Dandy Nichols

Acting

Born May 21, 1907 — Died February 6, 1986 Fulham, London, England, UK

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.

Movies(75)

Marks

Lily

1982

Britannia Hospital

Florrie: The Workers

1982

Findings on a Late Afternoon

Nanny

1981

Kate: The Good Neighbour

Mrs. Druce

1980

Design for Living

Miss Hodge

1979

In the Labyrinth

Edith Harrison

1976

Three for All

Henrietta

1975

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Mrs. Lea

1974

The Death of Glory

Marjorie

1973

O Lucky Man!

Tea Lady / Neighbour

1973

The National Health

Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)

1973

The General's Day

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga

Else Garnett

1972

Home

Marjorie

1972

First Love

Prinzessin Zasekina

1970

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

Mrs. Gamp

1970

The Bed Sitting Room

Mrs Ethel Shroake

1969

Till Death Us Do Part

Else Garnett

1969

The Birthday Party

Meg Bowles

1968

Carry On Doctor

Mrs. Roper

1967

How I Won the War

1st Old Lady

1967

Georgy Girl

Hospital Nurse

1966

The Stable Door

1966

Doctor in Clover

Patient with Kidney Stones

1966

The Early Bird

Woman Flooded by Milk

1965

A Passage to India

Mrs Turton

1965

Help!

Neighbour

1965

Rotten to the Core

Woman in Cemetery

1965

The Knack... and How to Get It

Tom's Landlady

1965

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

Orphanage Superintendant

1965

The Trial of Dr. Fancy

Mrs. Sprat

1964

Act of Murder

Maud Peterson

1964

The Leather Boys

Mrs Stanley

1964

Ladies Who Do

Mrs. Merryweather

1963

Don't Talk to Strange Men

Molly

1962

Crooks Anonymous

Hyacinth Cundell

1962

The Trouble with Our Ivy

Mrs. Tremblow

1961

A Cry from the Streets

Mrs. Jenks

1958

The Vikings

Bridget

1958

The Strange World of Planet X

Mrs. Tucker

1958

Doctor at Large

Mrs. Law

1957

Town on Trial

Mrs Wilson (uncredited)

1957

Tiger in the Smoke

Stall Attendant (uncredited)

1956

Yield to the Night

Mrs. Price

1956

The Feminine Touch

Kitchen-hand

1956

Not So Dusty

1956

Lost

Mrs. Gamble

1956

The Deep Blue Sea

Mrs. Elton

1955

A Time to Kill

Waitress (uncredited)

1955

Where There's a Will

Maud Hodge

1955

Mad About Men

Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

1954

The Crowded Day

Charwoman

1954

Time Is My Enemy

Charwoman

1954

Adventure in the Hopfields

Mrs. Harris

1954

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Mrs. Clarke

1953

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

Mrs. Harris

1953

Golden Rain

Mrs. Tuckett

1953

Street Corner

Mrs. Furness

1953

Women of Twilight

Third Landlady

1953

The Holly and the Ivy

Neighbour

1952

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Mrs. Mott

1952

Emergency Call

Barmaid

1952

The Happy Family

Ada

1952

High Treason

Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)

1951

Dance Hall

Mrs. Crabtree

1950

Your Witness

Waitress

1950

Don't Ever Leave Me

Mrs. Marshall

1949

Now Barabbas

Smith's Mother

1949

The History of Mr. Polly

Mrs. Johnson

1949

Here Come the Huggetts

Aunt Edie Hopkins

1948

Scott of the Antarctic

Caroline

1948

Woman Hater

Mrs. Burrell

1948

The Fallen Idol

Mrs. Patterson

1948

The Winslow Boy

Miss Hawkins (uncredited)

1948

The Fatal Night

Charwoman

1948

Dandy Nichols

TV Shows(23)

Movies(75)