Yootha Joyce
Birthday
1927/08/20
Day of death
1980/08/24 (53 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1966) A Man for All Seasons
as Averil Machin
(1967) Our Mother's House
as Mrs. Quayle
(1980) George & Mildred
as Mildred Roper
(1965) Fanatic
as Anna
(1972) Burke & Hare
as Mrs. Hare
(1968) Luther
as Katharine Luther
(1972) Nearest and Dearest
as ---
(1963) A Place to Go
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(2023) Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
as Archive Footage
(1973) Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Mrs. Finch
(1971) The Road Builder
as Mrs. Palafox
(1962) The Fishing Match
as Cissy
(1968) Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
as ---
(1970) All the Right Noises
as Mrs. Bird
(1964) The Pumpkin Eater
as Woman at Hairdresser's
(1974) Man About the House
as Mildred
(1966) Kaleidoscope
as Museum Receptionist
(1970) Fragment of Fear
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
(1974) Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
(1968) Charlie Bubbles
as Woman in Cafe
(1967) Cop-Out
as Shooting Range Girl
(1965) Catch Us If You Can
as Nan
(1973) Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Freda
(1963) Sparrows Can't Sing
as Barmaid
(1969) Twenty-Nine
as The prostitute
(1973) Seven of One
as ---
(1969) On the Buses
as ---
(1973) Man About the House
as ---
(1976) George and Mildred
as Mildred Roper
(1961) The Avengers
as Miss Lister
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1973) Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
(1962) The Saint
as Milanov
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1962) Corrigan Blake
as ---
(1970) Manhunt
as Denise