Yootha Joyce
Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1927
Died: August 24, 1980
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
George & Mildred
1980
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Burke & Hare
1972
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973
Twenty-Nine
1969
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
Man About the House
1974
Maigret at Bay
1969
Fanatic
1965
The Road Builder
1971
The Fishing Match
1962
Nearest and Dearest
1972
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
Our Mother's House
1967
Luther
1968
Kaleidoscope
1966
Fragment of Fear
1970
Catch Us If You Can
1965
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
A Place to Go
1963
A Man for All Seasons
1966
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
Charlie Bubbles
1968
Stranger in the House
1967
All the Right Noises
1970
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
On the Buses
1969
George and Mildred
1976
The Avengers
1961
Jason King
1971
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
The Saint
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Corrigan Blake
1962
Manhunt
1970
The Wednesday Play
1964
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Misfit
1970
Story Parade
1964
Man About the House
1973
Theatre 625
1964
The World of Hammer
1994
Seven of One
1973
Redcap
1964
Armchair Theatre
1956
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
City '68
1967
Steptoe and Son
1962