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	\| birth_place = [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]], England		\| birth_place = [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|4\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|04\|1923\|04\|22\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[~~Thorpe Bay\|~~Thorpe Bay]], [[~~Southend-on-Sea\|~~Southend-on-Sea]], England		\| death_place = [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], England
	\| spouse = Derek Orchard		\| spouse = Derek Orchard
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	}}		}}

	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[~~Ardwick\|~~Ardwick]], [[~~Manchester\|~~Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[~~Thorpe Bay\|~~Thorpe Bay]], [[~~Southend-on-Sea\|~~Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[~~Joan Littlewood\|~~Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[~~Theatre Royal Stratford East\|~~Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[~~A Taste of Honey\|~~A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!~~\|Oh~~]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[~~Christopher Bond\|~~Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[~~music hall\|~~music hall]] legend [[~~Marie Lloyd\|~~Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[~~British New Wave\|~~British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

	Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[~~Thorpe Bay\|~~Thorpe Bay]], [[~~Southend-on-Sea\|~~Southend-on-Sea]], [[~~Essex\|~~Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>		Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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	~~{{Short description\|English actress (1923–1990)}}~~
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Ardwick\|~~Ardwick]], [[~~w:Manchester\|~~Manchester]], England		\| birth_place = [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|4\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|4\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], England		\| death_place = [[Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], England
	\| spouse = Derek Orchard		\| spouse = Derek Orchard
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	}}		}}

	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[w:Christopher Bond\|Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond\|Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall\|music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

	Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], [[w:Essex\|Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>		Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex\|Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[w:Christopher Bond\|Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

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	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>
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	\| name = Avis Bunnage		\| name = Avis Bunnage
	\| image = Avis Bunnage.jpg		\| image = Avis Bunnage.jpg
	\| alt = Black and white picture of Bunnage ~~from the film The L-Shaped Room~~		\| alt = Black and white picture of Bunnage
	\| caption = ~~Bunnage as Doris in ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962)~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|4\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1990\|10\|4\|1923\|4\|22\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], England
	\| spouse = Derek Orchard		\| spouse = Derek Orchard
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	}}		}}

	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

	Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>		Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]], [[w:Essex\|Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>

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{{Short description|English actress (1923–1990)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Avis Bunnage
| image = Avis Bunnage.jpg
| alt = Black and white picture of Bunnage from the film The L-Shaped Room
| caption = Bunnage as Doris in ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' (1962)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|10|4|1923|4|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], England
| spouse = Derek Orchard
| occupation = Actress
}}

'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[Ardwick]], [[Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-04|title=Avis Bunnage|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy|Chorlton Central School]] in [[Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341|title=Avis Bunnage|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[Oh, What a Lovely War!]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html|title=Danny La Rue|date=1 June 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[Stephen Sondheim|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[music hall]] legend [[Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004|first=John|last=Stewart|date=21 November 2012|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians|first=Benjamin|last=Poore|date=15 November 2011|publisher=Springer|via=Google Books|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html|title=Alice Burgess|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[Billy (musical)|Billy]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], playing the mother of [[Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London|first=Adrian|last=Wright|date=15 December 2017|publisher=Boydell Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

Among her various film roles were several [[British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>

Married to Derek Orchard, she died on 4 October 1990 in [[Thorpe Bay]], [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], aged 67.<ref name=mcfarlane/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1959|| ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' || Mrs. Rudge || Uncredited
|-
|1960|| ''[[Doctor in Love]]'' || Mrs. Jimp || Uncredited
|-
|1960|| ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' || Blousy Woman ||
|-
|1961|| ''[[No Love for Johnnie]]'' || Constituent || Uncredited
|-
|1962|| ''[[The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]'' || Mrs. Smith ||
|-
|1962|| ''[[The L-Shaped Room]]'' || Doris ||
|-
|1963|| ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' || Bridgie ||
|-
|1963|| ''[[What a Crazy World]]'' || Mary Hitchens ||
|-
|1963|| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' || Landlady. George Inn ||
|-
|1965|| ''[[Rotten to the Core (film)|Rotten to the Core]]'' || Countess de Wett (Matron) ||
|-
|1965|| ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' || Landlady ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[The Wrong Box]]'' || Queen Victoria ||
|-
|1967|| ''[[The Whisperers]]'' || Mrs. Noonan ||
|-
|1968|| ''[[Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film)|Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter]]'' || Tulip's Mother ||
|-
|1972|| 'The Frighteners' ||
Violet, Arthur's wife
|([[ITV (TV network)]] episode with [[Victor Maddern]], 4th. August.
|-
|1978|| ''Panic'' || Old Lady || Short
|-
|1982|| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' || Colin's Mother ||
|-
|1984|| ''[[Forbidden (1984 film)|Forbidden]]'' || Frau Schimdt ||
|-
|1985|| ''[[No Surrender (film)|No Surrender]]'' || Martha Gorman ||
|-
|1988|| ''[[CivvyStreet]]'' || [[List of EastEnders spin-off characters#Lou's mother|Lou's mother]] ||
|-
|1990|| ''[[The Krays (film)|The Krays]]'' || Helen || (final film role)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:1923 births]]
[[Category:1990 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses from Manchester]]
[[Category:English film actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]

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	'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		'''Avis Bunnage''' (22 April 1923, [[w:Ardwick\|Ardwick]], [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]] – 4 October 1990, [[w:Thorpe Bay\|Thorpe Bay]], [[w:Southend-on-Sea\|Southend-on-Sea]]) was an English actress of film, stage and television.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022621/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f4ecf9a\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-08-04\|title=Avis Bunnage\|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/xnk/avis-bunnage\|title=Avis Bunnage – Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>		She attended Manley Park Municipal School and [[w:Chorlton-cum-Hardy\|Chorlton Central School]] in [[w:Manchester\|Manchester]]. She worked as a secretary and a nursery teacher before deciding to become an actress. She gained stage experience in rep and made her first professional appearance at Chorlton Rep Theatre in Manchester in 1947. Television appearances include one episode of 'The Frighteners', ('The Disappearing Man' episode, 1972), with [[Victor Maddern]]; ''[[Rising Damp]]'', as Rupert Rigsby's ([[Leonard Rossiter]])'s estranged wife, Veronica; one episode of ''[[w:Wodehouse Playhouse\|Wodehouse Playhouse]]'', (1978); and as Amy Jenkinson, Ivy Unsworth's friend, in 11 episodes of ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2341\|title=Avis Bunnage\|website=aveleyman.com}}</ref> Bunnage was a member of [[w:Joan Littlewood\|Joan Littlewood]]'s [[w:Theatre Workshop\|Theatre Workshop]] company at the [[w:Theatre Royal Stratford East\|Theatre Royal Stratford East]]. There she created the role of Helen, the mother in ''[[w:A Taste of Honey\|A Taste of Honey]]'', her first West End role when the play transferred to [[w:Wyndham's Theatre\|Wyndham's Theatre]], and a role in ''[[w:Oh, What a Lovely War!\|Oh]]'' at Stratford East, which also transferred to Wyndham's Theatre.<ref name=mcfarlane>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA1-PA1773\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first=Brian\|last=McFarlane\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781526111968}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01jv2wf/p01jsjgs\|title=Avis Bunnage in Oh What a Lovely War (Wyndham's Theatre, 1963) – Oh What a Lovely War – Landmarks: Oh What a Lovely War, Night Waves – BBC Radio 3\|publisher=BBC}}</ref> When Avis was on holiday from this production for two weeks, her role was taken over by [[Danny La Rue]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/5422374/Danny-La-Rue.html\|title=Danny La Rue\|date=1 June 2009\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|location=London}}</ref> Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in [[w:Christopher Bond\|Christopher Bond]]'s play ''Sweeney Todd'' (the basis for the [[w:Stephen Sondheim\|Sondheim]] musical), and the title role in a play about the [[w:music hall\|music hall]] legend [[w:Marie Lloyd\|Marie Lloyd]].<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spQ751Sv7TUC&dq=avis+bunnage+sweeney+todd&pg=PT4066\|title=Broadway Musicals, 1943–2004\|first=John\|last=Stewart\|date=21 November 2012\|publisher=McFarland\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781476603292}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUt9DAAAQBAJ&dq=avis+bunnage+marie+lloyd&pg=PA112\|title=Heritage, Nostalgia and Modern British Theatre: Staging the Victorians\|first=Benjamin\|last=Poore\|date=15 November 2011\|publisher=Springer\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9780230360143}}</ref> In the early years of ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' she played Lucile Hewitt's aunt.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/characters/burgess_alice.html\|title=Alice Burgess\|website=corrie.net}}</ref> She was in the musical ''[[w:Billy (musical)\|Billy]]'' at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane\|Theatre Royal]], playing the mother of [[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://castalbums.org/recordings/Billy-1974-Original-London-Cast/1502\|title=Billy – 1974 Original London Cast}}</ref> She played Golda in ''[[w:Fiddler on the Roof\|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', opposite [[Alfie Bass]], at [[w:Her Majesty's Theatre\|Her Majesty's Theatre]] in London.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-TvZ0O5NHQC&dq=avis+bunnage+fiddler+on+the+roof&pg=PA235\|title=West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London\|first=Adrian\|last=Wright\|date=15 December 2017\|publisher=Boydell Press\|via=Google Books\|isbn=9781843837916}}</ref>

	Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>		Among her various film roles were several [[w:British New Wave\|British New Wave]] productions, such as ''[[w:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)\|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' and ''[[w:The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film)\|The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner]]''.<ref name=bfi/>