Dandy Nichols

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.

Cast

Carry On Doctor

(Mrs. Roper)

Yield to the Night

(Mrs. Price)

The Fallen Idol

(Mrs. Patterson)

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

(Mrs. Lea)

Till Death Us Do Part

(Else Garnett)

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

(Mrs. Mott)

The History of Mr. Polly

(Mrs. Johnson)

The Alf Garnett Saga

(Else Garnett)

Don't Talk to Strange Men

(Molly)

The Trouble with Our Ivy

(Mrs. Tremblow)

Now Barabbas

(Smith's Mother)

First Love

(Prinzessin Zasekina)

Here Come the Huggetts

(Aunt Edie Hopkins)

Home

(Marjorie)

The Deep Blue Sea

(Mrs. Elton)

Ladies Who Do

(Mrs. Merryweather)

The Happy Family

(Ada)

A Passage to India

(Mrs Turton)

Not So Dusty

O Lucky Man!

(Tea Lady / Neighbour)

In the Labyrinth

(Edith Harrison)

The Strange World of Planet X

(Mrs. Tucker)

The General's Day

The Birthday Party

(Meg Bowles)

A Time to Kill

(Waitress (uncredited))

The Bed Sitting Room

(Mrs Ethel Shroake)

The Winslow Boy

Street Corner

(Mrs. Furness)

The Leather Boys

(Mrs Stanley)

Where There's a Will

(Maud Hodge)

Time Is My Enemy

(Charwoman)

The Holly and the Ivy

(Neighbour)

Meet Mr. Lucifer

(Mrs. Clarke)

Emergency Call

(Barmaid)

Lost

(Mrs. Gamble (Uncredited))

Georgy Girl

(Hospital Nurse)

Design for Living

(Miss Hodge)

Crooks Anonymous

(Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls))

Your Witness

(Waitress)

How I Won the War

(1st Old Lady)

Help!

(Neighbour)

The Stable Door

The Vikings

(Bridget)

Doctor at Large

(Lady in Outpatients Dept.)

Women of Twilight

(Third Landlady)

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

(Mrs. Harris)

Scott of the Antarctic

(Caroline)

Tiger in the Smoke

(Stall Attendant (uncredited))

Dance Hall

(Mrs. Crabtree)

Mad About Men

(Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited))

The Crowded Day

(Charwoman)

Rotten to the Core

(Woman in Cemetery)

Woman Hater

(Mrs. Burrell)

Don't Ever Leave Me

(Mrs. Marshall)

The Early Bird

(Woman Flooded by Milk)

Three for All

(Henrietta)

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders

(Orphanage Superintendant)

Act of Murder

(Maud Peterson)

Britannia Hospital

(Florrie: The Workers)

Kate: The Good Neighbour

(Mrs. Druce)

The Death of Glory

(Marjorie)

Doctor in Clover

(Patient with Kidney Stones)

Adventure in the Hopfields

(Mrs. Harris)

The Feminine Touch

(Kitchen-hand)

Marks

(Lily)

Findings on a Late Afternoon

(Nanny)

Till Death Us Do Part

(Else Garnett)

Bergerac

(Mrs. Honeyman)

In Sickness and in Health

Till Death...

Shirley's World

No Hiding Place

Play for Today

Emergency – Ward 10

Man in a Suitcase

Maigret

(Concierge)

Ask Mr Pastry

Late Call

(Sylvia Calvert)

NBC Experiment in Television

((voice))

Objects of Affection

(Lily)