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Yootha Joyce Needham was born in Wandsworth, London, the only child of musical parents Percival "Hurst" Needham, a singer, and Jessie Maud (née Revitt), a concert pianist. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was named "Yootha" after a New Zealand dancer in her father's touring company, a name she would later say she "loathed and detested". [ 5 ]
Yootha Joyce: 24 August 1980 (aged 53) London, England Alcoholism: Actress Vladimir Vysotsky: 25 July 1980 (aged 42) Moscow, Soviet Union Heart attack: Singer, songwriter, poet, and actor Bon Scott: 19 February 1980 (aged 33) London, England Acute alcohol intoxication: Lead singer and songwriter for hard rock band AC/DC
George and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television and first aired between 1976 and 1979. It is a spin-off from Man About the House, and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as constantly-sparring married couple George and Mildred Roper.
A 1974 film version of the show starred all of the main cast members. It was the last in a series of movie screen adaptations of popular TV shows made by Hammer Films, [3] though a George and Mildred film (featuring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy) would be made in 1980 by another studio.
Jeffrey lives next door to George and Mildred; he is a snobbish estate agent and lives with his wife Ann. Ann and Mildred become good friends, but Jeffrey is frequently irritated by George, with their spats providing much of the show's humour.
Played by Yootha Joyce Mildred is the long-suffering wife of George who is always getting on her nerves. Whether she buys a new hat or armchair, George is not bothered. Whether she buys a new hat or armchair, George is not bothered.
Brian Murphy's snivelling, runtish Roper drives a beat-up Morris Minor, guzzles brown ale and sports woollen underwear; Yootha Joyce (an icily accomplished comedienne) matches the tone with a caricature that trades on loud costumes, cheap accessories and ambitions way beyond her means. Whatever sparks may once have fired this screen ...
Murphy also revealed that this was due to have been the final series of George and Mildred, as he and Yootha Joyce were afraid of being typecast after playing the characters since 1973 on television and in two films. However, despite scripts being written, Joyce's hospitalisation and subsequent death brought a premature end to the show.