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
Mrs. Roper
Carry On Doctor
Mrs. Price
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Patterson
The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Lea
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Else Garnett
Till Death Us Do Part
Mrs. Mott
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Mrs. Johnson
The History of Mr. Polly
Else Garnett
The Alf Garnett Saga
Molly
Don't Talk to Strange Men
Mrs. Tremblow
The Trouble with Our Ivy
Smith's Mother
Now Barabbas
Prinzessin Zasekina
Erste Liebe
Aunt Edie Hopkins
Here Come the Huggetts
Marjorie
Home
Mrs. Elton
The Deep Blue Sea
Mrs. Merryweather
Ladies Who Do
Ada
The Happy Family
Mrs Turton
A Passage to India
Not So Dusty
Tea Lady / Neighbour
O Lucky Man!
Edith Harrison
In the Labyrinth
Mrs. Tucker
The Strange World of Planet X
The General's Day
Meg Bowles
The Birthday Party
Waitress (uncredited)
A Time to Kill
Mrs Ethel Shroake
The Bed Sitting Room
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
The Winslow Boy
Mrs. Furness
Street Corner
Mrs Stanley
The Leather Boys
Maud Hodge
Where There's a Will
Charwoman
Time Is My Enemy
Neighbour
The Holly and the Ivy
Mrs. Clarke
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Barmaid
Emergency Call
Mrs. Gamble
Lost
Hospital Nurse
Georgy Girl
Miss Hodge
Design for Living
Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
Crooks Anonymous
Waitress
Your Witness
1st Old Lady
How I Won the War
Neighbour
Help!
The Stable Door
Bridget
The Vikings
Lady in Outpatients Dept.
Doctor at Large
Third Landlady
Women of Twilight
Mrs. Harris
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Caroline
Scott of the Antarctic
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Tiger in the Smoke
Mrs. Crabtree
Dance Hall
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
Mad About Men
Charwoman
The Crowded Day
Woman in Cemetery
Rotten to the Core
Mrs. Burrell
Woman Hater
Mrs. Marshall
Don't Ever Leave Me
Woman Flooded by Milk
The Early Bird
Henrietta
Three for All
Orphanage Superintendant
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Maud Peterson
Act of Murder
Florrie: The Workers
Britannia Hospital
Mrs. Druce
Kate: The Good Neighbour
Marjorie
The Death of Glory
Patient with Kidney Stones
Doctor in Clover
Mrs. Harris
Adventure in the Hopfields
Kitchen-hand
The Feminine Touch
Lily
Marks
Nanny
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Mrs. Jenks
A Cry from the Streets
Tom's Landlady
The Knack... and How to Get It
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
The National Health
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-05-21
Place of Birth
Fulham, London, England, UK
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