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