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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1927
Died
August 24, 1980
Place of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Yootha Joyce Needham
Yootha Joyce
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Archive Footage
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
8.3
Mildred Roper
George & Mildred
1980
6.8
Mildred Roper
George and Mildred
1976
4.7
Mildred Roper
Man About the House
1974
7.3
Hospital Matron
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
8.5
Hospital Matron
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
7.1
Mildred Roper
Man About the House
1973
6.8
Freda
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
7.0
Seven of One
1973
Credits
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
as Archive Footage
2023
0.0
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
George & Mildred
as Mildred Roper
1980
8.3
George and Mildred
as Mildred Roper
1976
6.8
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper
1974
4.7
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
1974
7.3
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
1973
8.5
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper
1973
7.1
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Freda
1973
6.8
Seven of One
1973
7.0
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Mrs. Finch
1973
5.7
Burke & Hare
as Mrs. Hare
1972
5.0
Nearest and Dearest
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
1972
6.6
Jason King
1971
7.6
The Road Builder
as Mrs. Palafox
1971
6.1
All the Right Noises
as Mrs. Bird
1970
5.5
Fragment of Fear
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
1970
6.0
The Misfit
as Pamela
1970
0.0
Manhunt
as Denise
1970
6.5
On the Buses
1969
7.2
🎬
Maigret at Bay
as Mlle. Motte
1969
0.0
Twenty-Nine
as The Prostitute
1969
4.5
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
5.0
Charlie Bubbles
as Woman in Cafe
1968
6.4
Luther
as Katharine Luther
1968
0.0
Our Mother's House
as Mrs. Quayle
1967
7.1
Stranger in the House
as Shooting Range Girl
1967
5.2
A Man for All Seasons
as Averil Machin
1966
7.3
Kaleidoscope
as Museum Receptionist
1966
4.9
BBC Play of the Month
as Mademoiselle Motte
1965
5.0
Catch Us If You Can
as Nan
1965
5.2
Fanatic
as Anna
1965
6.6
The Wednesday Play
as Rosalind Arnold
1964
4.5
The Pumpkin Eater
as Woman at Hairdresser's
1964
6.6
Theatre 625
as Jane Matthews
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
as Miss Binnington
1964
7.2
🎬
Story Parade
as Ruth Cowley
1964
8.0
A Place to Go
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1963
6.2
Sparrows Can't Sing
as Barmaid
1963
5.1
The Saint
as Milanov
1962
7.4
🎬
The Fishing Match
as Cissy
1962
0.0
🎬
Corrigan Blake
1962
0.0
The Avengers
as Miss Lister
1961
7.7
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7