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Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce

Actor · Born 1927-08-20 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

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Biography

British actress best known for her role as Mildred Roper in the '70s sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off George and Mildred. Born to musical parents Hurst Needham and Jessica Rivett in 1927, Joyce was trained at RADA, toured with ENSA and came to prominence via the Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop, securing roles in TV shows such as The Avengers, Man in a Suitcase, Te Saint, Jason King and Steptoe and Son, and the films The Pumpkin Eater, A Man For All Seasons, Charlie Bubbles, All the Right Noises and Burke and Hare. She was married to fellow actor Glynn Edwards from 1956 to 1968, and they remained friends all her life. An alcoholic, Joyce died from liver failure in 1980, just four days after her 53rd birthday. Her sitcom co-star Brian Murphy was by her side. In 1986 the Smiths used an image of Joyce on the sleeve of their UK single release "Ask" and the German release of "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" securing her place as a British cultural icon.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. A Man for All Seasons (1966) — Averil Machin
  2. The Avengers (1961) — Miss Lister
  3. The Saint (1962) — Milanov
  4. Fanatic (1965) — Anna
  5. The Pumpkin Eater (1964) — Woman at Hairdresser's
  6. Our Mother's House (1967) — Mrs. Quayle
  7. Fragment of Fear (1970) — Miss Ward-Cadbury
  8. Steptoe and Son (1962) — Delilah
  9. Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) — Hospital Matron
  10. Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973) — Freda
  11. George & Mildred (1980) — Mildred Roper
  12. George and Mildred (1976) — Mildred Roper
  13. On the Buses (1969)
  14. Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) — Barmaid
  15. Burke & Hare (1972) — Mrs. Hare
  16. The Road Builder (1971) — Mrs. Palafox
  17. Man About the House (1973) — Mildred Roper
  18. Man About the House (1974) — Mildred Roper
  19. Charlie Bubbles (1968) — Woman in Cafe
  20. All the Right Noises (1970) — Mrs. Bird
  21. Catch Us If You Can (1965) — Nan
  22. Kaleidoscope (1966) — Museum Receptionist
  23. Stranger in the House (1967) — Shooting Range Girl
  24. Jason King (1971)
  25. A Place to Go (1963) — Bit Role (uncredited)
  26. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Mademoiselle Motte
  27. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Agnes
  28. Nearest and Dearest (1972) — Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
  29. Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) — Mrs. Finch
  30. Seven of One (1973) — Mrs Scully
  31. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Cissy
  32. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) — Hospital Matron
  33. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Rosalind Arnold
  34. Theatre 625 (1964) — Jane Matthews
  35. No Hiding Place (1959)
  36. Manhunt (1970) — Denise
  37. The World of Hammer (1994) — Self (archive footage)
  38. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Phoebe
  39. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Erica Seydoux
  40. Twenty-Nine (1969) — The Prostitute