Acting · geboren 1927-08-20 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Yootha Joyce

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.

Bekannt aus

• Ein Mann zu jeder Jahreszeit (1966) – Averil Machin
• Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone (1961) – Miss Lister
• Simon Templar (1962) – Milanov
• Das düstere Haus (1965) – Anna
• Schlafzimmerstreit (1964) – Woman at Hairdresser's
• Jede Nacht um 9 (1967) – Mrs. Quayle
• Schatten der Angst (1970) – Miss Ward-Cadbury
• Harold und die Stripperin (1962) – Delilah
• Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) – Hospital Matron
• Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973) – Freda
• George and Mildred (1976) – Mildred Roper
• George & Mildred (1980) – Mildred Roper
• Nichts als Ärger im Depot (1969)
• Burke & Hare (1972) – Mrs. Hare
• Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) – Barmaid
• Das Haus der Schatten (1971) – Mrs. Palafox
• Man About the House (1974) – Mildred Roper
• Ein Mann im Haus (1973) – Mildred Roper
• Ein erfolgreicher Blindgänger (1968) – Woman in Cafe
• Fangt uns wenn ihr könnt! (1965) – Nan
• All the Right Noises (1970) – Mrs. Bird
• Der Gentleman-Zinker (1966) – Museum Receptionist
• Der Fremde im Haus (1967) – Shooting Range Girl
• Jason King (1971)
• A Place to Go (1963) – Bit Role (uncredited)
• BBC Play of the Month (1965) – Mademoiselle Motte
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) – Agnes
• Nearest and Dearest (1972) – Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
• Frankenstein wie er wirklich war (1973) – Hospital Matron
• Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) – Mrs. Finch
• Seven of One (1973) – Mrs Scully
• Armchair Theatre (1956) – Cissy
• The Wednesday Play (1964) – Rosalind Arnold
• Theatre 625 (1964) – Jane Matthews
• No Hiding Place (1959)
• Manhunt (1970) – Denise
• The World of Hammer (1994) – Self (archive footage)
• ITV Playhouse (1967) – Phoebe
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) – Erica Seydoux
• Twenty-Nine (1969) – The Prostitute