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 …
Known For
A Man for All Seasons
Averil Machin
George & Mildred
Mildred Roper
Our Mother's House
Mrs. Quayle
Fanatic
Anna
The Pumpkin Eater
Woman at Hairdresser's
Frankenstein: The True Story
Hospital Matron
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Freda
George and Mildred
Mildred Roper
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Filmography
Acting (45)
Movies (26)
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023as Archive Footage
George & Mildred
1980as Mildred Roper
Man About the House
1974as Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974as Hospital Matron
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973as Freda
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973as Mrs. Finch
Nearest and Dearest
1972as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
Burke & Hare
1972as Mrs. Hare
The Road Builder
1971as Mrs. Palafox
Fragment of Fear
1970as Miss Ward-Cadbury
All the Right Noises
1970as Mrs. Bird
Twenty-Nine
1969as The Prostitute
Maigret at Bay
1969as Mlle. Motte
Luther
1968as Katharine Luther
Charlie Bubbles
1968as Woman in Cafe
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Stranger in the House
1967as Shooting Range Girl
Our Mother's House
1967as Mrs. Quayle
A Man for All Seasons
1966as Averil Machin
Kaleidoscope
1966as Museum Receptionist
Fanatic
1965as Anna
Catch Us If You Can
1965as Nan
The Pumpkin Eater
1964as Woman at Hairdresser's
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963as Barmaid
A Place to Go
1963as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Fishing Match
1962as Cissy
Television (19)
The World of Hammer
1994as Self (archive footage)
George and Mildred
1976as Mildred Roper
Man About the House
1973as Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973as Hospital Matron
Seven of One
1973as Mrs Scully
Jason King
1971
Manhunt
1970as Denise
The Misfit
1970as Pamela
On the Buses
1969
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Mademoiselle Motte
The Wednesday Play
1964as Rosalind Arnold
Theatre 625
1964as Jane Matthews
Redcap
1964as Magda
Story Parade
1964as Ruth Cowley
The Saint
1962as Milanov
Corrigan Blake
1962
The Avengers
1961as Miss Lister
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956as Cissy
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