Dandy Nichols
Acting
🎂 1907-05-21
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 credits(88)
1970
1959
Mrs Turton
1965
Esme Flint
1965
Miss Hodge
1965
Nanny
1974
1967
Mrs. Honeyman
1981
1957
Rosie Pennyfeather
1960
Concierge
1960
Else Garnett
1966
Caroline
1948
1985
1981
1961
1972
(voice)
1967
Bridget
1958
Lily
1982
Sylvia Calvert
1975
Mrs. Lea
1974
Mrs. Patterson
1948
Orphanage Superintendant
1965
Neighbour
1965
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
1948
Tea Lady / Neighbour
1973
Mrs. Price
1956
Florrie: The Workers
1982
Neighbour
1952
1st Old Lady
1967
Mrs. Mott
1952
Lady in Outpatients Dept.
1957
Patient with Kidney Stones
1966
Mrs. Gamble
1956
Hospital Nurse
1966
Mrs. Roper
1967
Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
1962
Mrs. Furness
1953
Mrs Ethel Shroake
1969
Waitress
1950
Mrs. Elton
1955
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
1956
Mrs Stanley
1964
Tom's Landlady
1965
Else Garnett
1972
Prinzessin Zasekina
1970
Mrs. Merryweather
1963
Third Landlady
1953
Lily
1982
Mrs. Jenks
1958
Woman Flooded by Milk
1965
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
1954
Mrs. Johnson
1949
Meg Bowles
1968
Mrs. Crabtree
1950
Maud Hodge
1955
Mrs. Marshall
1949
Smith's Mother
1949
Else Garnett
1969
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
1973
Marjorie
1973
Mrs. Harris
1953
Mrs. Burrell
1948
Barmaid
1952
Ada
1952
Kitchen-hand
1956
Woman in Cemetery
1965
Marjorie
1972
Charwoman
1954
Mrs Turton
1965
Aunt Edie Hopkins
1948
Henrietta
1975
Mrs. Tucker
1958
Waitress (uncredited)
1955
Mrs. Clarke
1953
1966
Mrs. Tremblow
1961
Charwoman
1954
Maud Peterson
1964
Miss Hodge
1979
1956
1972
Mrs. Druce
1980
Mrs. Harris
1954
Molly
1962
Edith Harrison
1976
Nanny
1981