Yootha Joyce
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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.
Known for
Credits
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
as Averil Machin
Our Mother's House (1967)
as Mrs. Quayle
Sparrows Can't Sing (1963)
as Barmaid
The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
as Woman at Hairdresser's
Frankenstein: The True Story (1974)
as Hospital Matron
Fragment of Fear (1970)
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
Fanatic (1965)
as Anna
Man About the House (1974)
as Mildred Roper
Stranger in the House (1967)
as Shooting Range Girl
Kaleidoscope (1966)
as Museum Receptionist
Catch Us If You Can (1965)
as Nan
Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
as Freda
All the Right Noises (1970)
as Mrs. Bird
Twenty-Nine (1969)
as The Prostitute
George & Mildred (1980)
as Mildred Roper
A Place to Go (1963)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973)
as Mrs. Finch
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar (1968)
Actor
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
as Woman in Cafe
Burke & Hare (1972)
as Mrs. Hare
Maigret at Bay (1969)
as Mlle. Motte
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs (2023)
as Archive Footage
The Road Builder (1971)
as Mrs. Palafox
Luther (1968)
as Katharine Luther
Nearest and Dearest (1972)
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
The Fishing Match (1962)
as Cissy