Yootha Joyce
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1927
- Died
- August 24, 1980 (aged 53)
- Birthplace
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
Movie · as Archive Footage
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
George & Mildred
Movie · as Mildred Roper
George and Mildred
TV · as Mildred Roper · 38 eps
Man About the House
Movie · as Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
Movie · as Hospital Matron
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Movie · as Mrs. Finch
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Movie · as Freda
Frankenstein: The True Story
TV · as Hospital Matron · 2 eps
Man About the House
TV · as Mildred Roper · 39 eps
Seven of One
TV · as Mrs Scully · 1 ep
Burke & Hare
Movie · as Mrs. Hare
Nearest and Dearest
Movie · as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
The Road Builder
Movie · as Mrs. Palafox
Jason King
TV · 1 ep
All the Right Noises
Movie · as Mrs. Bird
Fragment of Fear
Movie · as Miss Ward-Cadbury
Manhunt
TV · as Denise · 1 ep
The Misfit
TV · as Pamela · 1 ep
Conceptions of Murder
TV · as Maria Kurten · 1 ep
Twenty-Nine
Movie · as The Prostitute
Maigret at Bay
Movie · as Mlle. Motte
On the Buses
TV · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Erica Seydoux · 1 ep
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as Elvira · 1 ep
Luther
Movie · as Katharine Luther
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Movie
Charlie Bubbles
Movie · as Woman in Cafe
Our Mother's House
Movie · as Mrs. Quayle
Stranger in the House
Movie · as Shooting Range Girl
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Phoebe · 1 ep
City '68
TV · as Hilda · 1 ep
A Man for All Seasons
Movie · as Averil Machin
Kaleidoscope
Movie · as Museum Receptionist
Fanatic
Movie · as Anna
Catch Us If You Can
Movie · as Nan
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Mademoiselle Motte · 1 ep
The Wednesday Thriller
TV · as Mrs Seam · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Agnes · 1 ep
The Pumpkin Eater
Movie · as Woman at Hairdresser's
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Rosalind Arnold · 1 ep
Story Parade
TV · as Ruth Cowley · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Jane Matthews, Miss Binnington · 1 ep
Redcap
TV · as Magda · 1 ep
A Place to Go
Movie · as Bit Role (uncredited)
Sparrows Can't Sing
Movie · as Barmaid
The Fishing Match
Movie · as Cissy
The Saint
TV · as Milanov · 1 ep
Corrigan Blake
TV · 1 ep
Steptoe and Son
TV · as Delilah, Avis · 1 ep
The Avengers
TV · as Miss Lister · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Cissy, Alice · 1 ep