Nancy Nevinson
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Nancy Nevinson (born as Nancy Ezekiel, 26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was a
British actress.[1]
Early life
Nevinson was born in
Calcutta, India, 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.[3]
Career
Nevison worked on stage,Jesus of Nazareth (1977), S.O.S. Titanic (1979), Le Pétomane (1979), Raise the Titanic (1980),[10][11] Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), and Mrs Dalloway (1997).[12][13]
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, Jennifer (Gennie) Nevinson, and Hugh Hoyes-Cock. Nigel and Gennie are both actors.[14]
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.[15]
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)[16] – Megs Turner
- 1960: Night Train for Inverness – Landlady (uncredited)
- 1961: Foxhole in Cairo – Signorina Signorelli[17][self-published source]
- 1961: Very Important Person – German wife (uncredited)
- 1961: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen– Sluttish woman (uncredited)
- 1962: Light in the Piazza – Signora Naccarelli[18]
- 1962: Mrs. Gibbons' Boys – Mrs. Morelli
- 1963: Ricochet – Elsie Siddall
- 1963: Ring of Spies – Helen Kroger[19][20][21]
- 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
References
- ^ Theatre World. Iliffe Specialist Publications, Limited. 1964. p. 34.
- ^ Edward, Joseph Jude (19 April 2023). "Sad fate of a 140-year-old Jewish property in Bangladesh". BLiTZ. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Jewishcalcutta.in".
- ^ Playgoer Monthly. Co-operative Press. 1949. p. 128.
- ISBN 978-1-55970-755-8.
- ISBN 978-1-136-91118-7.
- ISBN 978-0-563-53481-5.
- ^ The Film Daily. Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated. 1964. p. 200.
- ^ Film Bulletin. Wax Publications. 1964. p. 64.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-0427-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-1786-5.
- ^ Frances Stephens (1960). Theatre World Annual. Macmillan.
- ^ Playgoer Monthly. Co-operative Press. 1949.
- ^ "Jewishcalcutta.in".
- IMDb
- ^ "Television: Glimpses of Reality". The Spectator, 18 April 1958, Page 13. By JOHN BRAINE
- ISBN 978-1-4116-7877-4.
- ^ "Movie Review: Light in the Piazza (1962)". The New York Times.
- ISBN 978-1-84511-211-0.
- ^ University of Southern California. Division of Cinema; American Film Institute; Center for Understanding Media (1964). Filmfacts.
- ^ "Ring of Spies (1964)" Film Review. French Film Site.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nancy Nevinson.
- Obituary – Times (The obituary has been archived. The word actress is not mentioned in the obituary, but Glebelands has only 41 residents – see History on glebelands.org. Two 93-year-old Nancy Nevinsons is hardly likely.)
- Obituary – Times (cached)
- Nancy Nevinson at IMDb