Nancy Nevinson

Born: 1918-07-26

Birthplace: Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India

Biography

Nancy Nevinson (26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was an India-born English actress. Nevinson was born in Chittagong, East Bengal, British India.

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).

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

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Known For

Young Sherlock Holmes
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
S.O.S. Titanic
Raise the Titanic
The Prison
Light in the Piazza
Mrs. Reinhardt
Mrs. Dalloway
The Devil's Daffodil
Love Is a Splendid Illusion

Top Movie Credits

Young Sherlock Holmes Hotel Receptionist
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Mrs. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer (uncredited)
S.O.S. Titanic Ida Straus
Raise the Titanic Sarah Martindale
The Prison Mme. Jeanne
Light in the Piazza Signora Naccarelli
Mrs. Reinhardt Hotel Owner's Wife
Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Hilberry