Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1927-08-20
Day of Death
1980-08-24
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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 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.
Filmography (26)
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
George & Mildred
1980
Man About the House
1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973
Burke & Hare
1972
Nearest and Dearest
1972
The Road Builder
1971
All the Right Noises
1970
Fragment of Fear
1970
Maigret at Bay
1969
Twenty-Nine
1969
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
