Dandy Nichols
Date of birth: 1907-05-21
Place of birth: Fulham, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Daisy Sander
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.
Movie Credits
Carry On Doctor
1967-12-02
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over ma
Yield to the Night
1956-06-19
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
The Fallen Idol
1948-09-30
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His percepti
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974-08-16
Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that som
Till Death Us Do Part
1969-01-01
Based on the hit sitcom of the same name; racist, anti-Socialist Tory Alf Garnett and his long-suffe
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952-07-11
The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this
The History of Mr. Polly
1949-02-08
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972-03-22
Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is
Don't Talk to Strange Men
1962-10-01
An innocent girl is "groomed" over the telephone, and nearly becomes the victim of an attacker.
The Trouble with Our Ivy
1961-11-19
A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbor acquires a fast-growing cr
Now Barabbas
1949-05-24
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
First Love
1970-10-07
The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.
Here Come the Huggetts
1948-12-02
The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Ro
Home
1972-01-06
David Storey's adaptation of his award winning play for the BBC's Play for Today series.
The Deep Blue Sea
1955-11-01
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF
Ladies Who Do
1963-11-01
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a f
The Happy Family
1952-03-30
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan,
A Passage to India
1965-11-16
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month stran
Not So Dusty
1956-02-16
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of so
O Lucky Man!
1973-03-25
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to
In the Labyrinth
1976-02-14
After 30 years apart, a man is reunited with his mother, who resides on a psychiatric ward.
The Strange World of Planet X
1958-03-04
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the
The General's Day
1972-11-20
When Mrs Hinch, the sinister charlady, decides to move in, General Suffolk fights his last battle.
The Birthday Party
1968-12-09
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited
A Time to Kill
1955-11-01
A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to
The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing s
The Winslow Boy
1948-09-24
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents
Street Corner
1953-03-17
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around th
The Leather Boys
1964-03-08
Reggie and Dot are a young South London couple who get married before they really get to know each o
Where There's a Will
1955-03-01
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London
Time Is My Enemy
1954-09-01
A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in
The Holly and the Ivy
1952-12-03
An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953-11-30
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Emergency Call
1952-05-19
A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood t
Lost
1956-01-31
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their
Georgy Girl
1966-08-04
A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employe
Design for Living
1979-05-06
Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and Leo
Crooks Anonymous
1962-03-31
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as
Your Witness
1950-03-06
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the Brit
How I Won the War
1967-10-18
An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Eu
Help!
1965-07-29
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a
The Stable Door
1966-06-01
This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire
The Vikings
1958-06-11
Einar, brutal son of the viking Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with clever slave Eric
Doctor at Large
1957-03-26
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a memb
Women of Twilight
1953-01-16
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
1953-11-30
The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.
Scott of the Antarctic
1948-11-29
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be
Tiger in the Smoke
1956-11-27
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used
Dance Hall
1950-06-08
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick,
Mad About Men
1954-11-16
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well u
The Crowded Day
1954-10-01
One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have th
Woman Hater
1948-10-13
An English lord who dislikes women meets a French movie star who dislikes men.
Don't Ever Leave Me
1949-07-19
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila F
The Early Bird
1965-11-30
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a
Three for All
1975-05-01
A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1965-05-26
A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of societ
Act of Murder
1964-09-01
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by
Kate: The Good Neighbour
1980-03-06
Kate lives fiercely alone, cut off the from present and haunted by the memories of grief from her pa
The Death of Glory
1973-09-11
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading
Doctor in Clover
1966-03-08
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the
Adventure in the Hopfields
1954-06-06
A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it
The Feminine Touch
1956-06-19
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NH
Marks
1982-12-10
Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a p
Findings on a Late Afternoon
1981-12-11
Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon spent with his father, he starts
A Cry from the Streets
1958-08-12
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965-06-03
A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' – how to sco
The National Health
1973-03-06
Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A rioto
High Treason
1951-11-13
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964-09-13
A doctor named Dr. Fancy is charged for the death of Mrs. Sprat's son. Did he or did he not cause Mr
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970-07-02
British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Antho
The Fatal Night
1948-04-12
A young American accepts a bet to spend a night in a haunted house in Mayfair.