Trivia

Replaced Gretchen Franklin in the role of Else Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part (1965) after Franklin was unable to break her theatre contract.

British minor comedy character actress who made a lasting career playing frumpy wives (complete with bathrobe, hairnet and curlers), cockney scrubwomen and a constant revolving door of domestics.

Two series of sequels of Till Death Us Do Part (1965) were created. Dandy died during the filming of the second sequel and her death was incorporated into the series; the remainder of the series dealt with Alf's life as a widower.

Dandy became a 60s TV star in middle age with the British comedy classic Till Death Us Do Part (1965) in which she played Else Garnett, the beleaguered wife of Alf Garnett, a cranky, bigoted type. The series caught fire and an American version was produced in the 70s, All in the Family (1971), with Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker, Dandy's counterpart.

Whereas Edith Bunker was referred to as a "dingbat" by husband Archie, Dandy's Else was referred to as a "silly old moo" by her husband Alf.

She was typecast for decades in portraying maids or charladies. Her co-starring role in the sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part" established her fame as a comic actress and gained her a number of other comic roles, but she went into semi-retirement in the mid-1970s due to having mobility problems. For the last decade of her life, Nichols was wheelchair-bound due to the effects of rheumatoid arthritis.