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Yootha Joyce Needham
Yootha Joyce
Acting
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, a…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
as Archive Footage
George & Mildred
as Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
as Freda
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as Mrs. Finch
Burke & Hare
as Mrs. Hare
Nearest and Dearest
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
The Road Builder
as Mrs. Palafox
Fragment of Fear
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
TV Shows
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
George and Mildred
as Mildred Roper · 38 ep.
Man About the House
as Mildred Roper · 39 ep.
Seven of One
as Mrs Scully · 1 ep.
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Hospital Matron · 2 ep.
Jason King
1 ep.
Manhunt
as Denise · 1 ep.
The Misfit
as Pamela · 1 ep.
On the Buses
1 ep.
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Erica Seydoux · 1 ep.