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(90)
1970
Mrs. Honeyman
1981
Mrs Turton
1965
Esme Flint
1965
Miss Hodge
1965
Nanny
1974
Concierge
1960
1959
1967
Rosie Pennyfeather
1960
Bridget
1958
Elsie Jakes
1964
Freda Flower
1964
Else Garnett
1966
Neighbour
1965
Mrs. Lea
1974
Else Garnett
1969
Else Garnett
1972
Patient with Kidney Stones
1966
Else Garnett
1985
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
1948
Mrs. Harris
1953
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
1973
Caroline
1948
1972
Mrs Turton
1965
1966
Orphanage Superintendant
1965
Mrs Stanley
1964
Tea Lady / Neighbour
1973
Mrs. Price
1956
Mrs. Harris
1954
Florrie: The Workers
1982
Molly
1962
Mrs Ethel Shroake
1969
Tom's Landlady
1965
Mrs. Clarke
1953
Mrs. Patterson
1948
Neighbour
1952
Woman Flooded by Milk
1965
Hospital Nurse
1966
1st Old Lady
1967
Mrs. Roper
1967
Waitress
1950
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
1956
1972
Woman in Cemetery
1965
Mrs. Gamble
1956
Charwoman
1954
Lily
1982
Lily
1982
Mrs. Burrell
1948
Mrs. Tucker
1958
Mrs. Cundall (as Dandy Nicholls)
1962
Marjorie
1973
Mrs. Mott
1952
Third Landlady
1953
Mrs. Tremblow
1961
Lady in Outpatients Dept.
1957
Charwoman
1954
Mrs. Jenks
1958
Mrs. Furness
1953
Henrietta
1975
Miss Hodge
1979
1957
Mrs. Druce
1980
Barmaid
1952
Kitchen-hand
1956
Waitress (uncredited)
1955
Else Garnett
1981
Mrs. Elton
1955
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
1954
Nanny
1981
Meg Bowles
1968
Smith's Mother
1949
(voice)
1967
Edith Harrison
1976
Mrs. Johnson
1949
Sylvia Calvert
1975
Maud Peterson
1964
Mrs. Crabtree
1950
Prinzessin Zasekina
1970
Aunt Edie Hopkins
1948
Marjorie
1972
Mrs. Marshall
1949
1956
Mrs. Merryweather
1963
1961
Ada
1952
Maud Hodge
1955