Dandy Nichols
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs Turton
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Esme Flint
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Miss Hodge
1965
Series
Playhouse
Nanny
1974
Series
Bergerac
Mrs. Honeyman
1981
Series
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
1967
Series
Maigret
Concierge
1960
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Hanley
1969
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Nancy Broughton
1965
Sunday-Night Play
Rosie Pennyfeather
1960
Drama 61-67
Lilly
1961
Story Parade
Elsie Jakes
1964
Story Parade
Freda Flower
1964
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Series
Centre Play
Edith Harrison
1973
Film
The Vikings
Bridget
1958
Series
In Sickness and in Health
Else Garnett
1985
Series
Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
1966
Series
Emergency: Ward 10
1957
Series
Shirley's World
1972
Film
First Love
Prinzessin Zasekina
1970
Series
Till Death...
Else Garnett
1981
Series
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
1967
Film
Help!
Neighbour
1965
Film
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Lea
1974
Film
The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Patterson
1948
Film
O Lucky Man!
Tea Lady / Neighbour
1973
Film
Georgy Girl
Hospital Nurse
1966
Series
Objects of Affection
Lily
1982
Sharing Time
Hilda
1984
Film
The Knack... and How to Get It
Tom's Landlady
1965
Film
The Bed Sitting Room
Mrs Ethel Shroake
1969
Film
Carry On Doctor
Mrs. Roper
1967
Film
How I Won the War
1st Old Lady
1967
Film
Ladies Who Do
Mrs. Merryweather
1963
Film
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Gamp
1970
Series
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Tremblow
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Watteau Jones
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Innes Hook
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Marjorie
1956
Film
Britannia Hospital
Florrie: The Workers
1982
Film
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Orphanage Superintendant
1965
Film
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Price
1956
Film
Three for All
Henrietta
1975
Film
Crooks Anonymous
Hyacinth Cundell
1962
Film
Scott of the Antarctic
Caroline
1948
Film
The Fatal Night
Charwoman
1948
Series
Late Call
Sylvia Calvert
1975
Golden Rain
Mrs. Tuckett
1953
Film
The Leather Boys
Mrs Stanley
1964
Film
The Deep Blue Sea
Mrs. Elton
1955
Film
The Winslow Boy
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
1948
Film
Where There's a Will
Maud Hodge
1955
Film
The Alf Garnett Saga
Else Garnett
1972
Film
Mad About Men
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
1954
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Mrs. Sprat
1964
Film
The Strange World of Planet X
Mrs. Tucker
1958
Film
The Early Bird
Woman Flooded by Milk
1965
Film
Home
Marjorie
1972
Film
The Holly and the Ivy
Neighbour
1952
Film
The Crowded Day
Charwoman
1954
Film
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
1968
Film
Doctor in Clover
Patient with Kidney Stones
1966
Film
Your Witness
Waitress
1950
Film
Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. Harris
1954
Film
Lost
Mrs. Gamble
1956
Film
Doctor at Large
Mrs. Law
1957
Film
Rotten to the Core
Woman in Cemetery
1965
Film
The National Health
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
1973
Film
Woman Hater
Mrs. Burrell
1948
Film
Street Corner
Mrs. Furness
1953
Film
Dance Hall
Mrs. Crabtree
1950
Ask Mr Pastry
1961
Film
The Happy Family
Ada
1952
Film
Emergency Call
Barmaid
1952
Film
High Treason
Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)
1951
The Bagthorpe Saga
Mrs Fosdyke
1981
Film
The Feminine Touch
Kitchen-hand
1956
Film
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mrs. Clarke
1953
Film
The History of Mr. Polly
Mrs. Johnson
1949
Film
Women of Twilight
Third Landlady
1953
Film
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Mrs. Mott
1952
Film
Here Come the Huggetts
Aunt Edie Hopkins
1948
Film
Town on Trial
Mrs Wilson (uncredited)
1957
Film
Don't Ever Leave Me
Mrs. Marshall
1949
Film
Act of Murder
Maud Peterson
1964
Film
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Nanny
1981
Film
A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Jenks
1958
Film
Tiger in the Smoke
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
1956
Film
A Time to Kill
Waitress (uncredited)
1955
Film
The Death of Glory
Marjorie
1973
Film
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Mrs. Harris
1953
Film
In the Labyrinth
Edith Harrison
1976
Film
A Passage to India
Mrs Turton
1965
Film
Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
1969
Film
Now Barabbas
Smith's Mother
1949
Film
Kate: The Good Neighbour
Mrs. Druce
1980
Film
Time Is My Enemy
Charwoman
1954
This Happy Breed
Mrs. Flint
1969
Film
Marks
Lily
1982
Film
Don't Talk to Strange Men
Molly
1962
Film
The Stable Door
1966
Film
Not So Dusty
1956
Film
The Trouble with Our Ivy
Mrs. Tremblow
1961
Film
The General's Day
1972
Film
Design for Living
Miss Hodge
1979