Avice Landone

Avice Landone (1 September 191012 June 1976) was an English 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 Jonathan. From 1961 she co-starred with Peggy Mount in the ITV sitcom Winning Widows. She appeared as Mrs Haddock in the three BBC series of TV adaptations from A. P. Herbert's Uncommon Law, A. P. Herbert’s Misleading Cases (1967, 1968 and 1971). Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television series Man at the Top.

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

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1948 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 Uncredited1951 White Corridors Sister Jenkins 1952 Something Money Can't Buy Maternity Sister Uncredited1953 Personal Affair 1st Gossip Uncredited1953 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 Uncredited1960 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