Nancy Nevinson

Nancy Nevinson (born as Nancy Ezekiel, 26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was a British actress.

Early life Nevinson was born in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British Raj, as Nancy Ezekiel, one of four children of Reemah (née Kadoorie) and David Ezekiel, members of the Baghdadi-Jewish community of Calcutta during the Raj. The family moved to London in the 1930s, where Nancy trained at RADA and took the stage name Nancy Nevinson, which she retained after her subsequent marriage to Commander William Hoyes-Cock.

Career 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).

Personal life Nevinson married Commander William Hoyes-Cock (1905–1973), whom she met while touring with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during WW2. They had three children: Nigel Nevinson, Gennie Nevinson, and Hugh Hoyes-Cock. Nigel and Gennie are both actors.

Retirement In 2001, she moved to Wokingham, to a retirement home funded by the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund especially for film and television personalities. Nevinson died there on 25 January 2012, aged 93.

Filmography

1956: Othello – Emilia (English version, voice) 1956: High Flight – Bishop's Wife 1957-1959: The Adventures of Twizzle – Twizzle / Narrator (voices) 1958: Wonderful Things! – Mother 1958: Starr and Company (TV Series) – Megs Turner 1960: Night Train for Inverness – Landlady (uncredited) 1961: Foxhole in Cairo – Signorina Signorelli 1961: Very Important Person – German wife (uncredited) 1961: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen – Sluttish woman (uncredited) 1962: Light in the Piazza – Signora Naccarelli 1962: Mrs. Gibbons' Boys – Mrs. Morelli 1963: Ricochet – Elsie Siddall 1963: Ring of Spies – Helen Kroger 1964: Smuggler's Bay (TV series) – Mrs. Belmore 1965: The Big Spender (TV Series) – Mrs. Winters 1965: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – Mrs. Zanfrello (uncredited) 1966: The Scales of Justice ('Infamous Conduct' episode) 1967: An Officer of the Court (TV Series) – Rachel 1970: Love Is a Splendid Illusion – Amanda's Mother 1972: Our Miss Fred – Patron's Wife 1972: For the Love of Ada – Elsie Lockwood 1974: Symptoms – Hannah 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (TV Mini-Series) – Abigail 1977: Gulliver's Travels – (voice) 1979: S.O.S. Titanic (TV Movie) – Ida Strauss 1980: Raise the Titanic – Sarah Martindale 1981: Private Schulz (TV Series) – Frau Ehrlich 1982: Jane (TV Series) – Colonels Wife 1985: Young Sherlock Holmes – Hotel Receptionist 1988: War and Remembrance (TV Mini-Series) – Woman at Weir Courteney 1994: Martin Chuzzlewit (TV Mini-Series) – Deaf Cousin 1997: Mrs. Dalloway – Mrs. Hilberry