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Dandy Nichols
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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 productio…
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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.
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Dandy Nichols's Filmography
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Marks
as Lily
The Plague Dogs
as Phyllis (voice)
Britannia Hospital
as Florrie: The Workers
Findings on a Late Afternoon
as Nanny
Kate: The Good Neighbour
as Mrs. Druce
Design for Living
as Miss Hodge
In the Labyrinth
as Edith Harrison
Three for All
as Henrietta
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Mrs. Lea
The Death of Glory
as Marjorie
O Lucky Man!
as Tea Lady / Neighbour
The National Health
as Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
The General's Day
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Else Garnett
Home
as Marjorie
First Love
as Prinzessin Zasekina
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
as Mrs. Gamp
The Bed Sitting Room
as Mrs Ethel Shroake
Till Death Us Do Part
as Else Garnett
No Poster
This Happy Breed
as Mrs. Flint
The Birthday Party
as Meg Bowles
Carry On Doctor
as Mrs. Roper
How I Won the War
as 1st Old Lady
Georgy Girl
as Hospital Nurse
The Stable Door
Doctor in Clover
as Patient with Kidney Stones
The Early Bird
as Woman Flooded by Milk
A Passage to India
as Mrs Turton
Help!
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Rotten to the Core
as Woman in Cemetery
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Tom's Landlady
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
as Orphanage Superintendant
No Poster
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
as Mrs. Sprat
Act of Murder
as Maud Peterson
The Leather Boys
as Mrs Stanley
Ladies Who Do
as Mrs. Merryweather
Don't Talk to Strange Men
as Molly
Crooks Anonymous
as Hyacinth Cundell
The Trouble with Our Ivy
as Mrs. Tremblow
A Cry from the Streets
as Mrs. Jenks
The Vikings
as Bridget
The Strange World of Planet X
as Mrs. Tucker
Doctor at Large
as Mrs. Law
Town on Trial
as Mrs Wilson (uncredited)
Tiger in the Smoke
as Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Yield to the Night
as Mrs. Price
The Feminine Touch
as Kitchen-hand
Not So Dusty
Lost
as Mrs. Gamble
The Deep Blue Sea
as Mrs. Elton
A Time to Kill
as Waitress (uncredited)
Where There's a Will
as Maud Hodge
Mad About Men
as Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
The Crowded Day
as Charwoman
Time Is My Enemy
as Charwoman
Adventure in the Hopfields
as Mrs. Harris
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Mrs. Clarke
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
as Mrs. Harris
No Poster
Golden Rain
as Mrs. Tuckett
Street Corner
as Mrs. Furness
Women of Twilight
as Third Landlady
The Holly and the Ivy
as Neighbour
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Mrs. Mott
Emergency Call
as Barmaid
The Happy Family
as Ada
High Treason
as Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)
Dance Hall
as Mrs. Crabtree
Your Witness
as Waitress
Don't Ever Leave Me
as Mrs. Marshall
Now Barabbas
as Smith's Mother
The History of Mr. Polly
as Mrs. Johnson
Here Come the Huggetts
as Aunt Edie Hopkins
Scott of the Antarctic
as Caroline
Woman Hater
as Mrs. Burrell
The Fallen Idol
as Mrs. Patterson
The Winslow Boy
as Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
The Fatal Night
as Charwoman