Dandy Nichols

Born: 1907-05-21

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.


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The Vikings

as Bridget
Released: 1958-06-11

Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for...

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Confessions of a Window Cleaner

as Mrs. Lea
Released: 1974-08-16

Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that...

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Britannia Hospital

as Florrie: The Workers
Released: 1982-05-27

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...

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O Lucky Man!

as Tea Lady / Neighbour
Released: 1973-03-25

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed...

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Carry On Doctor

as Mrs. Roper
Released: 1967-12-02

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind...

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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

as Mrs. Mott
Released: 1952-07-11

The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in...

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Help!

as Neighbour
Released: 1965-07-29

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts...

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The Bed Sitting Room

as Mrs Ethel Shroake
Released: 1969-06-01

In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is...

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The Fallen Idol

as Mrs. Patterson
Released: 1948-09-30

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of...

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Georgy Girl

as Hospital Nurse
Released: 1966-08-04

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged...

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Crooks Anonymous

as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
Released: 1962-03-31

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods...

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The Leather Boys

as Mrs Stanley
Released: 1964-03-08

An immature, brassy teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities...

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How I Won the War

as 1st Old Lady
Released: 1967-10-18

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...

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Yield to the Night

as Mrs. Price
Released: 1956-06-19

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

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Emergency Call

as Barmaid
Released: 1952-05-19

A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a...

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Scott of the Antarctic

as Caroline
Released: 1948-11-29

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try...

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Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Mrs. Clarke
Released: 1953-11-30

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

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The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles
Released: 1968-12-09

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is...

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A Time to Kill

as Waitress (uncredited)
Released: 1955-11-01

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins...

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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

as Orphanage Superintendant
Released: 1965-05-26

A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of...

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The Holly and the Ivy

as Neighbour
Released: 1952-12-03

An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners,...

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The Winslow Boy

as uncredited
Released: 1948-09-24

In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his...

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Home

as Marjorie
Released: 1972-01-06

David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.

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The Feminine Touch

as Kitchen-hand
Released: 1956-06-19

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at...

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The Early Bird

as Woman Flooded by Milk
Released: 1965-11-30

Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened...

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Rotten to the Core

as Woman in Cemetery
Released: 1965-07-14

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to...

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Where There's a Will

as Maud Hodge
Released: 1955-03-01

A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave...

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Don't Talk to Strange Men

as Molly
Released: 1962-10-01

An innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone, and nearly becomes the victim of an attacker.

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Doctor at Large

as Lady in Outpatients Dept.
Released: 1957-03-26

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...

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Design for Living

as Miss Hodge
Released: 1979-05-06

Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and...

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Woman Hater

as Mrs. Burrell
Released: 1948-10-13

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

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Adventure in the Hopfields

as Mrs. Harris
Released: 1954-06-06

A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to...

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Mad About Men

as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1954-11-16

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...

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Till Death Us Do Part

as Else Garnett
Released: 1969-01-01

The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and...

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The Strange World of Planet X

as Mrs. Tucker
Released: 1958-03-04

Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields,...

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Women of Twilight

as Third Landlady
Released: 1953-01-16

When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding...

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Lost

as Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited)
Released: 1956-01-31

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that...

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Now Barabbas

as Smith's Mother
Released: 1949-05-24

A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.

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The Alf Garnett Saga

as Else Garnett
Released: 1972-08-30

Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf...

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Tiger in the Smoke

as Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Released: 1956-11-27

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that...

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Dance Hall

as Mrs. Crabtree
Released: 1950-06-08

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in...

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The Deep Blue Sea

as Mrs. Elton
Released: 1955-11-01

A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living...

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The Death of Glory

as Marjorie
Released: 1973-09-11

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by...

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Here Come the Huggetts

as Aunt Edie Hopkins
Released: 1948-12-02

The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for...

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The History of Mr. Polly

as Mrs. Johnson
Released: 1949-02-08

Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to...

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First Love

as Prinzessin Zasekina
Released: 1970-10-07

The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.

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Doctor in Clover

as Patient with Kidney Stones
Released: 1966-03-08

Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in...

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Street Corner

as Mrs. Furness
Released: 1953-03-17

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built...

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Time Is My Enemy

as Charwoman
Released: 1954-09-01

A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed...

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The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

as Mrs. Harris
Released: 1953-11-30

The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.

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Three for All

as Henrietta
Released: 1975-05-01

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

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The Crowded Day

as Charwoman
Released: 1954-10-01

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

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Your Witness

as Waitress
Released: 1950-03-06

Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the...

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The Stable Door

as uncredited
Released: 1966-06-01

This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals...

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Ladies Who Do

as Mrs. Merryweather
Released: 1963-11-01

The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make...

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Findings on a Late Afternoon

as Nanny
Released: 1981-12-11

Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon spent with his father, he...

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Not So Dusty

as uncredited
Released: 1956-02-16

Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts...

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The Trouble with Our Ivy

as Mrs. Tremblow
Released: 1961-11-19

A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a...

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Kate: The Good Neighbour

as Mrs. Druce
Released: 1980-03-06

Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from...

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Don't Ever Leave Me

as Mrs. Marshall
Released: 1949-07-19

Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap...

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Act of Murder

as Maud Peterson
Released: 1964-09-01

A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.

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Marks

as Lily
Released: 1982-12-10

Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her...

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A Passage to India

as Mrs Turton
Released: 1965-11-16

The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month...

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The General's Day

as uncredited
Released: 1972-11-20

When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.

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Bergerac

as Mrs. Honeyman
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Maigret

as Concierge
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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Man in a Suitcase

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-27

Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...

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Till Death Us Do Part

as Else Garnett
First aired: 1966-06-06

Following the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf...

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In Sickness and in Health

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-01

Sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with...

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Shirley's World

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-04-07

Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the...

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Objects of Affection

as Lily
First aired: 1982-11-12

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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NBC Experiment in Television

as (voice)
First aired: 1967-02-19

An attempt by NBC to emulate the success of the CBS hit The Twilight Zone, this hour-long...

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Till Death...

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-05-17

Alf and Elsie Garnett retire to Eastbourne, so Rita and Michael Jr. become the main characters...

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Late Call

as Sylvia Calvert
First aired: 1975-03-01

Elderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his...

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