patches of fur on their bodies.
The Leather Boys
The Leather Boys (1964)
, 1h48
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rita Tushingham, Dudley Sutton, Colin Campbell, Avice Landone, Lockwood West, Betty Marsden
Roles Reggie's Mother
Rating70% 3.5395453.5395453.5395453.5395453.539545
Working class cockney teenagers Dot (Rita Tushingham) and biker Reggie (Colin Campbell) get married. Their marriage soon turns sour. During an unsuccessful honeymoon at a holiday camp Reggie becomes alienated from the brassy and self-absorbed Dot. Afterwards, they begin to live increasingly separate lives as Reggie becomes more involved with his biker friends, especially the eccentric Pete (Dudley Sutton). Reggie also loses interest in having sex with Dot. When Reggie's grandfather dies, Dot merely complains that his support for his bereaved grandmother (Gladys Henson) has stopped them visiting the cinema. Her boorish behaviour at the funeral and her refusal to move in with Reggie's grandmother leads to a major argument. She leaves and Reggie stays with his gran, who will not leave her own house. He brings in Pete, who has been forced to leave his lodgings, to stay as a lodger with her. The two share a bed at her house. Meanwhile Dot shows an interest in Brian (Johnny Briggs), another biker. The following day Pete and Reggie drive to the seaside. Reggie wants them to chat up a couple of girls, but Pete shows no interest.
Five Golden Hours
Five Golden Hours (1961)
, 1h30
Directed by Mario Zampi
Genres Comedy
Actors Cyd Charisse, Ernie Kovacs, George Sanders, Kay Hammond, Dennis Price, Clelia Matania
Roles Beatrice
Rating56% 2.8086652.8086652.8086652.8086652.808665
Aldo Bondi (Kovacs) is a professional pallbearer and mourner in Rome who lives well off the extravagant gifts given to him by the rich widows he comforts. When he falls for the supposedly penniless Baroness Sandra (Charisse) – who is actually a rich "black widow" whose husbands all die – he concocts a Ponzi scheme to bilk three widows by taking money from them, telling them that he will invest it during the "five golden hours" between the closing of the stock exchange in Rome, and the opening of the New York Stock Exchange. However, the Baroness absconds with the cash, leaving Bondi in hock to the widows. He attempts to kill them, but the scheme fails and he pretends to have gone insane. In the sanatarium, his roommate is another debtor feigning madness, Mr. Bing (Sanders).
Carve Her Name with Pride
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
, 1h59
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Denise Grey, Jack Warner, Maurice Ronet, Billie Whitelaw
Roles Vera Atkins, assistant to Colonel Buckmaster
Rating71% 3.58893.58893.58893.58893.5889
Violette Bushell is a young woman whose father is English and mother is French, living in London during World War II. She meets French Army officer Etienne Szabo, stationed in the city, and within three days they become engaged to be married. They have a daughter, Tania, but Etienne never sees the child as he is killed fighting in North Africa; Violette Szabo and her daughter move into her parents' home.
The Wind Cannot Read
The Wind Cannot Read (1958)
, 1h55
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Yoko Tani, Ronald Lewis, John Fraser, Anthony Bushell, Marne Maitland
Roles Second nurse
Rating61% 3.05063.05063.05063.05063.0506
The film takes place in Burma and India during World War II. A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy and is not accepted by his countrymen. Later he is captured by the Japanese army when he is patrolling with a brigadier and an Indian driver in a Japanese-controlled zone. He escapes and returns to his own lines, only to discover that his fiancée is suffering from a brain tumor and dies.
True as a Turtle
True as a Turtle (1957)
, 1h36
Directed by Wendy Toye
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn, Keith Michell, Avice Landone, Betty Stockfeld
Roles Valeria Partridge
Rating56% 2.818042.818042.818042.818042.81804
Tony propose à sa jeune épouse Jane de faire une petite croisière vers la Bretagne à bord de son ketch "Tortue". Ce voyage avec des amis ne va pas se passer exactement comme prévu.
Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky (1956)
, 2h15
Directed by James Hill (réalisateur britannique), Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow, Dorothy Alison, Lyndon Brook, Jack Watling, Lee Patterson
Roles Douglas Bader's Mother
Rating71% 3.5949453.5949453.5949453.5949453.594945
In 1928, Douglas Bader joins the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a cadet. Despite a friendly reprimand from Air Vice-Marshal Halahan for his disregard for service discipline and flight rules, he successfully completes his training and is posted to No. 23 Squadron at RAF Kenley. In 1930, he is chosen to be among the pilots for an aerial exhibition.
Eyewitness
Eyewitness (1956)
, 1h22
Directed by Muriel Box
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Nigel Stock, Susan Beaumont
Rating62% 3.1468753.1468753.1468753.1468753.146875
After an argument with her husband, Lucy Church storms out of her house and goes to see a film at the local cinema. While coming back from making a phone call, she stumbles across the office where she witnesses the murder of the cinema manager by two criminals Wade and Barney who are in the process of robbing the cinema's safe. When they pursue her, she is struck by a bus and is taken to hospital. Unable to leave the town until they know what has happened to her, the two robbers head to the hospital to observe her. Meanwhile her husband Jay Church has grown concerned and scours the town searching for her.
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
, 1h28
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Stanley Holloway, Roland Culver
Roles Mrs Weston
Rating51% 2.568672.568672.568672.568672.56867
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston, an Englishman, is left a pet alligator by another passenger who abandons it to him. He is horrified and his first instinct is to get rid of it as soon as possible. However, he soon develops a bond with a young Irishwoman which appears to be centred almost entirely around the animal. He soon discovers that Daisy is very tame and domesticated, and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.