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Birthday: May 21, 1907
Place of Birth: Fulham, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Carry On Doctor Mrs. Roper 1967
Yield to the Night Mrs. Price 1956
The Fallen Idol Mrs. Patterson 1948
Confessions of a Window Cleaner Mrs. Lea 1974
Till Death Us Do Part Else Garnett 1969
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire Mrs. Mott 1952
The History of Mr. Polly Mrs. Johnson 1949
The Alf Garnett Saga Else Garnett 1972
Don't Talk to Strange Men Molly 1962
The Trouble with Our Ivy Mrs. Tremblow 1961
Now Barabbas Smith's Mother 1949
First Love Prinzessin Zasekina 1970
Here Come the Huggetts Aunt Edie Hopkins 1948
Home Marjorie 1972
The Deep Blue Sea Mrs. Elton 1955
Ladies Who Do Mrs. Merryweather 1963
The Happy Family Ada 1952
A Passage to India Mrs Turton 1965
Not So Dusty 1956
O Lucky Man! Tea Lady / Neighbour 1973
In the Labyrinth Edith Harrison 1976
The Strange World of Planet X Mrs. Tucker 1958
The General's Day 1972
The Birthday Party Meg Bowles 1968
A Time to Kill Waitress (uncredited) 1955
The Bed Sitting Room Mrs Ethel Shroake 1969
The Winslow Boy 1948
Street Corner Mrs. Furness 1953
The Leather Boys Mrs Stanley 1964
Where There's a Will Maud Hodge 1955
Time Is My Enemy Charwoman 1954
The Holly and the Ivy Neighbour 1952
Meet Mr. Lucifer Mrs. Clarke 1953
Emergency Call Barmaid 1952
Lost Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited) 1956
Georgy Girl Hospital Nurse 1966
Design for Living Miss Hodge 1979
Crooks Anonymous Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls) 1962
Your Witness Waitress 1950
How I Won the War 1st Old Lady 1967
Help! Neighbour 1965
The Stable Door 1966
The Vikings Bridget 1958
Doctor at Large Lady in Outpatients Dept. 1957
Women of Twilight Third Landlady 1953
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene Mrs. Harris 1953
Scott of the Antarctic Caroline 1948
Tiger in the Smoke Stall Attendant (uncredited) 1956
Dance Hall Mrs. Crabtree 1950
Mad About Men Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited) 1954
The Crowded Day Charwoman 1954
Rotten to the Core Woman in Cemetery 1965
Woman Hater Mrs. Burrell 1948
Don't Ever Leave Me Mrs. Marshall 1949
The Early Bird Woman Flooded by Milk 1965
Three for All Henrietta 1975
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders Orphanage Superintendant 1965
Act of Murder Maud Peterson 1964
Britannia Hospital Florrie: The Workers 1982
Kate: The Good Neighbour Mrs. Druce 1980
The Death of Glory Marjorie 1973
Doctor in Clover Patient with Kidney Stones 1966
Adventure in the Hopfields Mrs. Harris 1954
The Feminine Touch Kitchen-hand 1956
Marks Lily 1982
Findings on a Late Afternoon Nanny 1981
A Cry from the Streets Mrs. Jenks 1958
Series Cast Year
Till Death Us Do Part Else Garnett 1966
Bergerac Mrs. Honeyman 1981
In Sickness and in Health 1985
Till Death... 1981
Shirley's World 1972
No Hiding Place 1959
Play for Today 1970
Emergency – Ward 10 1957
Man in a Suitcase 1967
Maigret Concierge 1960
Ask Mr Pastry 1961
Late Call Sylvia Calvert 1975
NBC Experiment in Television (voice) 1967
Objects of Affection Lily 1982
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