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Yootha Joyce

Cast & creator

Yootha Joyce

1927-08-20 (died at 53) Wandsworth, London, England, UKIMDb

Best known for The Avengers, The Wednesday Play, The Saint

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.

Also known as: Yootha Joyce Needham

Movies

26

film credits

Series

30

television credits

Career

56

1956–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Avengers

The Avengers

Miss Lister · 1961

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Rosalind Arnold · 1964

The Saint

The Saint

Milanov · 1962

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Mademoiselle Motte · 1965

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Phoebe · 1967

Across film & television

Filmography (56)

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Showing 56 of 56 credits

The Avengers

The Avengers

Miss Lister

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Rosalind Arnold

The Saint

The Saint

Milanov

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Mademoiselle Motte

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Phoebe

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Jane Matthews

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Miss Binnington

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Agnes

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Erica Seydoux

Story Parade

Ruth Cowley

The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer

Self (archive footage)

Jason King

Jason King

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son

Delilah

Steptoe and Son

Steptoe and Son

Avis

On the Buses

On the Buses

Manhunt

Manhunt

Denise

Redcap

Redcap

Magda

Man About the House

Man About the House

Mildred Roper

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

Averil Machin

W. Somerset Maugham

Elvira

The Misfit

The Misfit

Pamela

George and Mildred

George and Mildred

Mildred Roper

Seven of One

Seven of One

Mrs Scully

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Cissy

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Alice

Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein: The True Story

Hospital Matron

The Wednesday Thriller

Mrs Seam

City '68

Hilda

Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House

Mrs. Quayle

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

Woman at Hairdresser's

Corrigan Blake

Frankenstein: The True Story

Frankenstein: The True Story

Hospital Matron

Sparrows Can't Sing

Sparrows Can't Sing

Barmaid

Fanatic

Fanatic

Anna

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Museum Receptionist

Conceptions of Murder

Maria Kurten

Twenty-Nine

Twenty-Nine

The Prostitute

Catch Us If You Can

Catch Us If You Can

Nan

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Freda

Fragment of Fear

Fragment of Fear

Miss Ward-Cadbury

Stranger in the House

Stranger in the House

Shooting Range Girl

All the Right Noises

All the Right Noises

Mrs. Bird

George & Mildred

George & Mildred

Mildred Roper

Man About the House

Man About the House

Mildred Roper

Maigret at Bay

Maigret at Bay

Mlle. Motte

Charlie Bubbles

Charlie Bubbles

Woman in Cafe

A Place to Go

A Place to Go

Bit Role (uncredited)

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

Burke & Hare

Burke & Hare

Mrs. Hare

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

Mrs. Finch

Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

Archive Footage

The Road Builder

The Road Builder

Mrs. Palafox

Luther

Luther

Katharine Luther

Nearest and Dearest

Nearest and Dearest

Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom

The Fishing Match

Cissy