Acting credits
39
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Yootha Joyce
Acting
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Movies: 24Series: 15
TMDB ID: 25641
IMDb ID: nm0431626
Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1927
Died: August 24, 1980
Age: 53
Place of birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2023
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q1221018
Also known as
Yootha Joyce Needham
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Yootha Joyce.
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
as Archive Footage
2023 Movie
8.3
George & Mildred
as Mildred Roper
1980 Movie
4.7
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper
1974 Movie
7.3
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
1974 Movie
6.8
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Freda
1973 Movie
5.7
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Mrs. Finch
1973 Movie
5.1
Burke & Hare
as Mrs. Hare
1972 Movie
6.6
Nearest and Dearest
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
1972 Movie
6.2
The Road Builder
as Mrs. Palafox
1971 Movie
5.5
All the Right Noises
as Mrs. Bird
1970 Movie
5.9
Fragment of Fear
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
1970 Movie
4.5
Twenty-Nine
as The Prostitute
1969 Movie
5.0
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968 Movie
6.4
Charlie Bubbles
as Woman in Cafe
1968 Movie
Luther
as Katharine Luther
1968 Movie
7.1
Our Mother's House
as Mrs. Quayle
1967 Movie
5.2
Stranger in the House
as Shooting Range Girl
1967 Movie
7.3
A Man for All Seasons
as Averil Machin
1966 Movie
4.9
Kaleidoscope
as Museum Receptionist
1966 Movie
5.2
Catch Us If You Can
as Nan
1965 Movie
6.6
Fanatic
as Anna
1965 Movie
6.6
The Pumpkin Eater
as Woman at Hairdresser's
1964 Movie
6.2
A Place to Go
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1963 Movie
5.1
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Barmaid
1963 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Yootha Joyce.
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.8
George and Mildred
as Mildred Roper • 38 eps
1976 Series
8.5
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron • 2 eps
1973 Series
7.1
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper • 39 eps
1973 Series
7.0
Seven of One
as Mrs Scully • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.6
Jason King
1 eps
1971 Series
The Misfit
as Pamela • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.5
Manhunt
as Denise • 1 eps
1970 Series
7.2
On the Buses
1 eps
1969 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Mademoiselle Motte • 1 eps
1965 Series
4.5
The Wednesday Play
as Rosalind Arnold • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Jane Matthews • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Milanov • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Miss Lister • 1 eps
1961 Series
3.7
No Hiding Place
1 eps
1959 Series