Dandy Nichols
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
81
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-05-21 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
Fulham, London, England, UK
Acting

1985

In Sickness and in Health as Not available

1982

Britannia Hospital as Florrie: The Workers

1982

Marks as Lily

1981

Bergerac as Mrs. Honeyman

1981

Till Death... as Not available

1980

Kate: The Good Neighbour as Mrs. Druce

1979

Design for Living as Miss Hodge

1976

In the Labyrinth as Edith Harrison

1975

Three for All as Henrietta

1975

Late Call as Sylvia Calvert

1973

O Lucky Man! as Tea Lady / Neighbour

1973

The Death of Glory as Marjorie

1972

Shirley's World as Not available

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga as Else Garnett

1972

The General's Day as Not available

1972

Home as Marjorie

1970

Play for Today as Not available

1970

First Love as Prinzessin Zasekina

1969

Till Death Us Do Part as Else Garnett

1969

The Bed Sitting Room as Mrs Ethel Shroake

1968

The Birthday Party as Meg Bowles

1967

Man in a Suitcase as Not available

1967

How I Won the War as 1st Old Lady

1967

Carry On Doctor as Mrs. Roper

1966

Till Death Us Do Part as Else Garnett

1966

Doctor in Clover as Patient with Kidney Stones

1966

Georgy Girl as Hospital Nurse

1966

The Stable Door as Not available

1965

Rotten to the Core as Woman in Cemetery

1965

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders as Orphanage Superintendant

1965

A Passage to India as Mrs Turton

1965

The Early Bird as Woman Flooded by Milk

1965

Help! as Neighbour

1964

The Leather Boys as Mrs Stanley

1964

Act of Murder as Maud Peterson

1963

Ladies Who Do as Mrs. Merryweather

1962

Crooks Anonymous as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)

1961

Ask Mr Pastry as Not available

1961

The Trouble with Our Ivy as Mrs. Tremblow

1960

Maigret as Concierge

1959

No Hiding Place as Not available

1958

The Vikings as Bridget

1958

A Cry from the Streets as Mrs. Jenks

1958

The Strange World of Planet X as Mrs. Tucker

1957

Emergency – Ward 10 as Not available

1957

Doctor at Large as Lady in Outpatients Dept.

1956

Lost as Mrs. Gamble

1956

Tiger in the Smoke as Stall Attendant (uncredited)

1956

Yield to the Night as Mrs. Price

1956

The Feminine Touch as Kitchen-hand

1956

Not So Dusty as Not available

1955

The Deep Blue Sea as Mrs. Elton

1955

Where There's a Will as Maud Hodge

1955

A Time to Kill as Waitress (uncredited)

1954

The Crowded Day as Charwoman

1954

Time Is My Enemy as Charwoman

1954

Adventure in the Hopfields as Mrs. Harris

1954

Mad About Men as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

1953

Street Corner as Mrs. Furness

1953

Women of Twilight as Third Landlady

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer as Mrs. Clarke

1953

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene as Mrs. Harris

1952

Emergency Call as Barmaid

1952

The Happy Family as Ada

1952

The Holly and the Ivy as Neighbour

1950

Your Witness as Waitress

1950

Dance Hall as Mrs. Crabtree

1949

Don't Ever Leave Me as Mrs. Marshall

1949

Now Barabbas as Smith's Mother

1949

The History of Mr. Polly as Mrs. Johnson

1948

Scott of the Antarctic as Caroline

1948

The Fallen Idol as Mrs. Patterson

1948

The Winslow Boy as Not available

1948

Woman Hater as Mrs. Burrell

1948

Here Come the Huggetts as Aunt Edie Hopkins