Yootha Joyce
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 198o, 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.
A Man for All Seasons
as Averil MachinA depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir...
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Our Mother's House
as Mrs. QuayleSeven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.
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Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital MatronVictor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...
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Fragment of Fear
as Miss Ward-CadburyA reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
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The Pumpkin Eater
as Woman at Hairdresser'sJo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...
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Fanatic
as AnnaA young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
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Sparrows Can't Sing
as BarmaidCharlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife...
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as FredaAlbert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...
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Cop-Out
as Shooting Range GirlJohn Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since...
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Man About the House
as MildredAn unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings....
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Kaleidoscope
as Museum ReceptionistBarney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer...
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Charlie Bubbles
as Woman in CafeCharlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course...
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Catch Us If You Can
as NanDinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to...
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Burke & Hare
as Mrs. HareTwo men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
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All the Right Noises
as Mrs. BirdA married man with two small children begins an affair with a beautiful young actress which...
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The Road Builder
as Mrs. PalafoxThe dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the...
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George & Mildred
as Mildred RoperBig screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George...
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A Place to Go
as Bit Role (uncredited)Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that...
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Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Mrs. FinchTwo London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.
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Luther
as Katharine LutherAn epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.
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Nearest and Dearest
as uncreditedJimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker star in this big screen spin-off of one of ITV's most popular comedy...
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Twenty-Nine
as The prostituteGraham Baird wakes up in strange clothes in a strange apartment, both he and his wife want to...
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Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
as Archive FootageAn affectionate look at the 1970s sitcom, with interviews and a look behind the scenes.
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Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
as uncreditedEdgar Lunt lives his life by scientific principles, that is, for every action there is a...
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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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The Avengers
as Miss ListerThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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The Saint
as MilanovSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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On the Buses
as uncreditedOn the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in...
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Manhunt
as DeniseManhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend...
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Jason King
as uncreditedJason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world...
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Man About the House
as uncreditedSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in...
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George and Mildred
as Mildred RoperA middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple...
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Seven of One
as uncreditedSeven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7...
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Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital MatronVictor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...
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