Dandy Nichols
From Wikipedia Dandy Nichols (21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. She appeared in numerous films, which included Carry On Doctor, Ladies Who Do, The Holly and the Ivy, The Vikings, the Beatles' film Help!, Georgy Girl, Doctor in Clover, The Birthday Party, The Bed Sitting Room, O Lucky Man!, Confessions of a Window Cleaner and Britannia Hospital amongst others. After finding fame in Till Death Do Us Part, Nichols found work in television, notably playing opposite Alastair Sim in William Trevor's production of The Generals Day. She made appearances in Flint, The Tea Ladies and Bergerac. Onstage, she appeared in Ben Travers's comedy Plunder, as well as playing alongside Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud in David Storey's Home, in both London and on Broadway.
The Vikings
as BridgetEinar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for...
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Help!
as NeighbourAn obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts...
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Scott of the Antarctic
as CarolineThe true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try...
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The Fallen Idol
as Mrs. PattersonPhillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of...
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O Lucky Man!
as Tea Lady / NeighbourThis sprawling, surrealist comedy serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it...
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Georgy Girl
as Hospital NurseA homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged...
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Carry On Doctor
as Mrs. RoperFrancis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind...
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Britannia Hospital
as Florrie: The WorkersBritannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...
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The Leather Boys
as Mrs StanleyAn immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of...
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First Love
as Prinzessin ZasekinaThe story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.
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The Holly and the Ivy
as NeighbourAn English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners,...
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Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Mrs. LeaYoung Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that...
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How I Won the War
as 1st Old LadyAn inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...
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Street Corner
as Mrs. FurnessLondon policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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Lost
as Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited)U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that...
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The Early Bird
as Woman Flooded by MilkNorman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened...
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The Strange World of Planet X
as Mrs. TuckerNear a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields,...
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Mrs. ClarkeA TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Doctor at Large
as Lady in Outpatients Dept.Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...
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The Birthday Party
as Meg BowlesBased on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is...
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Crooks Anonymous
as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods...
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Yield to the Night
as Mrs. PriceLocked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as Orphanage SuperintendantA bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of...
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The Bed Sitting Room
as Mrs Ethel ShroakeIn the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is...
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Emergency Call
as BarmaidA 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a...
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Mrs. MottThe legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in...
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Now Barabbas
as Smith's MotherA prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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Doctor in Clover
as Patient with Kidney StonesDoctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in...
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Ladies Who Do
as Mrs. MerryweatherThe "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make...
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Adventure in the Hopfields
as Mrs. HarrisA little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to...
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Your Witness
as WaitressAdam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the...
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Till Death Us Do Part
as Else GarnettThe film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and...
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The Deep Blue Sea
as Mrs. EltonA woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living...
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A Passage to India
as Mrs TurtonThe BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month...
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The Crowded Day
as CharwomanOne day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
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Women of Twilight
as Third LandladyWhen a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding...
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The History of Mr. Polly
as Mrs. JohnsonQuiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to...
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Rotten to the Core
as Woman in CemeteryRogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to...
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Dance Hall
as Mrs. CrabtreeEpisodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in...
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The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as Mrs. HarrisThe story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.
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Where There's a Will
as Maud HodgeA Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave...
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The Alf Garnett Saga
as Else GarnettAlf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf...
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Mad About Men
as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...
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Time Is My Enemy
as CharwomanA happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed...
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Don't Talk to Strange Men
as MollyAn innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone, and nearly becomes the victim of an attacker.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
as Mrs. MarshallElderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap...
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The Feminine Touch
as Kitchen-handFollowing a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at...
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Woman Hater
as Mrs. BurrellA confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
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Three for All
as HenriettaA pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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The Stable Door
as uncreditedThis is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals...
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Here Come the Huggetts
as Aunt Edie HopkinsThe Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for...
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Home
as MarjorieDavid Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
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Tiger in the Smoke
as Stall Attendant (uncredited)In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that...
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Kate the Good Neighbour
as Mrs. DruceKate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from...
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Not So Dusty
as uncreditedTwo London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts...
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The General's Day
as uncreditedWhen Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.
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Design for Living
as Miss HodgeDesign for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and...
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The Trouble With Our Ivy
as Mrs. TremblowA feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a...
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The Death of Glory
as MarjoriePrevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by...
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Act of Murder
as Maud PetersonA dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
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Play for Today
as uncreditedPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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No Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
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Bergerac
as Mrs. HoneymanBergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...
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Man in a Suitcase
as uncreditedAccused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...
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Objects of Affection
as LilyA series of plays written by Alan Bennett.
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Shirley's World
as uncreditedShirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the...
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Maigret
as ConciergeBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...
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Till Death Us Do Part
as Else GarnettFollowing the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf...
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In Sickness and in Health
as uncreditedSequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with...
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NBC Experiment in Television
as voiceAn attempt by NBC to emulate the success of the CBS hit The Twilight Zone, this hour-long...
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Late Call
as Sylvia CalvertElderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his...
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Till Death...
as uncreditedAlf and Elsie Garnett retire to Eastbourne, so Rita and Michael Jr. become the main characters...
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