Yootha Joyce

In 2001, a tribute documentary entitled The Unforgettable Yootha Joyce was aired by ITV. She later had a relationship with Warren Beatty, with whom she also appeared on screen. In 1986, a photograph of Yootha Joyce adorned the sleeve of Ask, a single released by British band The Smiths. She became romantically involved with Allen and has played eccentric, neurotic characters in several of his comic films, but has also won acclaim in serious roles. Yootha Joyce married once, to the actor Glynn Edwards, best known for playing Dave the landlord in Minder, but the marriage ended in divorce. Her film break came when she appeared in the stage version of Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam. The actor Brian Murphy, who played her screen husband George Roper, was at her bedside. In 1967 she had a minor role in the original cast of Hair on Broadway; here is her biography from that show's souvenir program:.

For many years she battled alcoholism and ultimately succumbed, in hospital, to hepatitis four days after her 53rd birthday in 1980. She was born Diane Hall in Santa Ana, California. A feature film was made of George And Mildred in 1980, but this was to be Joyce's last work. Diane Keaton (born January 5, 1946) is an American actress, producer and director. 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. Falling in love again with Diane Keaton (http://www.venicemag.com/jan04/dianekeaton.html) - An article in Venice Magazine. The couple were seen moving from the London house which they'd owned in the previous programme and into a suburban semi-detached property. IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000473/).

When the series reached a natural end, a spin-off was written for the Ropers, and George and Mildred first aired in 1976. Erica Barry, Something's Gotta Give, 2003, Academy Award nomination. 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. Bessie, Marvin's Room, 1997, Academy Award nomination. 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. Louise Bryant, Reds, 1981, Academy Award nomination. First coming to prominence in the renowned Joan Littlewood Theatre Group, she made her film debut in 1962 in Sparrows Can't Sing. Annie Hall, Annie Hall, 1977, Academy Award.

Yootha Joyce (20th August 1927 - 24th August 1980) was a British actress. Goodbar, 1977. Theresa Dunn, Looking for Mr. Kay-Adams Corleone, The Godfather, 1972.