Yootha Joyce
Acting Born Aug 20, 1927 Died Aug 24, 1980 Wandsworth, London, England, UK 56 credits
Biography
Yootha Joyce was a British actress born in 1927 to musical parents. She was trained at RADA and came to prominence via the Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop. Joyce secured roles in TV shows such as The Avengers and Steptoe and Son, and films like The Pumpkin Eater and A Man For All Seasons. She was best known for her role as Mildred Roper in the sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off George and Mildred. Joyce was married to fellow actor Glynn Edwards from 1956 to 1968 and died in 1980 from liver failure.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
The World of Hammer
George & Mildred
George and Mildred
Frankenstein: The True StoryMan About the House
Man About the HouseSeven of OneFrankenstein: The True StorySteptoe & Son Ride AgainNever Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Burke & HareNearest and Dearest
Jason KingThe Road Builder
ManhuntThe MisfitConceptions of MurderFragment of FearAll the Right Noises
ITV Saturday Night TheatreOn the BusesW. Somerset MaughamTwenty-NineMaigret at Bay
Charlie BubblesYour Name's Not God, It's EdgarLuther
ITV PlayhouseCity '68Our Mother's HouseStranger in the House
A Man for All SeasonsKaleidoscope
BBC Play of the MonthThirty-Minute TheatreFanaticThe Wednesday ThrillerCatch Us If You Can
The Wednesday PlayTheatre 625Theatre 625Story ParadeRedcap
Sparrows Can't SingA Place to Go
The SaintSteptoe and SonSteptoe and SonThe Fishing MatchCorrigan Blake
The Avengers
No Hiding Place
Armchair TheatreArmchair Theatre
Full filmography
- Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs (2023) as Archive Footage
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- George & Mildred (1980) as Mildred Roper
- George and Mildred (1976) as Mildred Roper
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1974) as Hospital Matron
- Man About the House (1974) as Mildred Roper
- Man About the House (1973) as Mildred Roper
- Seven of One (1973) as Mrs Scully
- Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) as Hospital Matron
- Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973) as Freda
- Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) as Mrs. Finch
- Burke & Hare (1972) as Mrs. Hare
- Nearest and Dearest (1972) as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
- Jason King (1971)
- The Road Builder (1971) as Mrs. Palafox
- Manhunt (1970) as Denise
- The Misfit (1970) as Pamela
- Conceptions of Murder (1970) as Maria Kurten
- Fragment of Fear (1970) as Miss Ward-Cadbury
- All the Right Noises (1970) as Mrs. Bird
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Erica Seydoux
- On the Buses (1969)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1969) as Elvira
- Twenty-Nine (1969) as The Prostitute
- Maigret at Bay (1969) as Mlle. Motte
- Charlie Bubbles (1968) as Woman in Cafe
- Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar (1968)
- Luther (1968) as Katharine Luther
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Phoebe
- City '68 (1967) as Hilda
- Our Mother's House (1967) as Mrs. Quayle
- Stranger in the House (1967) as Shooting Range Girl
- A Man for All Seasons (1966) as Averil Machin
- Kaleidoscope (1966) as Museum Receptionist
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Mademoiselle Motte
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Agnes
- Fanatic (1965) as Anna
- The Wednesday Thriller (1965) as Mrs Seam
- Catch Us If You Can (1965) as Nan
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Rosalind Arnold
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Jane Matthews
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Miss Binnington
- Story Parade (1964) as Ruth Cowley
- Redcap (1964) as Magda
- The Pumpkin Eater (1964) as Woman at Hairdresser's
- Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) as Barmaid
- A Place to Go (1963) as Bit Role (uncredited)
- The Saint (1962) as Milanov
- Steptoe and Son (1962) as Delilah
- Steptoe and Son (1962) as Avis
- The Fishing Match (1962) as Cissy
- Corrigan Blake (1962)
- The Avengers (1961) as Miss Lister
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Cissy
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Alice