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 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.
Fotos
Películas (26)
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023 · Archive Footage
George & Mildred
1980 · Mildred Roper
Man About the House
1974 · Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974 · Hospital Matron
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973 · Freda
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973 · Mrs. Finch
Burke & Hare
1972 · Mrs. Hare
Nearest and Dearest
1972 · Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
The Road Builder
1971 · Mrs. Palafox
All the Right Noises
1970 · Mrs. Bird
Fragment of Fear
1970 · Miss Ward-Cadbury
Maigret at Bay
1969 · Mlle. Motte
Twenty-Nine
1969 · The Prostitute
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Charlie Bubbles
1968 · Woman in Cafe
Luther
1968 · Katharine Luther
Our Mother's House
1967 · Mrs. Quayle
Stranger in the House
1967 · Shooting Range Girl
A Man for All Seasons
1966 · Averil Machin
Kaleidoscope
1966 · Museum Receptionist
Catch Us If You Can
1965 · Nan
Fanatic
1965 · Anna
The Pumpkin Eater
1964 · Woman at Hairdresser's
A Place to Go
1963 · Bit Role (uncredited)
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963 · Barmaid
The Fishing Match
1962 · Cissy
Series (27)
The World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
George and Mildred
1976 · Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973 · Hospital Matron
Man About the House
1973 · Mildred Roper
Seven of One
1973 · Mrs Scully
Jason King
1971
Conceptions of Murder
1970 · Maria Kurten
The Misfit
1970 · Pamela
Manhunt
1970 · Denise
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Elvira
On the Buses
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Erica Seydoux
City '68
1967 · Hilda
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Phoebe
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Mademoiselle Motte
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Agnes
The Wednesday Thriller
1965 · Mrs Seam
Redcap
1964 · Magda
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Rosalind Arnold
Theatre 625
1964 · Jane Matthews, Miss Binnington
Story Parade
1964 · Ruth Cowley
The Saint
1962 · Milanov
Corrigan Blake
1962
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Delilah, Avis
The Avengers
1961 · Miss Lister
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Cissy, Alice