Autographs of Yootha Joyce
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).
Yootha Joyce Needham was born in Wandsworth, London, the only child of musical parents Percival "Hurst" Needham, a singer, and Jessie Maud (née Revitt), a concert pianist. She was named "Yootha" after a New Zealand dancer in her father's touring company, a name she would later say she "loathed and detested". Joyce's biography states that her heavily pregnant mother went for a walk on Wandsworth Common during an interval of one of her husband's performances and began feeling contractions; searching for a house to call an ambulance, she came across a nursing home where she gave birth.
The family lived in a basement flat at Bennerley Road, Wandsworth, although Joyce spent much time living with her maternal grandmother, Jessie Rebecca Revitt, while her parents were touring. Initially educated at the Battersea Central Co-educational School, Joyce was evacuated at the start of the Second World War to Petersfield, Hampshire, where she attended Petersfield County High School for Girls. Although Joyce later said that she "hated" her time in Petersfield, she and the other female evacuees from Battersea would use the local church hall there for acting, dancing and singing. By the time Joyce returned to London in 1941 her parents resided in Gladstone Road in Croydon, joined by her grandmother. She completed her education at Croydon High School.
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Traded items with a signature of Yootha Joyce
The most expensive item with a signature of Yootha Joyce (Yootha Joyce Authentic Signed Album Page AFTAL COA) was sold in June 2025 for £160.13 while the cheapest item (Brian Murphy signed 8x10 photo with Yootha Joyce in Panto UACC DEALER) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was August 2022 with an average selling price of £51.50 for an autographed item of Yootha Joyce. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with £160.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.20 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Yootha Joyce is worth £37.18.
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