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Yootha Joyce Needham (20 August 1927 – 24 August 1980), known as Yootha Joyce, was an English actress best known for playing Mildred Roper opposite Brian Murphy in the sitcom Man About the House (1973–1976) and its spin-off George and Mildred (1976–1979).
Her last appearance was the 1980 feature film George and Mildred. In the summer of that year she passed away suffering from liver failure at the age of just 53 - the inquest into her death revealed...
An English actress best known for her work in television, Yootha Joyce was the victim of her own success, drinking up to half a bottle of brandy daily for ten years leading to her liver failure on August 24, 1980.
This is a list of the most notable people in Category:Alcohol-related deaths who died of short- and/or long-term effects of alcohol consumption. Deaths caused indirectly by alcohol, such as combined drug intoxication, or driving under the influence, are not listed here.
Any boy who grew up in the Seventies will recall with a shudder watching Yootha Joyce's predatory Mildred Roper in the saucy sitcom Man About The House. The terrifying teeth, the bright...
Battled alcoholism during her life, a battle she ultimately lost. She was said to be on a bottle of vodka a day. She died of hepatitis four days after her 53rd birthday. The actor, Brian Murphy, who played her on-screen husband in George & Mildred (1976), was at her bedside.
An alcoholic, Joyce died from liver failure in 198o, just four days after her 53rd birthday. Her sitcom co-star Brian Murphy was by her side. In 1986 the Smiths used an image of Joyce on the sleeve of their UK single release "Ask" and the German release of "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" securing her place as a British cultural icon.
