Yootha Joyce
- Schauspiel
- 20. August 1927 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- 24. August 1980
Biografie
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
Filmografie
- Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs · Archive Footage
- The World of Hammer · Selbst
- George & Mildred · Mildred Roper
- George and Mildred · Mildred Roper
- Man About the House · Mildred Roper
- Frankenstein: The True Story · Hospital Matron
- Frankenstein wie er wirklich war · Hospital Matron
- Ein Mann im Haus · Mildred Roper
- Steptoe & Son Ride Again · Freda
- Seven of One · Mrs Scully
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width · Mrs. Finch
- Burke & Hare · Mrs. Hare
- Nearest and Dearest · Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
- Jason King
- Das Haus der Schatten · Mrs. Palafox
- All the Right Noises · Mrs. Bird
- Conceptions of Murder · Maria Kurten
- Schatten der Angst · Miss Ward-Cadbury
- The Misfit · Pamela
- Manhunt · Denise
- W. Somerset Maugham · Elvira
- Nichts als Ärger im Depot
- Maigret at Bay · Mlle. Motte
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Erica Seydoux
- Twenty-Nine · The Prostitute
- Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
- Ein erfolgreicher Blindgänger · Woman in Cafe
- Luther · Katharine Luther
- City '68 · Hilda
- ITV Playhouse · Phoebe
- Jede Nacht um 9 · Mrs. Quayle
- Der Fremde im Haus · Shooting Range Girl
- Ein Mann zu jeder Jahreszeit · Averil Machin
- Der Gentleman-Zinker · Museum Receptionist
- BBC Play of the Month · Mademoiselle Motte
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Agnes
- The Wednesday Thriller · Mrs Seam
- Fangt uns wenn ihr könnt! · Nan
- Das düstere Haus · Anna
- Redcap · Magda
- The Wednesday Play · Rosalind Arnold
- Schlafzimmerstreit · Woman at Hairdresser's
- Theatre 625 · Jane Matthews, Miss Binnington
- Story Parade · Ruth Cowley
- A Place to Go · Bit Role (uncredited)
- Sparrows Can't Sing · Barmaid
- Simon Templar · Milanov
- The Fishing Match · Cissy
- Corrigan Blake
- Harold und die Stripperin · Delilah, Avis
- Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone · Miss Lister
- No Hiding Place
- Armchair Theatre · Cissy, Alice