Yootha Joyce
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1927-08-20 (53 years old)
Deathday
1980-08-24
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also known As
Yootha Joyce Needham
Yootha Joyce
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 alcoholi...
Acting
1966
as Averil Machin
1967
as Mrs. Quayle
1980
as Mildred Roper
1965
as Anna
1972
as Mrs. Hare
1968
as Katharine Luther
1972
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
1963
as Bit Role (uncredited)
2023
as Archive Footage
1973
as Mrs. Finch
1971
as Mrs. Palafox
1962
as Cissy
1970
as Mrs. Bird
1964
as Woman at Hairdresser's
1974
as Mildred Roper
1966
as Museum Receptionist
1970
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
1974
as Hospital Matron
1968
as Woman in Cafe
1967
as Shooting Range Girl
1965
as Nan
1973
as Freda
1963
as Barmaid
1969
as The prostitute
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