Nancy Nevinson (26 July 1918 – 25 January 2012) was a British actress. She was born Nancy Ezekiel, one of four children of Reemah (née Kadoorie) and David Ezekiel, members of the Baghdadi-Jewish community of 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.

Early life

Nevinson was born in

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, British India.

Career

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 ''Foxhole in Cairo'' is a 1960 British war film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and based on a novel by Leonard Mosley itself based upon the real-life Operation Salaam. It starred James Robertson Justice, Adrian Hoven, Fenella Fielding and H ...

'' (1960), '' Light in the Piazza'' (1962), '' Mrs. Gibbons' Boys'' (1962), ''

Ring of Spies ''Ring of Spies'' (also known as ''Ring of Treason'') is a 1964 British spy film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Bernard Lee, William Sylvester and Margaret Tyzack. It is based on the real-life case of the Portland Spy Ring, whose activit ...

'' (1964), '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' (1965), ''

For the Love of Ada ''For the Love of Ada'' is an ITV sitcom that ran between 1970 and 1971. Although not seen on British TV for over 30 years, the complete series began airing again in late 2018 on Talking Pictures TV, albeit edited with certain offensive words ...

'' (1972), ''

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'' (1974), ''

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'' (1977), ''

S.O.S. Titanic ''S.O.S. Titanic'' is a British-American 1979 drama disaster television movie that depicts the doomed 1912 maiden voyage from the perspective of three distinct groups of passengers in First, Second, and Third Class. The script was written by Jam ...

'' (1979), ''

Le Pétomane Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (, ), was a French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him t ...

'' (1979), ''

Raise the Titanic ''Raise the Titanic!'' is a 1976 adventure novel by Clive Cussler, published in the United States by the Viking Press. It tells the story of efforts to bring the remains of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' to the surface of the Atlanti ...

'' (1980), ''

Young Sherlock Holmes ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (also known with the title card name of "''Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear''") is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters ...

'' (1985), and ''

Mrs Dalloway ''Mrs. Dalloway'' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published on 14 May 1925, that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. The working ...

'' (1997).

Family

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.

Retirement

In 2001, she moved to

Wokingham Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell. History Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may als ...

, 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.

Filmography

*1956: ''

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cypru ...

'' – Emilia (English version, voice) *1956: ''

High Flight ''High Flight'' is a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. Magee began writing the poem on 18 August, while stationed at List ...

'' – Bishop's Wife *1957-1959: ''

The Adventures of Twizzle ''The Adventures of Twizzle'' is a television show produced by AP Films and Gerry Anderson. Conceived by author Roberta Leigh, later a co-producer, the children's show premiered in 1957. The show follows a young boy named Twizzle and his compa ...

'' – Twizzle / Narrator (voices) *1958: ''

Wonderful Things! ''Wonderful Things!'' is a 1958 British comedy romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Frankie Vaughan, Jocelyn Lane and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was written by Jack Trevor Story. The screenplay concerns two fishermen brothers who cla ...

'' – Mother *1958: ''

Starr and Company ''Starr and Company'' was a BBC television drama series aired in 1958. It was a soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by ...

'' (TV Series) – Megs Turner *1960: ''

Night Train for Inverness ''Night Train for Inverness'' is a black and white 1960 British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Norman Wooland, Jane Hylton and Dennis Waterman. It is notable as the film debut of Dennis Waterman. The film was referenced in an ...

'' – Landlady (uncredited) *1961: ''

'' – Signorina Signorelli *1961: ''

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'' – German wife (uncredited) *1961: ''

Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen ''The Devil's Daffodil'' (also known as ''Daffodil Killer'' or german: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen/ ''Secret of the Yellow Daffodils'') is a 1961 British-West German black-and-white crime film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi. The film was pro ...

'' – Sluttish woman (uncredited) *1962: '' Light in the Piazza'' – Signora Naccarelli *1962: '' Mrs. Gibbons' Boys'' – Mrs. Morelli *1963: ''

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'' – Elsie Siddall *1963: ''

'' – Helen Kroger"Ring of Spies (1964)" Film Review
''French Film Site''. *1964: ''

Smuggler's Bay ''Smuggler's Bay'' is a British period television drama series which aired on BBC One in 6 episodes in 1964. It is an adaptation of the 1898 adventure novel '' Moonfleet'' by J. Meade Falkner.''Radio Times, Volume 171''. No recordings of this pr ...

'' (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 ''Love is a Splendid Illusion'' is a 1970 British sex comedy concerning a businessman (Simon Brent) whose cheating ways come to a head in Italy when the secret lover of his equally cheating wife (Lisa Collings) turns out to be a potential business ...

'' – Amanda's Mother *1972: ''

Our Miss Fred ''Our Miss Fred'' is a 1972 British comedy film starring Danny La Rue, set during World War II. The film was also known by its video release titles ''Beyond the Call of Duty'' (Canada) and ''Operation: Fred'' (US). In the 1960s, La Rue was one of ...

'' – Patron's Wife *1972: ''

'' – Elsie Lockwood *1974: ''

'' – Hannah *1977: ''

'' (TV Mini-Series) – Abigail *1977: ''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

'' – (voice) *1979: ''

'' (TV Movie) – Ida Strauss *1980: ''

'' – Sarah Martindale *1981: '' Private Schulz'' (TV Series) – Frau Ehrlich *1982: ''

Jane Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...

'' (TV Series) – Colonels Wife *1985: ''

'' – Hotel Receptionist *1988: ''

War and Remembrance ''War and Remembrance'' is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk's ''The Winds of War'' (1971). ''The Winds of War'' covers the period 1939 to 1941, and ''War and Remembrance'' continues the story of the extended ...

'' (TV Mini-Series) – Woman at Weir Courteney *1994: ''

Martin Chuzzlewit ''The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit'' (commonly known as ''Martin Chuzzlewit'') is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While he was writing it ...

'' (TV Mini-Series) – Deaf Cousin *1997: ''

Mrs. Dalloway ''Mrs. Dalloway'' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published on 14 May 1925, that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. The working ...

'' – Mrs. Hilberry

References

External links

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)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevinson, Nancy 1918 births 2012 deaths Alumni of RADA British people in colonial India English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses 20th-century English actresses