
Dandy Nichols
Acting • Born 1907-05-21 – Died 1986-02-06
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
97 credits
Carry On Doctor
Movie • 1967
Mrs. Roper

Yield to the Night
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Price

The Fallen Idol
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Patterson

Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Movie • 1974
Mrs. Lea

Till Death Us Do Part
Movie • 1969
Else Garnett

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Mott

The History of Mr. Polly
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Johnson

The Alf Garnett Saga
Movie • 1972
Else Garnett

Don't Talk to Strange Men
Movie • 1962
Molly

The Trouble with Our Ivy
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Tremblow

Now Barabbas
Movie • 1949
Smith's Mother

First Love
Movie • 1970
Prinzessin Zasekina

Here Come the Huggetts
Movie • 1948
Aunt Edie Hopkins

Home
Movie • 1972
Marjorie

The Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 1955
Mrs. Elton

Ladies Who Do
Movie • 1963
Mrs. Merryweather

The Happy Family
Movie • 1952
Ada

A Passage to India
Movie • 1965
Mrs Turton

Not So Dusty
Movie • 1956

O Lucky Man!
Movie • 1973
Tea Lady / Neighbour

In the Labyrinth
Movie • 1976
Edith Harrison

The Strange World of Planet X
Movie • 1958
Mrs. Tucker

The General's Day
Movie • 1972

The Birthday Party
Movie • 1968
Meg Bowles

A Time to Kill
Movie • 1955
Waitress (uncredited)

The Bed Sitting Room
Movie • 1969
Mrs Ethel Shroake

The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1948
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)

Street Corner
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Furness

The Leather Boys
Movie • 1964
Mrs Stanley

Where There's a Will
Movie • 1955
Maud Hodge

Time Is My Enemy
Movie • 1954
Charwoman

The Holly and the Ivy
Movie • 1952
Neighbour

Meet Mr. Lucifer
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Clarke

Emergency Call
Movie • 1952
Barmaid

Lost
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Gamble

Georgy Girl
Movie • 1966
Hospital Nurse

Design for Living
Movie • 1979
Miss Hodge

Crooks Anonymous
Movie • 1962
Hyacinth Cundell

Your Witness
Movie • 1950
Waitress

How I Won the War
Movie • 1967
1st Old Lady

Help!
Movie • 1965
Neighbour

The Stable Door
Movie • 1966

The Vikings
Movie • 1958
Bridget

Doctor at Large
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Law

Women of Twilight
Movie • 1953
Third Landlady

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Harris

Scott of the Antarctic
Movie • 1948
Caroline

Tiger in the Smoke
Movie • 1956
Stall Attendant (uncredited)

Dance Hall
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Crabtree

Mad About Men
Movie • 1954
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

The Crowded Day
Movie • 1954
Charwoman

Rotten to the Core
Movie • 1965
Woman in Cemetery

Woman Hater
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Burrell

Don't Ever Leave Me
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Marshall

The Early Bird
Movie • 1965
Woman Flooded by Milk

Three for All
Movie • 1975
Henrietta

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Movie • 1965
Orphanage Superintendant

Act of Murder
Movie • 1964
Maud Peterson

Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Florrie: The Workers

Kate: The Good Neighbour
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Druce

The Death of Glory
Movie • 1973
Marjorie

Doctor in Clover
Movie • 1966
Patient with Kidney Stones

Adventure in the Hopfields
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Harris

The Feminine Touch
Movie • 1956
Kitchen-hand

Marks
Movie • 1982
Lily

Findings on a Late Afternoon
Movie • 1981
Nanny

A Cry from the Streets
Movie • 1958
Mrs. Jenks

The Knack... and How to Get It
Movie • 1965
Tom's Landlady

The National Health
Movie • 1973
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)

High Treason
Movie • 1951
Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)

The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Sprat

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Gamp

The Fatal Night
Movie • 1948
Charwoman

Golden Rain
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Tuckett

Bergerac
TV • 1981
Mrs. Honeyman

Shirley's World
TV • 1972

No Hiding Place
TV • 1959

Play for Today
TV • 1970

Emergency: Ward 10
TV • 1957

Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967

Maigret
TV • 1960
Concierge

Ask Mr Pastry
TV • 1961

Late Call
TV • 1975
Sylvia Calvert

NBC Experiment in Television
TV • 1967
(voice)

Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
Lily

Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Rosie Pennyfeather

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Nanny

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Mrs Turton

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Esme Flint

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Miss Hodge

Story Parade
TV • 1964
Elsie Jakes

Story Parade
TV • 1964
Freda Flower

In Sickness and in Health
TV • 1985
Else Garnett

Till Death...
TV • 1981
Else Garnett

Till Death Us Do Part
TV • 1966
Else Garnett

Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Lilly

Centre Play
TV • 1973
Edith Harrison