Avice Landone (1 September 191012 June 1976) was an

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actress who appeared in British television and film. She was born in

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, and made her screen debut in the 1948 film '' My Brother Jonathon''. From 1961 she co-starred with

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in the ITV sitcom '' Winning Widows''. Between 1970 and 1972 she played Margaret Brown in the television series '' Man at the Top''. She was married to the actor

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(1905–1998). She retired from acting in 1972 and died in 1976, aged 65, from undisclosed causes.

Filmography

Selected theatre roles

* '' Great Day'' (1945) by

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* '' A Lady Mislaid'' (1950) by

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* '' And This Was Odd'' (1951) by

* ''

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'' (1958) by

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References

1910 births 1976 deaths English film actresses English television actresses People from Quetta 20th-century English actresses British people in colonial India 20th-century British businesspeople {{England-screen-actor-stub