Yootha Joyce
Acting
Born 1927-08-20
Died 1980-08-24
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
53 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
48 credits
The World of Hammer
The Avengers
The Saint
BBC Play of the Month
The Wednesday Play
Theatre 625
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Story Parade
Man About the House
City '68
Manhunt
W. Somerset Maugham
Steptoe and Son
A Man for All Seasons
Redcap
George and Mildred
The Misfit
Seven of One
The Wednesday Thriller
Kaleidoscope
Frankenstein: The True Story
Fanatic
The Pumpkin Eater
Armchair Theatre
Our Mother's House
Twenty-Nine
Fragment of Fear
Sparrows Can't Sing
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Maigret at Bay
Frankenstein: The True Story
Charlie Bubbles
Burke & Hare
Conceptions of Murder
Man About the House
George & Mildred
Catch Us If You Can
The Road Builder
Stranger in the House
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Nearest and Dearest
A Place to Go
The Fishing Match
All the Right Noises
Luther
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
Other credits
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