Dandy Nichols

from Fulham, London, England, UK

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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.

Timeline

2001Aged 94

  • Poster for Great Comedy Moments

    Else Garnett (archive footage)

1982Aged 75

  • Poster for Britannia Hospital

    Florrie: The Workers

  • Poster for The Plague Dogs

    Phyllis (voice)

  • Poster for Marks

    Lily

1981Aged 74

  • Poster for Findings on a Late Afternoon

    Nanny

1980Aged 73

  • Poster for Kate: The Good Neighbour

    Mrs. Druce

1979Aged 72

  • Poster for Design for Living

    Miss Hodge

1976Aged 69

  • Poster for In the Labyrinth

    Edith Harrison

1975Aged 68

  • Poster for Three for All

    Henrietta

1974Aged 67

  • Poster for Confessions of a Window Cleaner

    Mrs. Lea

1973Aged 66

  • Poster for The National Health

    Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)

  • Poster for O Lucky Man!

    Tea Lady / Neighbour

  • Poster for The Death of Glory

    Marjorie

1972Aged 65

  • Poster for Home

    Marjorie

  • Poster for The Alf Garnett Saga

    Else Garnett

  • Poster for The General's Day

    (Unknown)

1970Aged 63

  • Poster for The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

    Mrs. Gamp

  • Poster for First Love

    Prinzessin Zasekina

1969Aged 62

1968Aged 61

  • Poster for The Birthday Party

    Meg Bowles

1967Aged 60

  • Poster for How I Won the War

    1st Old Lady

  • Poster for Carry On Doctor

    Mrs. Roper

1966Aged 59

  • Poster for Doctor in Clover

    Patient with Kidney Stones

  • Poster for The Stable Door

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Georgy Girl

    Hospital Nurse

1965Aged 58

  • Poster for The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

    Orphanage Superintendant

  • Poster for The Knack... and How to Get It

    Tom's Landlady

  • Poster for Rotten to the Core

    Woman in Cemetery

  • Poster for Help!

    Neighbour (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Passage to India

    Mrs Turton

  • Poster for The Early Bird

    Woman Flooded by Milk

1964Aged 57

1963Aged 56

  • Poster for Ladies Who Do

    Mrs. Merryweather

1962Aged 55

  • Poster for Crooks Anonymous

    Hyacinth Cundell

  • Poster for Don't Talk to Strange Men

    Molly

1961Aged 54

  • Poster for The Trouble with Our Ivy

    Mrs. Tremblow

1958Aged 51

  • Poster for The Strange World of Planet X

    Mrs. Tucker

  • Poster for The Vikings

    Bridget

  • Poster for A Cry from the Streets

    Mrs. Jenks

1957Aged 50

  • Poster for Town on Trial

    Mrs Wilson (uncredited)

  • Poster for Doctor at Large

    Mrs. Law

1956Aged 49

  • Poster for Lost

    Mrs. Gamble

  • Poster for Not So Dusty

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Feminine Touch

    Kitchen-hand

  • Poster for Yield to the Night

    Mrs. Price

  • Poster for Tiger in the Smoke

    Stall Attendant (uncredited)

1955Aged 48

  • Poster for Where There's a Will

    Maud Hodge

  • Poster for The Deep Blue Sea

    Mrs. Elton

  • Poster for A Time to Kill

    Waitress (uncredited)

1954Aged 47

  • Poster for Adventure in the Hopfields

    Mrs. Harris

  • Poster for Time Is My Enemy

    Charwoman

  • Poster for The Crowded Day

    Charwoman

  • Poster for Mad About Men

    Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

1953Aged 46

  • Poster for Women of Twilight

    Third Landlady

  • Poster for Street Corner

    Mrs. Furness

  • Golden Rain

    Mrs. Tuckett

  • Poster for The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

    Mrs. Harris

  • Poster for Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Mrs. Clarke

1952Aged 45

  • Poster for The Happy Family

    Ada

  • Poster for Emergency Call

    Barmaid

  • Poster for Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

    Mrs. Mott

  • Poster for The Holly and the Ivy

    Neighbour

1951Aged 44

  • Poster for High Treason

    Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)

1950Aged 43

  • Poster for Your Witness

    Waitress

  • Poster for Dance Hall

    Mrs. Crabtree

1949Aged 42

  • Poster for The History of Mr. Polly

    Mrs. Johnson

  • Poster for Now Barabbas

    Smith's Mother

  • Poster for Don't Ever Leave Me

    Mrs. Marshall

1948Aged 41

  • Poster for The Fatal Night

    Charwoman

  • Poster for The Winslow Boy

    Miss Hawkins (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Fallen Idol

    Mrs. Patterson

  • Poster for Woman Hater

    Mrs. Burrell

  • Poster for Scott of the Antarctic

    Caroline

  • Poster for Here Come the Huggetts

    Aunt Edie Hopkins