---
name: "Avis Bunnage"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/avis-bunnage"
fi1m_id: "avis-bunnage"
imdb_id: "nm0120517"
tmdb_id: 79356
wikidata_id: "Q4828948"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 April 1923"
died: "4 October 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-25T09:03:36.105380+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Avis Bunnage

## Identity

Avis Bunnage

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/avis-bunnage
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** avis-bunnage
- **IMDb ID:** nm0120517
- **TMDB ID:** 79356
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4828948
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_Bunnage, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4828948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79356

Actor. Born 22 April 1923 in Manchester, England, UK. Died 4 October 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 April 1923, Manchester, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 October 1990
- **Active:** 1960–1990
- **Also known as:** Эвис Баннедж
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 78 (2), 1970s 84 (1), 1980s 73 (1), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 3, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $140m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_Bunnage, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4828948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79356

## Biography

Avis Bunnage (22 April 1923 – 4 October 1990) was an English actress of film, stage and television. She was born in Ardwick, Manchester, and attended Manley Park Municipal School and Chorlton Central School. She worked as a secretary and nursery teacher before making her first professional stage appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in 1947.

Bunnage was a member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, where she created the role of Helen in *A Taste of Honey*. Her film roles include parts in *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962), *The L-Shaped Room* (1962), *Tom Jones* (1963), *Gandhi* (1982) and *The Krays* (1990), in which she played Helen. She appeared in television series including *Rising Damp* and *In Loving Memory*. She was married to Derek Orchard from 1966 until her death.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Krays* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Helen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-krays.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), Fi1m 73, as Colin's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Rising Damp* (1974), Fi1m 84, as Veronica — [page](https://film.one/tv/rising-damp.md)
- *Tom Jones* (1963), Fi1m 74, as Landlady — [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Blousy Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Krays* (1990), as Helen — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-krays.md)
- *Close to Home* (1989), series, as Mrs Hayes
- *No Strings* (1989), series, as Miss Butt
- *Yesterday's Dreams* (1987), series, as Auntie Vi
- *Mrs Capper's Birthday* (1985), as Alice Loft
- *No Surrender* (1985), as Martha Gorman
- *Gandhi* (1982), as Colin's Mother — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Fame Is the Spur* (1982), series, as Mrs Muff
- *Virginia Fly is Drowning* (1981), as Mrs Thompson
- *Find Me First* (1981), as Isobel
- *Jessie* (1980), as Mrs Appleyard
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, as Auntie Win
- *The Spoils of War* (1980), series, as Helen Hayward
- *Leave it to Charlie* (1978), series, as Mrs. Foster
- *The Mayor of Casterbridge* (1978), series, as Mrs Goodenough
- *Scully's New Year's Eve* (1978), as Florrie
- *Panic* (1978), as Old Lady
- *The Fosters* (1976), series, as Mrs Pugh
- *Rising Damp* (1974), series, as Veronica — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/rising-damp.md)
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Mrs. Thompson
- *Seven of One* (1973), series, as Doris Norvel
- *The Stumbling Block* (1972), as Lorna
- *The Disappearing Man* (1972), as Violet
- *The Frighteners* (1972), series, as Violet
- *Anne of Green Gables* (1972), series, as Rachel Lynde
- *Everybody Say Cheese* (1971), as Hylda Cheatham
- *In Loving Memory* (1969), series, as Amy Jenkinson
- *Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter* (1968), as Tulip's Mother
- *Baker's Half-Dozen* (1967), series, as Mrs. Smedley
- *The Whisperers* (1967), as Mrs. Noonan
- *Half Hour Story* (1967), series, as Maria
- *Out of Town Theatre* (1966), series, as The Wife
- *The Wrong Box* (1966), as Queen Victoria
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Rebecca Jarrett
- *A Study in Terror* (1965), as Landlady
- *Rotten to the Core* (1965), as Countess de Wett (Matron)
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Mrs. Bessie Cowan
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Mrs Moscroft
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Woman in Bar
- *Tom Jones* (1963), as Landlady — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)
- *What a Crazy World* (1963), as Mary
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Mrs. Dineley
- *Sparrows Can't Sing* (1963), as Bridgie Gooding
- *The L-Shaped Room* (1962), as Doris
- *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962), as Mrs. Smith
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Betty Knowles, Mrs. Trouncer
- *No Love for Johnnie* (1961), as Constituent (uncredited)
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), as Blousy Woman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)
- *Doctor in Love* (1960), as Mrs. Mimp (uncredited)
- *Expresso Bongo* (1959), as Mrs Rudge
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Martha, Lorna

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