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Yootha Joyce (20th August 1927 - 24th August 1980)
was a United Kingdom|British actor|actress. First
coming to prominence in the renowned Joan
Littlewood Theatre Group, she made her film debut
in 1962 in Sparrows Can't Sing.

In the 1960s and 1970s, she became a familiar face
in many one-off sitcom roles and supporting parts
in films, but it wasn't until 1973 that she
acquired a starring role, when she was cast as
man-hungry Mildred Roper, wife of landlord George,
in the innovative sitcom Man About The House,
which was to prove a massive hit with viewers.
This series ran until 1976 and told the story of
two young women and a young man sharing the
Ropers' upstairs flat, and the sexual tension and
misunderstandings such living arrangements
provide.

When the series reached a natural end, a spin-off
was written for the Ropers, and George and Mildred
first aired in 1976. The couple were seen moving
from the London house which they'd owned in the
previous programme and into a suburban
semi-detached property. Much of the new series
centred on Mildred's desire to better herself in
her new surroundings, but always being thwarted,
usually unwittingly, by her lifeskill-lacking
husband's desire for a quiet life.

A feature film was made of George And Mildred in
1980, but this was to be Joyce's last work. For
many years she battled alcoholism and ultimately
succumbed, in hospital, to hepatitis four days
after her 53rd birthday in 1980. The actor Brian
Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy, who played her screen
husband George Roper, was at her bedside.

Yootha Joyce married once, to the actor Glynn
Edwards, best known for playing Dave the landlord
in Minder, but the marriage ended in divorce.

In 1986, a photograph of Yootha Joyce adorned the
sleeve of Ask, a single released by British band
The Smiths.

In 2001, a tribute documentary entitled The
Unforgettable Yootha Joyce was aired by ITV.