Joyce Windsor
| Joyce Windsor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 January 1932 London, England, UK |
| Died | 15 October 2008 (age 76) United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
Joyce Windsor (21 January 1932 - 15 October 2008) was an English-born actress perhaps best remembered for her portrayal of the cleaner Ruby in the BBC1 Comedy Butterflies by Carla Lane. She trained at RADA before working in Rep, then taking time away from the stage to have her children. She returned to acting in the late sixties with small parts in Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Doctor Who and guesting in The Two Ronnies, playing Ronnie Barker's double and appearing in sketches including the Short and Fat Minstrel Show.
In the seventies Windsor appeared in Steptoe and Son, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin,The Good Life as Madame Chairwoman in the episode I talk to the Trees, and To the Manor Born as Dorothy Plunkett.
In the eighties, she continued with Bread,Terry and June, Sorry!, Last of the Summer Wine and Sharon and Elsie. In later years, Windsor played the Cook in Five Children and It and Connie Davis in Doctors, as well as having a stint in Emmerdale as a senile pensioner. Her last TV role was that of Lady Philpotts in the children's TV show ChuckleVision.
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