Yootha Joyce
Acting
Born August 20, 1927 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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 · 40 titles
The Avengers
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
The Saint
The Wednesday Play
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
No Hiding Place
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The World of Hammer
Story Parade
Steptoe and Son
On the Buses
Manhunt
Jason King
Man About the House
Redcap
George and Mildred
A Man for All Seasons
City '68
W. Somerset Maugham
The Misfit
Armchair Theatre
Seven of One
The Wednesday Thriller
Frankenstein: The True Story
The Pumpkin Eater
Fanatic
Kaleidoscope
Corrigan Blake
Conceptions of Murder
Frankenstein: The True Story
Our Mother's House
Burke & Hare
The Road Builder
Stranger in the House
Fragment of Fear
Maigret at Bay
Twenty-Nine
Man About the House