Yootha Joyce
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
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
Man About the House
1974
as Mildred Roper
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Hospital Matron
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973
as Mrs. Finch
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973
as Freda
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Hospital Matron
Man About the House
1973
as Mildred Roper
Seven of One
1973
as Mrs Scully
Burke & Hare
1972
as Mrs. Hare
Nearest and Dearest
1972
as Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
The Road Builder
1971
as Mrs. Palafox
Jason King
1971
All the Right Noises
1970
as Mrs. Bird
Fragment of Fear
1970
as Miss Ward-Cadbury
Manhunt
1970
as Denise
The Misfit
1970
as Pamela
Conceptions of Murder
1970
as Maria Kurten
Twenty-Nine
1969
as The Prostitute
Maigret at Bay
1969
as Mlle. Motte
On the Buses
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Erica Seydoux
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Elvira
Luther
1968
as Katharine Luther
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Woman in Cafe
Our Mother's House
1967
as Mrs. Quayle
Stranger in the House
1967
as Shooting Range Girl
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Phoebe
City '68
1967
as Hilda
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as Averil Machin
Kaleidoscope
1966
as Museum Receptionist
Fanatic
1965
as Anna
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Nan
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mademoiselle Motte
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
as Mrs Seam
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Agnes
The Pumpkin Eater
1964
as Woman at Hairdresser's
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Rosalind Arnold
Story Parade
1964
as Ruth Cowley
Theatre 625
1964
as Jane Matthews
Theatre 625
1964
as Miss Binnington
Redcap
1964
as Magda
A Place to Go
1963
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
as Barmaid
The Fishing Match
1962
as Cissy
The Saint
1962
as Milanov
Corrigan Blake
1962
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Delilah
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Avis
The Avengers
1961
as Miss Lister
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Cissy
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Alice