Known For
Acting
Born
May 21, 1907
Died
Feb 06, 1986
Place of Birth
Fulham, London, England, UK
Credits
102 titles
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
Filmography
In Sickness and in Health
Else Garnett
Sharing Time
Hilda
Marks
Lily
Objects of Affection
Lily
Britannia Hospital
Florrie: The Workers
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Nanny
Bergerac
Mrs. Honeyman
Till Death...
Else Garnett
The Bagthorpe Saga
Mrs Fosdyke
Kate: The Good Neighbour
Mrs. Druce
Design for Living
Miss Hodge
In the Labyrinth
Edith Harrison
Three for All
Henrietta
Late Call
Sylvia Calvert
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Lea
Playhouse
Nanny
The Death of Glory
Marjorie
Centre Play
Edith Harrison
O Lucky Man!
Tea Lady / Neighbour
The National Health
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
The General's Day
Shirley's World
The Alf Garnett Saga
Else Garnett
Home
Marjorie
Play for Today
First Love
Prinzessin Zasekina
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Gamp
The Bed Sitting Room
Mrs Ethel Shroake
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Hanley
Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
This Happy Breed
Mrs. Flint
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
Carry On Doctor
Mrs. Roper
How I Won the War
1st Old Lady
Man in a Suitcase
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Harris
NBC Experiment in Television
(voice)
Georgy Girl
Hospital Nurse
Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
The Stable Door
Doctor in Clover
Patient with Kidney Stones
The Early Bird
Woman Flooded by Milk
A Passage to India
Mrs Turton
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs Turton
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Nancy Broughton
Help!
Neighbour
Rotten to the Core
Woman in Cemetery
The Knack... and How to Get It
Tom's Landlady
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Orphanage Superintendant
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Mrs. Sprat