Dandy Nichols

(The second series used Nichols' own death as an excuse to kill off the character and dealt with Alf's experience of widowhood.). She died of Leukemia in 2000. She reprised her role as Else in the first series of the sequel, In Sickness and in Health. Peters remarried after divorcing Hughes, and returned to acting with a few roles on television. Prior to the series, Dandy Nichols had been a minor comedy actress, appearing in many old British films. She would state only that she had not seen Hughes for several years before their divorce. Alf often referred to Else as a "silly old moo" (the word "cow" would have been unacceptable to contemporary audiences). The usually-paranoid Hughes surprised his aides when he did not insist on a confidentiality agreement from Peters; aides reported Peters was one of the few people Hughes never disparaged. Peters refused to discuss her life with Hughes, and declined several lucrative offers to do so.

Dandy Nichols (1907, London - February 6, 1986) was an actress most noted for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the racially bigoted and misogynistic character Alf Garnett in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. She agreed to a lifetime alimony payment of US$70,000 annually, adjusted for inflation, and she waived all claims to Hughes' estate. In 1971, Peters and Hughes divorced. She retired from acting during the marriage. In 1957, Peters married Howard Hughes, shortly before he faded from public view and became an eccentric recluse.

He thought Peters had the right blend of sex appeal and the tough-talking, streetwise characteristics he was seeking, and that Monroe was too innocent looking for the role. Director Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in 1953's Pickup On South Street. Her first film, 1947's Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power was a hit, and Leonard Maltin writes that afterwards Peters spent the new decade playing "sexy spitfires, often in period dramas and Westerns." [1] (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676492/bio). After competing in a beauty contest in 1946, Peters went to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

Elizabeth Jean Peters (born October 15, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, died October 13, 2000) was an American actress.