British actress best known for her role as Mildred Roper in the '70s sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off George and Mildred. Born to musical parents Hurst Needham and Jessica Rivett in 1927, Joyce was trained at RADA, toured with ENSA and came to prominence via the Joan Littlewood Theatre Workshop, securing roles in TV shows such as The Avengers, Man in a Suitcase, Te Saint, Jason King and Steptoe and Son, and the films The Pumpkin Eater...
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A Man for All Seasons
As Averil Machin
Our Mother's House
As Mrs. Quayle
George & Mildred
As Mildred Roper
Fanatic
As Anna
Burke & Hare
As Mrs. Hare
Luther
As Katharine Luther
Nearest and Dearest
A Place to Go
As Bit Role (uncredited)
Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
As Archive Footage
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
As Mrs. Finch
The Road Builder
As Mrs. Palafox
The Fishing Match
As Cissy
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
All the Right Noises
As Mrs. Bird
The Pumpkin Eater
As Woman at Hairdresser's
Man About the House
As Mildred
Kaleidoscope
As Museum Receptionist
Fragment of Fear
As Miss Ward-Cadbury
Frankenstein: The True Story
As Hospital Matron
Charlie Bubbles
As Woman in Cafe
Cop-Out
As Shooting Range Girl
Catch Us If You Can
As Nan
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
As Freda
Sparrows Can't Sing
As Barmaid
Twenty-Nine
As The prostitute
Seven of One
On the Buses
Man About the House
George and Mildred
As Mildred Roper
The Avengers
As Miss Lister
Jason King
Frankenstein: The True Story
As Hospital Matron
The Saint
As Milanov
No Hiding Place
Corrigan Blake
Manhunt
As Denise