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…
Also known as
Yootha Joyce Needham
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Known For
The Avengers
1961 · TV
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
The Saint
1962 · TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
No Hiding Place
1959 · TV
City '68
1967 · TV
On the Buses
1969 · TV
The World of Hammer
1994 · TV