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Yootha Joyce
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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 Jess…
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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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2023
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
Movie Archive Footage
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1994
The World of Hammer
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1980
George & Mildred
Movie Mildred Roper
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1976
George and Mildred
TV show Mildred Roper
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1974
Man About the House
Movie Mildred Roper
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1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Movie Hospital Matron
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1973
Frankenstein: The True Story
TV show Hospital Matron
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1973
Man About the House
TV show Mildred Roper
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1973
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Movie Freda
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1973
Seven of One
TV show Mrs Scully
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1973
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Movie Mrs. Finch
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1972
Burke & Hare
Movie Mrs. Hare
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1972
Nearest and Dearest
Movie Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
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1971
Jason King
TV show
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1971
The Road Builder
Movie Mrs. Palafox
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1970
All the Right Noises
Movie Mrs. Bird
More credits
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1970
Conceptions of Murder
TV show Maria Kurten
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1970
Fragment of Fear
Movie Miss Ward-Cadbury
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1970
The Misfit
TV show Pamela
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1970
Manhunt
TV show Denise
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1969
W. Somerset Maugham
TV show Elvira
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1969
On the Buses
TV show
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1969
Maigret at Bay
Movie Mlle. Motte
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Erica Seydoux
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1969
Twenty-Nine
Movie The Prostitute
- 1968
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1968
Charlie Bubbles
Movie Woman in Cafe
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1968
Luther
Movie Katharine Luther
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1967
City '68
TV show Hilda
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Phoebe
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1967
Our Mother's House
Movie Mrs. Quayle
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1967
Stranger in the House
Movie Shooting Range Girl
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1966
A Man for All Seasons
Movie Averil Machin
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1966
Kaleidoscope
Movie Museum Receptionist
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1965
BBC Play of the Month
TV show Mademoiselle Motte
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Agnes
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1965
The Wednesday Thriller
TV show Mrs Seam
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1965
Catch Us If You Can
Movie Nan
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1965
Fanatic
Movie Anna
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1964
Redcap
TV show Magda
