Biography
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.
Acted in 95
2000s
- 2001
Great Comedy Moments
Else Garnett (archive footage)
1980s
- 1985
- 1982
Marks
Lily
Britannia Hospital
Florrie: The Workers
- 1981
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Nanny
Till Death...
Else Garnett · 6 episodes
- 1980
Kate: The Good Neighbour
Mrs. Druce
1970s
- 1979
Design for Living
Miss Hodge
- 1976
In the Labyrinth
Edith Harrison
- 1975
Three for All
Henrietta
Late Call
Sylvia Calvert · 4 episodes
- 1974
- 1973
The Death of Glory
Marjorie
O Lucky Man!
Tea Lady / Neighbour
The National Health
Hospital radio announcer (uncredited)
- 1972
The General's Day
Movie
Shirley's World
TV
The Alf Garnett Saga
Else Garnett
Home
Marjorie
- 1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Mrs. Gamp
1960s
- 1969
Till Death Us Do Part
Else Garnett
- 1968
The Birthday Party
Meg Bowles
- 1967
Carry On Doctor
Mrs. Roper
How I Won the War
1st Old Lady
- 1966
Georgy Girl
Hospital Nurse
The Stable Door
Movie
Doctor in Clover
Patient with Kidney Stones
- 1965
The Early Bird
Woman Flooded by Milk
A Passage to India
Mrs Turton
Help!
Neighbour (uncredited)
Rotten to the Core
Woman in Cemetery
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Orphanage Superintendant
- 1964
Act of Murder
Maud Peterson
- 1963
Ladies Who Do
Mrs. Merryweather
- 1962
Don't Talk to Strange Men
Molly
Crooks Anonymous
Hyacinth Cundell
- 1961
The Trouble with Our Ivy
Mrs. Tremblow
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957
Doctor at Large
Mrs. Law
Town on Trial
Mrs Wilson (uncredited)
- 1956
Tiger in the Smoke
Stall Attendant (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Tremblow, Mrs. Watteau Jones, Mrs. Innes Hook, Marjorie · 1 episode
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Price
The Feminine Touch
Kitchen-hand
Not So Dusty
Movie
Lost
Mrs. Gamble
- 1955
The Deep Blue Sea
Mrs. Elton
A Time to Kill
Waitress (uncredited)
- 1954
Mad About Men
Nurse Carey's Landlady (uncredited)
The Crowded Day
Charwoman
Time Is My Enemy
Charwoman
Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. Harris
- 1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mrs. Clarke
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Mrs. Harris
Street Corner
Mrs. Furness
Women of Twilight
Third Landlady
- 1952
The Holly and the Ivy
Neighbour
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Mrs. Mott
The Happy Family
Ada
- 1951
High Treason
Woman scrubbing porch step (uncredited)
- 1950
Dance Hall
Mrs. Crabtree
Your Witness
Waitress
1940s
- 1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
Mrs. Marshall
Now Barabbas
Smith's Mother
- 1948
Here Come the Huggetts
Aunt Edie Hopkins
Woman Hater
Mrs. Burrell
The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Patterson
The Fatal Night
Charwoman
