Dandy Nichols

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.

Known For

Play for Today

Bergerac

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

Playhouse

All Movies (75)

• Marks1982 · as Lily
• Britannia Hospital1982 · as Florrie: The Workers
• Findings on a Late Afternoon1981 · as Nanny
• Kate: The Good Neighbour1980 · as Mrs. Druce
• Design for Living1979 · as Miss Hodge
• In the Labyrinth1976 · as Edith Harrison
• Three for All1975 · as Henrietta
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner1974 · as Mrs. Lea
• The Death of Glory1973 · as Marjorie
• O Lucky Man!1973 · as Tea Lady / Neighbour
• The National Health1973 · as Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
• The General's Day1972
• The Alf Garnett Saga1972 · as Else Garnett
• Home1972 · as Marjorie
• First Love1970 · as Prinzessin Zasekina
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as Mrs. Gamp
• The Bed Sitting Room1969 · as Mrs Ethel Shroake
• Till Death Us Do Part1969 · as Else Garnett
• This Happy Breed1969 · as Mrs. Flint
• The Birthday Party1968 · as Meg Bowles
• Carry On Doctor1967 · as Mrs. Roper
• How I Won the War1967 · as 1st Old Lady
• Georgy Girl1966 · as Hospital Nurse
• The Stable Door1966
• Doctor in Clover1966 · as Patient with Kidney Stones
• The Early Bird1965 · as Woman Flooded by Milk
• A Passage to India1965 · as Mrs Turton
• Help!1965 · as Neighbour
• Rotten to the Core1965 · as Woman in Cemetery
• The Knack... and How to Get It1965 · as Tom's Landlady
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders1965 · as Orphanage Superintendant
• Act of Murder1964 · as Maud Peterson
• The Leather Boys1964 · as Mrs Stanley
• Ladies Who Do1963 · as Mrs. Merryweather
• Don't Talk to Strange Men1962 · as Molly
• Crooks Anonymous1962 · as Hyacinth Cundell
• The Trouble with Our Ivy1961 · as Mrs. Tremblow
• A Cry from the Streets1958 · as Mrs. Jenks
• The Vikings1958 · as Bridget
• The Strange World of Planet X1958 · as Mrs. Tucker
• Doctor at Large1957 · as Mrs. Law
• Town on Trial1957 · as Mrs Wilson (uncredited)
• Tiger in the Smoke1956 · as Stall Attendant (uncredited)
• Yield to the Night1956 · as Mrs. Price
• The Feminine Touch1956 · as Kitchen-hand
• Not So Dusty1956
• Lost1956 · as Mrs. Gamble
• The Deep Blue Sea1955 · as Mrs. Elton
• A Time to Kill1955 · as Waitress (uncredited)
• Where There's a Will1955 · as Maud Hodge
• Mad About Men1954 · as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
• The Crowded Day1954 · as Charwoman
• Time Is My Enemy1954 · as Charwoman
• Adventure in the Hopfields1954 · as Mrs. Harris
• Meet Mr. Lucifer1953 · as Mrs. Clarke
• The Wedding of Lilli Marlene1953 · as Mrs. Harris
• Golden Rain1953 · as Mrs. Tuckett
• Street Corner1953 · as Mrs. Furness
• Women of Twilight1953 · as Third Landlady
• The Holly and the Ivy1952 · as Neighbour
• Mother Riley Meets the Vampire1952 · as Mrs. Mott
• Emergency Call1952 · as Barmaid
• The Happy Family1952 · as Ada
• High Treason1951 · as Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)
• Dance Hall1950 · as Mrs. Crabtree
• Your Witness1950 · as Waitress
• Don't Ever Leave Me1949 · as Mrs. Marshall
• Now Barabbas1949 · as Smith's Mother
• The History of Mr. Polly1949 · as Mrs. Johnson
• Here Come the Huggetts1948 · as Aunt Edie Hopkins
• Scott of the Antarctic1948 · as Caroline
• Woman Hater1948 · as Mrs. Burrell
• The Fallen Idol1948 · as Mrs. Patterson
• The Winslow Boy1948 · as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
• The Fatal Night1948 · as Charwoman

All TV Shows (32)

• In Sickness and in Health1985 · as Else Garnett
• Objects of Affection1982 · as Lily
• Bergerac1981 · as Mrs. Honeyman
• Till Death...1981 · as Else Garnett
• The Bagthorpe Saga1981 · as Mrs Fosdyke
• Late Call1975 · as Sylvia Calvert
• Playhouse1974 · as Nanny
• Centre Play1973 · as Edith Harrison
• Shirley's World1972
• Play for Today1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Mrs. Hanley
• Man in a Suitcase1967
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Mrs. Harris
• NBC Experiment in Television1967 · as (voice)
• Till Death Us Do Part1966 · as Else Garnett
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mrs Turton
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Esme Flint
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Miss Hodge
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Nancy Broughton
• Story Parade1964 · as Elsie Jakes
• Story Parade1964 · as Freda Flower
• Ask Mr Pastry1961
• Drama 61-671961 · as Lilly
• Maigret1960 · as Concierge
• Sunday-Night Play1960 · as Rosie Pennyfeather
• No Hiding Place1959
• Emergency: Ward 101957
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Tremblow
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Watteau Jones
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Innes Hook
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Marjorie