Dandy Nichols

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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1986-02-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Winslow Boy	Miss Hawkins (uncredited)	70
2	1948	The Fallen Idol	Mrs. Patterson	72
3	1948	Woman Hater	Mrs. Burrell	70
4	1948	Scott of the Antarctic	Caroline	71
5	1948	Here Come the Huggetts	Aunt Edie Hopkins	65
6	1949	The History of Mr. Polly	Mrs. Johnson	74
7	1949	Now Barabbas	Smith's Mother	65
8	1949	Don't Ever Leave Me	Mrs. Marshall	75
9	1950	Your Witness	Waitress	60
10	1950	Dance Hall	Mrs. Crabtree	55
11	1952	The Happy Family	Ada	72
12	1952	Emergency Call	Barmaid	65
13	1952	Mother Riley Meets the Vampire	Mrs. Mott	42
14	1952	The Holly and the Ivy	Neighbour	66
15	1953	Women of Twilight	Third Landlady	53
16	1953	Street Corner	Mrs. Furness	58
17	1953	Meet Mr. Lucifer	Mrs. Clarke	51
18	1953	The Wedding of Lilli Marlene	Mrs. Harris	60
19	1954	Adventure in the Hopfields	Mrs. Harris	70
20	1954	Time Is My Enemy	Charwoman	64
21	1954	The Crowded Day	Charwoman	54
22	1954	Mad About Men	Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)	61
23	1955	Where There's a Will	Maud Hodge	64
24	1955	The Deep Blue Sea	Mrs. Elton	50
25	1955	A Time to Kill	Waitress (uncredited)	65
26	1956	Lost	Mrs. Gamble	70
27	1956	Not So Dusty		63
28	1956	Yield to the Night	Mrs. Price	70
29	1956	The Feminine Touch	Kitchen-hand	60
30	1956	Tiger in the Smoke	Stall Attendant (uncredited)	71
31	1957	Doctor at Large	Lady in Outpatients Dept.	56
32	1958	The Strange World of Planet X	Mrs. Tucker	42
33	1958	The Vikings	Bridget	71
34	1958	A Cry from the Streets	Mrs. Jenks	72
35	1961	The Trouble with Our Ivy	Mrs. Tremblow	0
36	1962	Crooks Anonymous	Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)	61
37	1962	Don't Talk to Strange Men	Molly	64
38	1963	Ladies Who Do	Mrs. Merryweather	70
39	1964	The Leather Boys	Mrs Stanley	66
40	1964	Act of Murder	Maud Peterson	0
41	1965	The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders	Orphanage Superintendant	58
42	1965	The Knack... and How to Get It	Tom's Landlady	60
43	1965	Rotten to the Core	Woman in Cemetery	62
44	1965	Help!	Neighbour	68
45	1965	A Passage to India	Mrs Turton	0
46	1965	The Early Bird	Woman Flooded by Milk	76
47	1966	Doctor in Clover	Patient with Kidney Stones	55
48	1966	The Stable Door		0
49	1966	Georgy Girl	Hospital Nurse	63
50	1967	How I Won the War	1st Old Lady	55
51	1967	Carry On Doctor	Mrs. Roper	65
52	1968	The Birthday Party	Meg Bowles	64
53	1969	Till Death Us Do Part	Else Garnett	72
54	1969	The Bed Sitting Room	Mrs Ethel Shroake	59
55	1970	First Love	Prinzessin Zasekina	52
56	1972	Home	Marjorie	78
57	1972	The Alf Garnett Saga	Else Garnett	40
58	1972	The General's Day		0
59	1973	The National Health	Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)	69
60	1973	O Lucky Man!	Tea Lady / Neighbour	69
61	1973	The Death of Glory	Marjorie	0
62	1974	Confessions of a Window Cleaner	Mrs. Lea	49
63	1975	Three for All	Henrietta	10
64	1976	In the Labyrinth	Edith Harrison	0
65	1979	Design for Living	Miss Hodge	0
66	1980	Kate: The Good Neighbour	Mrs. Druce	0
67	1981	Findings on a Late Afternoon	Nanny	0
68	1982	Britannia Hospital	Florrie: The Workers	63
69	1982	Marks	Lily	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Emergency – Ward 10		50
2	1959	No Hiding Place		37
3	1960	Sunday-Night Play	Rosie Pennyfeather	0
4	1960	Maigret	Concierge	69
5	1961	Ask Mr Pastry		0
6	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mrs Turton	50
7	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Esme Flint	50
8	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Miss Hodge	50
9	1966	Till Death Us Do Part	Else Garnett	74
10	1967	NBC Experiment in Television	(voice)	0
11	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
12	1970	Play for Today		63
13	1972	Shirley's World		50
14	1974	Playhouse	Nanny	70
15	1975	Late Call	Sylvia Calvert	0
16	1981	Till Death...		60
17	1981	Bergerac	Mrs. Honeyman	67
18	1982	Objects of Affection	Lily	70
19	1985	In Sickness and in Health		78

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