Mollie Sugden

TV Actress

Mollie Sugden was born in Keighley, England, United Kingdom on July 21st, 1922 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 86, Mollie Sugden biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
July 21, 1922
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Keighley, England, United Kingdom
Death Date
Jul 1, 2009 (age 86)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor
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Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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Spouse(s)
William Moore, ​ ​(m. 1958; died 2000)​
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2
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Mollie Sugden Life

Mollie Sugden (21 July 1922 – 1 July 2009), an English comedian best known for portraying Mrs Slocombe in the British sitcom Are You Being Serve? (1972–85).

She reprised her role in Grace & Favour (1992–93), Sugden and her co-star John Inman would play in America's La fille du regiment, so much so that she was asked to appear in Donizetti's opera, La fille du régimet, in a non-singing role.

Sugden appeared in several other television shows, including The Liver Birds, That's My Boy, and Coronation Street.

Early life

Sugden was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, on July 21. She heard a woman reading a poem at a village festival, making people laugh out loud. Sugden read this poem and everyone was laughing the following Christmas after being asked if she could "do something." "They made me laugh out loud," she said later. Sugden worked in a shell factory in Keighley right after she left school, and World War II broke out. She was later made redundant and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

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Mollie Sugden Career

Early career

Sugden graduated from Guildhall School of Drama in 1984, she worked in repertory for eight years, alongside Eric Sykes and Roy Dotrice. She has also worked in radio and made her television debut in a live half-hour comedy program. Are You Being Served? Sugden's other appearances before Are You Being Serveed? The Benny Hill Show, Just Jimmy (with Jimmy Clitheroe), Z-Cars, Up Pompeii, Up Pompey!, The Goodies, Steptoe and Son, and five episodes of Jackanory in 1968.

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How vicious prejudice by BBC bosses kept Britain's best-loved camp character John Inman in the closet

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 13, 2024
Bill Cotton, the head of the BBC 's light entertainment department, was adamant. The department store sitcom Are You Being Served?, an instant hit with viewers, could not be screened without one major change.

The MP who's just too fat to float in space (and other little-known moon facts)

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 7, 2009
1. Neil Armstrong landed on the moon this month, a decade ago. From it, two main inventions emerged: the non-stick frying pan and the moonwalk. Michael Jackson's original design for his stage performance was the non-stick frying pan. However, this kitchen-based exercise was unpopular with his audiences, so he migrated to the moonwalk, which brought much more success. 2. No one has yet to walk on the moon, surprisingly.