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Dandy Nichols (1907–1986)

Actress

Trivia:

Dandy became a 60s TV star in middle age with the British comedy classic Till Death Us Do Part in which she played Else Garnett, the beleaguered wife of Alf Garnett, a cranky, bigoted type. The series caught fire and an American version was produced in the 70s, All in the Family, with Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker, Dandy's counterpart. See more trivia »

Born:

Daisy Sander
in Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in London, England, UK
Still of Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols and Una Stubbs in Till Death Us Do Part
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1985 In Sickness and in Health (TV series)
Else Garnett
– Christmas Special (1985) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.6 (1985) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Else Garnett
See all 7 episodes »
 
1984 Sharing Time (TV series)
– High Hopes (1984)
 
1983 Maybury (TV series)
Mrs. Moffat
– New Gods for Old: Part 2 (1983) … Mrs. Moffat
– New Gods for Old: Part 1 (1983) … Mrs. Moffat
 
1983 Bergerac (TV series)
Mrs. Honeyman
– A Message for the Rich (1983) … Mrs. Honeyman
 
1982 Objects of Affection (TV series)
Lily
– Marks (1982) … Lily
 
1982 The Plague Dogs
Phyllis (voice)
 
1982 Britannia Hospital
Florrie
 
1982 The Eric Sykes 1990 Show (TV movie)
Mrs. Featherstonehaugh
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
– Findings on a Late Afternoon (1981)
 
1981 Till Death... (TV series)
Else Garnett
– Episode #1.6 (1981) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.5 (1981) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.4 (1981) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.3 (1981) … Else Garnett
– Episode #1.2 (1981) … Else Garnett
See all 6 episodes »
 
1981 The Bagthorpe Saga (TV series)
Mrs. Fosdyke
 
1980 Time of My Life (TV series)
Mrs. Biggs
– Episode #1.6 (1980) … Mrs. Biggs
 
1972-1980 Play for Today (TV series)
Marjorie / Mrs. Druce / Mrs. Hinch
– Kate the Good Neighbour (1980) … Mrs. Druce
– The General's Day (1972) … Mrs. Hinch
– Home (1972) … Marjorie
 
1965-1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Esme Flint / Miss Hodge / Mrs. Turton
– Design for Living (1979) … Miss Hodge
– Flint (1978) … Esme Flint
– Passage to India (1965) … Mrs. Turton
 
1978 Crown Court (TV series)
Amy Sellars
– Still Waters: Part 1 (1978) … Amy Sellars
 
1976 Centre Play (TV series)
Duncan Harrison
– In the Labyrinth (1976) … Duncan Harrison
 
1975 Cooper (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1975)
 
1975 Three for All
Henrietta
 
1975 Late Call (TV mini-series)
Sylvia Calvert
– Episode #1.4 (1975) … Sylvia Calvert
– Episode #1.3 (1975) … Sylvia Calvert
– Episode #1.2 (1975) … Sylvia Calvert
– Episode #1.1 (1975) … Sylvia Calvert
 
1966-1975 Till Death Us Do Part (TV series)
Else Garnett
– Phone Call to Elsie (1975) … Else Garnett
– Outback Bound (1974) … Else Garnett
– Paki-Paddy (1974) … Else Garnett
– Gran's Watch (1974) … Else Garnett
– Three Day Week (1974) … Else Garnett
See all 41 episodes »
 
1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Lea
 
1974 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Harris
– The Finest Family in the Land (1974) … Mrs. Harris
 
1974 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
– The Last Man on Earth (1974)
 
1974 Marty Back Together Again (TV series)
Special Guest
– Episode #1.4 (1974) … Special Guest
– Episode #1.2 (1974) … Special Guest
 
1973 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Nurse
– The Magician's Heart (1973) … Nurse
 
1961-1973 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Marjorie / Mrs. Innes Hook / Mrs. Sprat / …
– The Death of Glory (1973) … Marjorie
– The Frobisher Game (1969)
– Pretty Polly (1966) … Mrs. Innes Hook
– The Trial of Dr. Fancy (1964) … Mrs. Sprat
– Hear the Tiger See the Bay (1962) … Mrs. Watteau Jones
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 O Lucky Man!
Tea Lady/Neighbour
 
1972 The Alf Garnett Saga
Else Garnett
 
1971 A Christmas Night with the Stars (TV series)
Else Garnett
– Episode dated 25 December 1971 (1971) … Else Garnett
 
1971 Shirley's World (TV series)
Mina Remberg
– A Mother's Touch (1971) … Mina Remberg
 
1971 The Trouble with Lilian (TV series)
Madge
 
1970 First Love
Princess Zasekina
 
1970 Fraud Squad (TV series)
Mrs. Brodny
– Robbing Peter... to Pay Paul (1970) … Mrs. Brodny
 
1970 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Lilly: Part 2 (1970)
– Lilly: Part 1 (1970)
 
1970 Father Dear Father (TV series)
Mrs. Lancaster
– Nobody's Indespensible (1970) … Mrs. Lancaster
 
1968-1970 Inside George Webley (TV series)
Mrs. Duggins
– A Muse of Fire (1970) … Mrs. Duggins
 
1969 World in Ferment (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1969)
 
1969 The Bed Sitting Room
Mrs Ethel Shroake
 
1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Hanley
– An Hour of Love: The Bind (1969) … Mrs. Hanley
 
1969 Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
 
1968 The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
 
1967-1968 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller / Storyteller - 'The Cat Who Snored'
– The Cat Who Snored/The Magic Giant (1968) … Storyteller - 'The Cat Who Snored'
– Sam Pig at the Circus (1967) … Storyteller
– Sam Pig Goes to the Big House (1967) … Storyteller
– Sam Pig's Treasure (1967) … Storyteller
– Sam Pig's Day at the Farm (1967) … Storyteller
See all 6 episodes »
 
1968 NET Playhouse (TV series)
Marjorie
– Home (1968) … Marjorie
 
1967 Carry on Doctor
Mrs. Roper
 
1967 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Landlady
– Man from the Dead (1967) … Landlady
 
1967 How I Won the War
1st Old Lady
 
1967 Uncle Charles (TV series)
Lucia Phillipe
– Mrs Philipe Is Hurt (1967) … Lucia Phillipe
 
1966 This Man Craig (TV series)
Peg Martin
– Surgery (1966) … Peg Martin
 
1966 Georgy Girl
Hospital Nurse
 
1966 Mrs Thursday (TV series)
Ethel / Ethel Turner
– You Dont Have to Book Buckingham Palace (1966) … Ethel Turner
– Call Me Madam (1966) … Ethel
 
1961-1966 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Mrs. Carter / Mrs. Gilmore / Mrs. Guard / …
– The Fourth Finger (1966) … Mrs. Taylor
– Windfall (1964) … Mrs. Gilmore
– Man on the Run (1964) … Mrs. Carter
– New Man in the Manor (1961) … Mrs. Guard
 
1966 Pardon the Expression (TV series)
Miss Pledge
– Night to Remember (1966) … Miss Pledge
 
1966 Carnaby, M.D.
Patient with kidney stones
 
1965 Norman Wisdom: The Early Bird
Woman Flooded by Milk
 
1965 Help!
Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1965 Rotten to the Core
Woman in Cemetery (uncredited)
 
1965 The Knack... and How to Get It
Tom's Landlady
 
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Orphanage Superintendant
 
1960-1965 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Mrs. Anstruther / Mrs. Golding / Mrs. Kemp
– The Link (1965) … Mrs. Golding
– Requiem on a Typewriter (1963) … Mrs. Anstruther
– A Straight White Line (1960) … Mrs. Kemp
 
1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Maud Peterson
– Act of Murder (1964) … Maud Peterson
 
1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV series)
Mrs. DeSussa
– Private Learoyd's Story (1964) … Mrs. DeSussa
 
1964 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
Mother
– Studio '64: The Close Prisoner (1964) … Mother
 
1964 The Leather Boys
Mrs. Stanley
 
1964 Act of Murder
Maud Peterson
 
1963 Ladies Who Do
Mrs. Merryweather
 
1963 The Chem. Lab. Mystery (TV series)
Mrs. Dukes
– Episode #1.1 (1963) … Mrs. Dukes
 
1962 Don't Talk to Strange Men
Molly
 
1961-1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Millicent Glover / Mrs. Bishop
– Young Timothy (1962) … Millicent Glover
– Somewhere for the Night (1961) … Mrs. Bishop
 
1962 Crooks Anonymous
Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
 
1956-1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Alice / Edie / Ma Whitlock / …
– The Bad One (1961) … Ma Whitlock
– The Serpent's Tooth (1961) … Alice
– Night Run to the West (1960) … Edie
– A Lady Mislaid (1956) … Mrs. Small
 
1961 Walk a Crooked Mile (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Gully
– Episode #1.1 (1961) … Mrs. Gully
 
1961 Ask Mr. Pastry (TV series)
Mrs. Spindle
 
1961 Girl on a Roof (TV movie)
Mrs. Smith
 
1956-1961 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Miss Malpas / Mrs. Prizborski / Mrs. Smith / …
– Ring of Truth (1961) … Mrs. Prizborski
– The Tortoise and the Hare (1959) … Miss Malpas
– The Liberty Man (1958) … Mrs. Smith
– Corinth House (1956) … Nora
 
1960 Maigret (TV series)
– The Revolver (1960)
 
1960 Probation Officer (TV series)
– Episode #1.36 (1960)
 
1960 Stuff and Nonsense (TV movie)
Mrs. Pimble
 
1957-1959 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Mrs. Hill
– Episode #1.271 (1959) … Mrs. Hill
– Episode #1.270 (1959) … Mrs. Hill
– Episode #1.268 (1959) … Mrs. Hill
– Episode #1.267 (1959) … Mrs. Hill
– Episode #1.265 (1959) … Mrs. Hill
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1959 Saturday Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Day
– Love and Miss Figgis (1959) … Mrs. Day
 
1958 A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Jenks (uncredited)
 
1958 The Vikings
Bridget
 
1958 The Strange World of Planet X
Mrs. Tucker (as Dandy Nicholls)
 
1957 Doctor at Large
Lady in Outpatients Dept.
 
1957 Town on Trial
Mrs. Wilson (uncredited)
 
1957 No Shepherds Watched (TV movie)
Jessie Roydon
 
1956 Tiger in the Smoke
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
 
1956 Blonde Sinner
Mrs. Price
 
1956 The Gentle Touch
Skivvy
 
1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Luck
– A Walk in the Wilderness (1956) … Mrs. Luck
 
1956 Not So Dusty
Mrs. Clark (Nobby's wife)
 
1956 London Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Pothecary
– Margaret Moves On (1956) … Mrs. Pothecary
 
1956 Tears for Simon
Mrs. Gamble (uncredited)
 
1955 A Time to Kill
Waitress (uncredited)
 
1955 The Deep Blue Sea
Mrs. Elton
 
1955 Where There's a Will
Maud Hodge
 
1955 The Glass Tomb
Woman with child (uncredited)
 
1954 Mad About Men
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
 
1954 Shop Spoiled
Charwoman (uncredited)
 
1954 Time Is My Enemy
Mrs. Budd - Charwoman
 
1953-1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Elton / Mrs. Tuckett
– The Deep Blue Sea (1954) … Mrs. Elton
– Golden Rain (1953) … Mrs. Tuckett
 
1954 Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. Harris
 
1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mrs. Clarke
 
1953 Both Sides of the Law
Mrs. Furness - Neighbour (uncredited)
 
1953 The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Mrs. Harris (uncredited)
 
1952 The Holly and the Ivy
Neighbour
 
1952 Twilight Women
Third Landlady (uncredited)
 
1952 The Pickwick Papers
Lady at Ball (uncredited)
 
1952 Vampire Over London
Mrs. Mott
 
1952 Nine Till Six (TV movie)
Miss Roberts
 
1952 The Hundred Hour Hunt
Barmaid
 
1952 Mr. Lord Says No
Ada
 
1951 High Treason
Woman Scrubbing Porch Step (uncredited)
 
1951 White Corridors
Char
 
1950 The Clouded Yellow
Ernie's Mother on Train (uncredited)
 
1950 Tony Draws a Horse
Mrs. Smith
 
1950 Dance Hall
Mrs Crabtree
 
1950 Eye Witness
Waitress
 
1949 Don't Ever Leave Me
Mrs. Marshall
 
1949 Now Barabbas
Bit Part
 
1949 The History of Mr. Polly
Mrs. Johnson
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic
Caroline
 
1948 Here Come the Huggetts
Aunt Edie
 
1948 Woman Hater
Mrs. Burrell
 
1948 The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Patterson
 
1948 The Winslow Boy
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
 
1947 Power Without Glory (TV movie)
Edith
 
1947 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Mantalini's employee (uncredited)
 
1947 Hue and Cry
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1980 Night of One Hundred Stars (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970-1972 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself - Guest
– Warren Mitchell (1972) … Herself - Guest
– Patricia Hayes (1972) … Herself - Guest
– Johnny Speight (1970) … Herself - Guest
 
1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
– Pinter People (1969) (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2008 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV special documentary)
 
1995-2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1997 The Life and Times of Alf Garnett (TV documentary)
Else Garnett
 
1983 What a Carry On (TV series)
 

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(1970) She acted in David Storey's play, "Home," at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Mona Washbourne in the cast. Lindsay Anderson was director. See more »

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Alternate Names:

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Height:

5' 5½" (1.66 m)
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Trivia:

Dandy became a 60s TV star in middle age with the British comedy classic Till Death Us Do Part in which she played Else Garnett, the beleaguered wife of Alf Garnett, a cranky, bigoted type. The series caught fire and an American version was produced in the 70s, All in the Family, with Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker, Dandy's counterpart. See more »

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