Dandy Nichols

Dandy Nichols

  • Birthday: 1907-05-21
  • Deathday: 1986-02-06
  • Place of birth: Fulham, London, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia Dandy Nichols (21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. She appeared in numerous films, which included Carry On Doctor, Ladies Who Do, The Holly and the Ivy, The Vikings, the Beatles' film Help!, Georgy Girl, Doctor in Clover, The Birthday Party, The Bed Sitting Room, O Lucky Man!, Confessions of a Window Cleaner and Britannia Hospital amongst others. After finding fame in Till Death Do Us Part, Nichols found work in television, notably playing opposite Alastair Sim in William Trevor's production of The Generals Day. She made appearances in Flint, The Tea Ladies and Bergerac. Onstage, she appeared in Ben Travers's comedy Plunder, as well as playing alongside Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Gielgud in David Storey's Home, in both London and on Broadway.

Filmography

Till Death Us Do Part

1969

As Else Garnett

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972

As Else Garnett

Home

1972

As Marjorie

The Birthday Party

1968

As Meg Bowles

The Death of Glory

1973

As Marjorie

The Happy Family

1952

As Ada

The Trouble With Our Ivy

1961

As Mrs. Tremblow

Not So Dusty

1956

As

Design for Living

1979

As Miss Hodge

Kate the Good Neighbour

1980

As Mrs. Druce

Ladies Who Do

1963

As Mrs. Merryweather

First Love

1970

As Prinzessin Zasekina

Where There's a Will

1955

As Maud Hodge

Time Is My Enemy

1954

As Charwoman

Act of Murder

1964

As Maud Peterson

The Deep Blue Sea

1955

As Mrs. Elton

The Strange World of Planet X

1958

As Mrs. Tucker

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

1953

As Mrs. Harris

The Fallen Idol

1948

As Mrs. Patterson

O Lucky Man!

1973

As Tea Lady / Neighbour

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953

As Mrs. Clarke

The Early Bird

1965

As Woman Flooded by Milk

The History of Mr. Polly

1949

As Mrs. Johnson

Dance Hall

1950

As Mrs. Crabtree

Adventure in the Hopfields

1954

As Mrs. Harris

Georgy Girl

1966

As Hospital Nurse

The Vikings

1958

As Bridget

The Feminine Touch

1956

As Kitchen-hand

Yield to the Night

1956

As Mrs. Price

The Leather Boys

1964

As Mrs Stanley

The Crowded Day

1954

As Charwoman

A Passage to India

1965

As Mrs Turton

Carry On Doctor

1967

As Mrs. Roper

The Holly and the Ivy

1952

As Neighbour

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

1965

As Orphanage Superintendant

The Bed Sitting Room

1969

As Mrs Ethel Shroake

Help!

1965

As Neighbour

Your Witness

1950

As Waitress

Here Come the Huggetts

1948

As Aunt Edie Hopkins

Don't Ever Leave Me

1949

As Mrs. Marshall

How I Won the War

1967

As 1st Old Lady

Woman Hater

1948

As Mrs. Burrell

Street Corner

1953

As Mrs. Furness

Women of Twilight

1953

As Third Landlady

Mad About Men

1954

As Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

Now Barabbas

1949

As Smith's Mother

Tiger in the Smoke

1956

As Stall Attendant (uncredited)

Crooks Anonymous

1962

As Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)

Emergency Call

1952

As Barmaid

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

As Caroline

Rotten to the Core

1965

As Woman in Cemetery

Doctor in Clover

1966

As Patient with Kidney Stones

Doctor at Large

1957

As Lady in Outpatients Dept.

Britannia Hospital

1982

As Florrie: The Workers

Three for All

1975

As Henrietta

Lost

1956

As Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited)

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