Acting • AGE 53
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, J...


Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs
Archive Footage
2023

The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994

George & Mildred
Mildred Roper
1980

George and Mildred
Mildred Roper
1976

Man About the House
Mildred Roper
1974

Frankenstein: The True Story
Hospital Matron
1974

Frankenstein: The True Story
Hospital Matron
1973

Man About the House
Mildred Roper
1973

Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Freda
1973

Seven of One
Mrs Scully
1973

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Mrs. Finch
1973

Burke & Hare
Mrs. Hare
1972

Nearest and Dearest
Mrs. Rhoda Rowbottom
1972

Jason King
1971

The Road Builder
Mrs. Palafox
1971

All the Right Noises
Mrs. Bird
1970

Fragment of Fear
Miss Ward-Cadbury
1970

The Misfit
Pamela
1970

Manhunt
Denise
1970

On the Buses
1969

Maigret at Bay
Mlle. Motte
1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Erica Seydoux
1969

Twenty-Nine
The Prostitute
1969

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968

Charlie Bubbles
Woman in Cafe
1968

Luther
Katharine Luther
1968

ITV Playhouse
Phoebe
1967

Our Mother's House
Mrs. Quayle
1967

Stranger in the House
Shooting Range Girl
1967

A Man for All Seasons
Averil Machin
1966

Kaleidoscope
Museum Receptionist
1966

BBC Play of the Month
Mademoiselle Motte
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Agnes
1965

Catch Us If You Can
Nan
1965

Fanatic
Anna
1965

Redcap
Magda
1964

The Wednesday Play
Rosalind Arnold
1964

The Pumpkin Eater
Woman at Hairdresser's
1964

Theatre 625
Jane Matthews
1964

A Place to Go
Bit Role (uncredited)
1963

Sparrows Can't Sing
Barmaid
1963

The Saint
Milanov
1962

Steptoe and Son
Delilah
1962

The Avengers
Miss Lister
1961

No Hiding Place
1959

Armchair Theatre
Cissy
1956