Personal Info
Known Credits
25
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1927-08-20 (98 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Also Known For
Yootha Joyce
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
Acting
2023 --
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
| Archive Footage
1980 --
George & Mildred
| Mildred Roper
1974 --
Man About the House
| Mildred
1974 --
Frankenstein: The True Story
| Hospital Matron
1973 --
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
| Freda
1973 --
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
| Mrs. Finch
1972 --
Burke & Hare
| Mrs. Hare
1972 --
Nearest and Dearest
|
1971 --
The Road Builder
| Mrs. Palafox
1970 --
All the Right Noises
| Mrs. Bird
1970 --
Fragment of Fear
| Miss Ward-Cadbury
1969 --
Twenty-Nine
| The prostitute
1968 --
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
|
1968 --
Charlie Bubbles
| Woman in Cafe
1968 --
Luther
| Katharine Luther
1967 --
Our Mother's House
| Mrs. Quayle
1967 --
Cop-Out
| Shooting Range Girl
1966 --
A Man for All Seasons
| Averil Machin
1966 --
Kaleidoscope
| Museum Receptionist
1965 --
Catch Us If You Can
| Nan
1965 --
Fanatic
| Anna
1964 --
The Pumpkin Eater
| Woman at Hairdresser's
1963 --
A Place to Go
| Bit Role (uncredited)
1963 --
Sparrows Can't Sing
| Barmaid
1962 --
The Fishing Match
| Cissy