Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce

Birthday: 1927-08-20

Deathday: 1980-08-24

Place of birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Also known as: Yootha Joyce Needham

imdb_id: nm0431626

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 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.

Played in movies:

George & Mildred

Score: 8.3

Frankenstein: The True Story

Score: 7.5

A Man for All Seasons

Score: 7.3

Our Mother's House

Score: 7.1

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Score: 6.8

The Pumpkin Eater

Score: 6.7

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Score: 6.6

Nearest and Dearest

Score: 6.6

Fanatic

Score: 6.5

Charlie Bubbles

Score: 6.3

The Road Builder

Score: 6.3

A Place to Go

Score: 6.2

Fragment of Fear

Score: 5.9

All the Right Noises

Score: 5.8

Stranger in the House

Score: 5.6

Sparrows Can't Sing

Score: 5.3

Catch Us If You Can

Score: 5.2

Burke & Hare

Score: 5.2

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

Score: 5.0

Kaleidoscope

Score: 4.9

Man About the House

Score: 4.8

Twenty-Nine

Score: 4.5

The Fishing Match

Score: 0.0

Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

Score: 0.0

Luther

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Frankenstein: The True Story

Score: 8.5

Story Parade

Score: 8.0

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

The Saint

Score: 7.3

Jason King

Score: 7.3

On the Buses

Score: 7.2

Man About the House

Score: 7.1

Seven of One

Score: 7.0

George and Mildred

Score: 6.8

Manhunt

Score: 6.5

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

The Wednesday Play

Score: 4.5

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

The Misfit

Score: 0.0

Corrigan Blake

Score: 0.0