Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce

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 198o, 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.

  • Title : Yootha Joyce
  • Popularity : 4.894
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1927-08-20
  • Place of Birth : Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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Yootha Joyce Movies

  • 1966
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    A Man for All Seasons

    A Man for All Seasons

    7.331 1966 HD

    A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy...

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  • 1967
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    Our Mother's House

    Our Mother's House

    7 1967 HD

    Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.

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  • 1980
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    George & Mildred

    George & Mildred

    8.4 1980 HD

    Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a...

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  • 1965
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    Fanatic

    Fanatic

    6.5 1965 HD

    A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.

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  • 1972
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    Burke & Hare

    Burke & Hare

    5.5 1972 HD

    Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.

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  • 1968
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    Luther

    Luther

    1 1968 HD

    An epic drama of the 16th Century Catholic monk Martin Luther who started the Reformation.

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  • 1972
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    Nearest and Dearest

    Nearest and Dearest

    6.9 1972 HD

    Jimmy Jewel and Hylda Baker star in this big screen spin-off of one of ITV's most popular comedy series of all time. When the father of Eli and...

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  • 1963
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    A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

    6.2 1963 HD

    Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British...

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  • 2023
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    Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

    Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

    1 2023 HD

    An affectionate look at the 1970s sitcom, with interviews and a look behind the scenes.

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  • 1973
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    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    6.6 1973 HD

    Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.

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  • 1971
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    The Road Builder

    The Road Builder

    6.3 1971 HD

    The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more...

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  • 1962
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    The Fishing Match

    The Fishing Match

    1 1962 HD

    Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels...

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  • 1968
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    Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    5 1968 HD

    Edgar Lunt lives his life by scientific principles, that is, for every action there is a reaction. He believes that any pleasure he might have, will...

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  • 1970
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    All the Right Noises

    All the Right Noises

    5.8 1970 HD

    A married man with two small children begins an affair with a beautiful young actress which quickly blossoms into a full blown romance, until she...

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  • 1964
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    The Pumpkin Eater

    The Pumpkin Eater

    6.7 1964 HD

    Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are...

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  • 1974
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    Man About the House

    Man About the House

    5.1 1974 HD

    An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered...

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  • 1966
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    Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

    4.8 1966 HD

    Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original...

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  • 1970
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    Fragment of Fear

    Fragment of Fear

    5.9 1970 HD

    A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

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  • 1974
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    Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

    7.565 1974 HD

    Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.

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  • 1968
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    Charlie Bubbles

    Charlie Bubbles

    6.3 1968 HD

    Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid...

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  • 1967
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    Cop-Out

    Cop-Out

    5.3 1967 HD

    John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is...

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  • 1965
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    Catch Us If You Can

    Catch Us If You Can

    5.2 1965 HD

    Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for...

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  • 1973
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    Steptoe & Son Ride Again

    Steptoe & Son Ride Again

    6.7 1973 HD

    Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at...

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  • 1963
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    Sparrows Can't Sing

    Sparrows Can't Sing

    5.2 1963 HD

    Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up...

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  • 1969
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    Twenty-Nine

    Twenty-Nine

    4.5 1969 HD

    Graham Baird wakes up in strange clothes in a strange apartment, both he and his wife want to know where he had been the previous night.

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  • 1973
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    Seven of One

    Seven of One

    7 1973 HD

    Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that...

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  • 1969
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    On the Buses

    On the Buses

    7.3 1969 HD

    On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers'...

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  • 1973
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    Man About the House

    Man About the House

    7 1973 HD

    Sitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.

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  • 1976
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    George and Mildred

    George and Mildred

    6.8 1976 HD

    A middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple adapting to life in an up-market housing estate.

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1971
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    Jason King

    Jason King

    7.3 1971 HD

    Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering...

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  • 1973
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    Frankenstein: The True Story

    Frankenstein: The True Story

    8.5 1973 HD

    Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1962
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    Corrigan Blake

    Corrigan Blake

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1970
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    Manhunt

    Manhunt

    6.5 1970 HD

    Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.

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