Nancy Nevinson

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Young Sherlock Holmes

as Hotel Receptionist

Jesus of Nazareth

as Abigail

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as Mrs. Zanfrello - Grocery Customer (uncredited)

The Saint

as Dona Luisa Arroyo

Raise the Titanic

as Sarah Martindale

Mrs. Dalloway

as Mrs. Hilberry

Symptoms

as Hannah

UFO

as Housekeeper

Tales of the Unexpected

as Grande Dame

S.O.S. Titanic

as Ida Straus