Dandy Nichols
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-05-21
Day of Death
1986-02-06 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Fulham, London, England, UK
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
Acting
(1982)
Marks
as Lily
(1982)
Britannia Hospital
as Florrie: The Workers
(1981)
Findings on a Late Afternoon
as Nanny
(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
(1974)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Mrs. Lea
(1973)
O Lucky Man!
as Tea Lady / Neighbour
(1973)
The National Health
as Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
(1973)
The Death of Glory
as Marjorie
(1972)
(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)
How I Won the War
as 1st Old Lady
(1967)
Carry On Doctor
as Mrs. Roper
(1966)
Georgy Girl
as Hospital Nurse
(1966)
(1966)
Doctor in Clover
as Patient with Kidney Stones
(1965)
The Early Bird
as Woman Flooded by Milk
(1965)
Help!
as Neighbour
(1965)
Rotten to the Core
as Woman in Cemetery
(1965)
A Passage to India
as Mrs Turton
(1965)
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tom's Landlady
(1965)
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as Orphanage Superintendant
(1964)
The Leather Boys
as Mrs Stanley
(1964)
Act of Murder
as Maud Peterson
(1963)
Ladies Who Do
as Mrs. Merryweather
(1962)
Don't Talk to Strange Men
as Molly
(1962)
Crooks Anonymous
as Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
(1961)
The Trouble with Our Ivy
as Mrs. Tremblow
(1958)
The Strange World of Planet X
as Mrs. Tucker
(1958)
The Vikings
as Bridget
(1958)
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Jenks
(1957)
Doctor at Large
as Lady in Outpatients Dept.
(1956)
Tiger in the Smoke
as Stall Attendant (uncredited)
(1956)
The Feminine Touch
as Kitchen-hand
(1956)
Lost
as Mrs. Gamble
(1956)
(1956)
Yield to the Night
as Mrs. Price
(1955)
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mrs. Elton
(1955)
A Time to Kill
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1955)
Where There's a Will
as Maud Hodge
(1954)
Adventure in the Hopfields
as Mrs. Harris
(1954)
Mad About Men
as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
(1954)
The Crowded Day
as Charwoman
(1954)
Time Is My Enemy
as Charwoman
(1953)
Street Corner
as Mrs. Furness
(1953)
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as Mrs. Harris
(1953)
Women of Twilight
as Third Landlady
(1953)
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Mrs. Clarke
(1952)
Emergency Call
as Barmaid
(1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Mrs. Mott
(1952)
The Holly and the Ivy
as Neighbour
(1952)
The Happy Family
as Ada
(1951)
High Treason
as Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)
(1950)
Your Witness
as Waitress
(1950)
Dance Hall
as Mrs. Crabtree
(1949)
The History of Mr. Polly
as Mrs. Johnson
(1949)
Don't Ever Leave Me
as Mrs. Marshall
(1949)
Now Barabbas
as Smith's Mother
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
(1948)
Scott of the Antarctic
as Caroline
(1948)
Here Come the Huggetts
as Aunt Edie Hopkins
(1948)
Woman Hater
as Mrs. Burrell
(1948)
The Fallen Idol
as Mrs. Patterson