Dandy Nichols

Birthday: 1907-05-21
Deathday: 1986-02-06
Birthplace: Fulham, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1982-12-10 Marks Lily
1982-05-27 Britannia Hospital Florrie: The Workers
1981-12-11 Findings on a Late Afternoon Nanny
1980-03-06 Kate: The Good Neighbour Mrs. Druce
1979-05-06 Design for Living Miss Hodge
1976-02-14 In the Labyrinth Edith Harrison
1975-05-01 Three for All Henrietta
1974-08-16 Confessions of a Window Cleaner Mrs. Lea
1973-09-11 The Death of Glory Marjorie
1973-03-25 O Lucky Man! Tea Lady / Neighbour
1972-11-20 The General's Day
1972-08-30 The Alf Garnett Saga Else Garnett
1972-01-06 Home Marjorie
1970-10-07 First Love Prinzessin Zasekina
1969-06-01 The Bed Sitting Room Mrs Ethel Shroake
1969-01-01 Till Death Us Do Part Else Garnett
1968-12-09 The Birthday Party Meg Bowles
1967-12-02 Carry On Doctor Mrs. Roper
1967-10-18 How I Won the War 1st Old Lady
1966-08-04 Georgy Girl Hospital Nurse
1966-06-01 The Stable Door
1966-03-08 Doctor in Clover Patient with Kidney Stones
1965-11-30 The Early Bird Woman Flooded by Milk
1965-11-16 A Passage to India Mrs Turton
1965-07-29 Help! Neighbour
1965-07-14 Rotten to the Core Woman in Cemetery
1965-05-26 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Orphanage Superintendant
1964-09-01 Act of Murder Maud Peterson
1964-03-08 The Leather Boys Mrs Stanley
1963-11-01 Ladies Who Do Mrs. Merryweather
1962-10-01 Don't Talk to Strange Men Molly
1962-03-31 Crooks Anonymous Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
1961-11-19 The Trouble with Our Ivy Mrs. Tremblow
1958-08-12 A Cry from the Streets Mrs. Jenks
1958-06-11 The Vikings Bridget
1958-03-04 The Strange World of Planet X Mrs. Tucker
1957-03-26 Doctor at Large Lady in Outpatients Dept.
1956-11-27 Tiger in the Smoke Stall Attendant (uncredited)
1956-06-19 Yield to the Night Mrs. Price
1956-06-19 The Feminine Touch Kitchen-hand
1956-02-16 Not So Dusty
1956-01-31 Lost Mrs. Gamble
1955-11-01 The Deep Blue Sea Mrs. Elton
1955-11-01 A Time to Kill Waitress (uncredited)
1955-03-01 Where There's a Will Maud Hodge
1954-11-16 Mad About Men Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
1954-10-01 The Crowded Day Charwoman
1954-09-01 Time Is My Enemy Charwoman
1954-06-06 Adventure in the Hopfields Mrs. Harris
1953-11-30 Meet Mr. Lucifer Mrs. Clarke
1953-11-30 The Wedding of Lilli Marlene Mrs. Harris
1953-03-17 Street Corner Mrs. Furness
1953-01-16 Women of Twilight Third Landlady
1952-12-03 The Holly and the Ivy Neighbour
1952-07-11 Mother Riley Meets the Vampire Mrs. Mott
1952-05-19 Emergency Call Barmaid
1952-03-30 The Happy Family Ada
1950-06-08 Dance Hall Mrs. Crabtree
1950-03-06 Your Witness Waitress
1949-07-19 Don't Ever Leave Me Mrs. Marshall
1949-05-24 Now Barabbas Smith's Mother
1949-02-08 The History of Mr. Polly Mrs. Johnson
1948-12-02 Here Come the Huggetts Aunt Edie Hopkins
1948-11-29 Scott of the Antarctic Caroline
1948-10-13 Woman Hater Mrs. Burrell
1948-09-30 The Fallen Idol Mrs. Patterson
1948-09-24 The Winslow Boy