Portrait of Dandy Nichols

Dandy Nichols

Acting

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.

Born: May 21, 1907

Place of Birth: Fulham, London, England, UK

Filmography

1985
1982
Marks

as Lily

1982
Britannia Hospital

as Florrie: The Workers

1981
Bergerac

as Mrs. Honeyman

1981
Till Death...

as Else Garnett

1980
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

1974
Playhouse

as Nanny

1973
1973
O Lucky Man!

as Tea Lady / Neighbour

1973
The National Health

as Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)

1972
The Alf Garnett Saga

as Else Garnett

1972
Home

as Marjorie

1970
First Love

as Prinzessin Zasekina

1969
The Bed Sitting Room

as Mrs Ethel Shroake

1969
Till Death Us Do Part

as Else Garnett

1968
The Birthday Party

as Meg Bowles

1967
Carry On Doctor

as Mrs. Roper

1967
How I Won the War

as 1st Old Lady

1966
Georgy Girl

as Hospital Nurse

1966
Till Death Us Do Part

as Else Garnett

1966
Doctor in Clover

as Patient with Kidney Stones

1965
The Early Bird

as Woman Flooded by Milk

1965
A Passage to India

as Mrs Turton

1965
1965
1965
1965
Help!

as Neighbour

1965
Rotten to the Core

as Woman in Cemetery

1965
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

as Orphanage Superintendant

1964
Act of Murder

as Maud Peterson

1964
The Leather Boys

as Mrs Stanley

1963
Ladies Who Do

as Mrs. Merryweather

1962
Crooks Anonymous

as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)

1961
The Trouble with Our Ivy

as Mrs. Tremblow

1960
Maigret

as Concierge

1958
1958
The Vikings

as Bridget

1957
Doctor at Large

as Mrs. Law

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
Lost

as Mrs. Gamble

1955
A Time to Kill

as Waitress (uncredited)

1955
The Deep Blue Sea

as Mrs. Elton

1955
1954
Mad About Men

as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)

1954
The Crowded Day

as Charwoman

1954
Time Is My Enemy

as Charwoman

1954
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Mrs. Clarke

1953
Street Corner

as Mrs. Furness

1953
Women of Twilight

as Third Landlady

1952
1952
Emergency Call

as Barmaid

1951
High Treason

as Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)

1950
Dance Hall

as Mrs. Crabtree

1950
Your Witness

as Waitress

1949
Don't Ever Leave Me

as Mrs. Marshall

1949
Now Barabbas

as Smith's Mother

1949
1948
Here Come the Huggetts

as Aunt Edie Hopkins

1948
1948
Woman Hater

as Mrs. Burrell

1948
The Fallen Idol

as Mrs. Patterson

1948
The Winslow Boy

as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)