Dandy Nichols

Born: 1907-05-21 in Fulham, London, England, UK

Died: 1986-02-06

Known For: Acting

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

1985

In Sickness and in Health as Else Garnett

1982

Marks as Lily
Britannia Hospital as Florrie: The Workers
Objects of Affection as Lily

1981

Bergerac as Mrs. Honeyman
Findings on a Late Afternoon as Nanny
Till Death... as Else Garnett

1980

Kate: The Good Neighbour as Mrs. Druce

1979

Design for Living as Miss Hodge

1976

In the Labyrinth as Edith Harrison

1975

Three for All as Henrietta
Late Call as Sylvia Calvert

1974

Playhouse as Nanny
Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Mrs. Lea

1973

O Lucky Man! as Tea Lady / Neighbour
The Death of Glory as Marjorie
The National Health as Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)

1972

The General's Day
Shirley's World
Home as Marjorie
The Alf Garnett Saga as Else Garnett

1970

Play for Today
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens as Mrs. Gamp
First Love as Prinzessin Zasekina

1969

The Bed Sitting Room as Mrs Ethel Shroake
Till Death Us Do Part as Else Garnett

1968

The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles

1967

Carry On Doctor as Mrs. Roper
How I Won the War as 1st Old Lady
Man in a Suitcase
NBC Experiment in Television as (voice)

1966

Georgy Girl as Hospital Nurse
Till Death Us Do Part as Else Garnett
The Stable Door
Doctor in Clover as Patient with Kidney Stones

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Mrs Turton
Rotten to the Core as Woman in Cemetery
The Early Bird as Woman Flooded by Milk
A Passage to India as Mrs Turton
The Knack... and How to Get It as Tom's Landlady
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Orphanage Superintendant
Help! as Neighbour

1964

The Leather Boys as Mrs Stanley
The Trial of Dr. Fancy as Mrs. Sprat
Act of Murder as Maud Peterson
Story Parade as Elsie Jakes

1963

Ladies Who Do as Mrs. Merryweather

1962

Crooks Anonymous as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
Don't Talk to Strange Men as Molly

1961

The Trouble with Our Ivy as Mrs. Tremblow
Ask Mr Pastry

1960

Maigret as Concierge
Sunday-Night Play as Rosie Pennyfeather

1956

Lost as Mrs. Gamble
The Feminine Touch as Kitchen-hand
Tiger in the Smoke as Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Yield to the Night as Mrs. Price
Not So Dusty

1955

The Deep Blue Sea as Mrs. Elton
A Time to Kill as Waitress (uncredited)
Where There's a Will as Maud Hodge

1954

Adventure in the Hopfields as Mrs. Harris
Mad About Men as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
The Crowded Day as Charwoman
Time Is My Enemy as Charwoman

1953

Street Corner as Mrs. Furness
Women of Twilight as Third Landlady
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene as Mrs. Harris
Meet Mr. Lucifer as Mrs. Clarke

1952

Emergency Call as Barmaid
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire as Mrs. Mott
The Holly and the Ivy as Neighbour
The Happy Family as Ada

1951

High Treason as Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)

1950

Dance Hall as Mrs. Crabtree
Your Witness as Waitress

1949

Now Barabbas as Smith's Mother
The History of Mr. Polly as Mrs. Johnson
Don't Ever Leave Me as Mrs. Marshall

1948

Woman Hater as Mrs. Burrell
The Fallen Idol as Mrs. Patterson
Scott of the Antarctic as Caroline
The Winslow Boy as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
Here Come the Huggetts as Aunt Edie Hopkins
The Fatal Night as Charwoman