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Yootha Joyce Needham
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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-08-20
- event Death Date 1980-08-24
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.5
- info Birth Place Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Yootha Joyce
7.4
A Man for All Seasons
1966-12-13
7.2
Our Mother's House
1967-09-14
8.3
George & Mildred
1980-10-10
6.7
Fanatic
1965-03-21
5.2
Burke & Hare
1972-02-03
0
Luther
1968-01-29
7.1
Nearest and Dearest
1972-01-01
6.5
A Place to Go
1963-07-01
0
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023-10-14
5.7
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973-01-03
6.3
The Road Builder
1971-02-25
0
The Fishing Match
1962-08-19
5
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968-12-09
5.9
All the Right Noises
1970-10-16
6.7
The Pumpkin Eater
1964-07-16
4.9
Man About the House
1974-12-22
5.3
Kaleidoscope
1966-07-01
6
Fragment of Fear
1970-09-03
7.5
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974-09-19
6.7
Charlie Bubbles
1968-02-11
5.4
Stranger in the House
1967-05-23
5.4
Catch Us If You Can
1965-07-15
6.8
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973-05-01
5.4
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963-03-26
4.5
Twenty-Nine
1969-01-01
0
Maigret at Bay
1969-02-09
7.3
On the Buses
1969-02-28
7
George and Mildred
1976-09-06
7.7
The Avengers
1961-01-07
7.9
Jason King
1971-09-15
8.5
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973-11-30
7.4
The Saint
1962-10-04
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
0
Corrigan Blake
1962-02-02
6.8
Manhunt
1970-01-02
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964-09-30
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19
9
The Misfit
1970-03-03
8
Story Parade
1964-04-24
7.2
Man About the House
1973-08-15
7.2
Theatre 625
1964-05-03
7.2
Theatre 625
1964-05-03
6.7
The World of Hammer
1994-08-12
7.4
Seven of One
1973-03-25
8
Redcap
1964-10-17
6
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
6
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
7
ITV Playhouse
1967-09-25
7
The Wednesday Thriller
1965-08-04
7
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-01-11