Yootha Joyce
ActorView in FlikflixAll Movies & TV Shows
See All- HorrorBurke & Hare
- HorrorFanatic
- DramaThe Road Builder
- DramaOur Mother's House
- CrimeFragment of Fear
- ComedyKaleidoscope
- ComedyCatch Us If You Can
- DramaThe Pumpkin Eater
- DramaA Man for All Seasons
- DramaFrankenstein: The True Story
- CrimeA Place to Go
- ComedySparrows Can't Sing
- ComedyGeorge & Mildred
- ComedyGeorge and Mildred
- DramaYour Name's Not God, It's Edgar
- ComedyNever Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- movieTwenty-Nine
- ComedyMan About the House
- ComedyMan About the House
- ComedySteptoe and Son Ride Again
- ComedyNearest and Dearest
- Sci-Fi & FantasyFrankenstein: The True Story
- ComedyCharlie Bubbles
- CrimeCop-Out
- ComedyAll the Right Noises
Recommended People
About
Yootha Joyce
Actor
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.
Information
- Place of Birth
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Known Credits
- 25