Mollie Sugden (born Mary Isobel Sugden on 21 July 1922, in Keighley, Yorkshire) is an English comedy actress who found fame as saleswoman Betty Slocombe in the popular British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972 - 1985). July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Keighley (pronounced Keith-Leigh or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ... Yorkshire is the largest traditional county of Great Britain, covering some 6,000 sq. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ...

Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Slocombe on Are You Being Served?

A regular in the 1960s sitcom, Hugh and I, she also portrayed Nelly Harvey in Coronation Street, land-lady of The Laughing Donkey pub; seemingly a friend of Rovers Return land-lady Annie Walker, the two were actually social snobs who lost no time in trying to belittle the other. The character appeared intermittantly from 1968 to 1974, but Nelly Harvey was often mentioned as an off-screen presence to comic effect. Perhaps her most famous storyline was when she accused Annie Walker of attempting to 'entice' her husband; this was an extremely funny story, as the very idea of Mrs Walker seducing anyone was ludicrous. Molly was to use this wonderful combination of grande-damme and northern sensibility to great effect when she appeared in The Liver Birds (as Sandra Hutchiinson's mother, Thelma) from 1971 to 1979). Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ... A situation comedy (sitcom) is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Hugh and I was a highly successful BBC sitcom of the 1960s in which Terry Scott and Hugh Lloyd played two friends who shared a house with the mother of one of them. ... Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Annie Walker with Betty Turpin. ... Annie Walker with Betty Turpin. ... The Liver Birds, co-written by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor, was the distaff answer to the popular Geordie series, The Likely Lads. ...

After her success in Are You Being Served?, a situation comedy about the life of employees who worked in the fictional department store Grace Brothers (reputed to be based on the now de-funct Simpsons In The Strand in London), she was given her own vehicle, Come Back, Mrs Noah, but it was unsuccessful and ended after one series.In 1981 she starred in the ITV sitcom That's My Boy, produced by Yorkshire Television. It was fairly well received and ran for 5 series between 1981-1986; in 1987 she starred in another ITV sitcom, My Husband and I , which was also produced by Yorkshire, and which starred her real-life husband. This show bombed, lasting just 15 episodes. Are You Being Served? was a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. ... Come Back, Mrs Noah was a short-lived BBC1-series broadcasted between 13 December 1977 (pilot) and 14 August 1978 written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the channel has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of the broadcasting licences for those areas. ... Thats My Boy was a British comedy series that ran on ITV from 1981 until 1986. ... Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Her visual trademark in Are You Being Served? was her bright, fluorescent-coloured hairdo, which was a different colour on every episode. (In the early episodes of the show, there was no budget for wigs, so Sugden dyed her hair a different colour each week.) In a long running series of comments in the show, she was always referring to problems with her 'pussy' - referring of course to her pet cat. The Barrison Sisters with pussies For the village of Pussy in France, see Pussy, France. ...

Her most famous character, Mrs. Slocombe, is parodied in an episode of the short-lived comedy series Filthy, Rich and Catflap (featuring much of the cast from The Young Ones). Filthy, Rich and Catflap was a BBC sitcom produced in 1987. ... The Young Ones may refer to: The Young Ones (TV series), a 1980s British sitcom about four students living together The Young Ones (film), a film starring Cliff Richard The Young Ones (song), sung by Cliff Richard This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same...

She was married to the actor William Moore from 29 March 1958, until his death in April 2000. (Moore appeared alongside Mollie in Coronation Street in the early seventies, when he played Betty Turpin's husband Cyril.) They had two children, Robin and Simon, and five grandchildren. Sugden has for many years lived on the Isle of Man. William Moore (born c1949) was a terrorist/serial killer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ... Betty Turpin - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Mollie returned to the role of Mrs Slocombe in Grace and Favour in 1991 (a play on words on the British aristocratic arrangement of grace and favour in which favoured people may live in country houses free of charge - which was the concept of the show when the staff learn Young Mr Grace has left them a house, Millstone Manor, to live in.) The show ran for two series in 1992 and 1993. What is said of a house or flat owned by the British sovereign and lent to persons rent-free in gratitude for services to the nation. ...

Mollie also had a long running slot on the BBC One light hearted consumer affairs programme, That's Life! in which she read out mis-prints, jokes, etc. which the audience sent in, and, most notoriously, she would show off oddly shaped vegetables sent in by viewers, which were usually phallic shaped. BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. ... Thats Life! was a BBC television series, which began in 1973 and ran until 1994. ...

A character in the first series of the comedy television programme Little Britain is Liz (played by David Walliams), a woman who bores everyone with the tale of being Mollie Sugden's bridesmaid. In one episode Liz and her husband Clive are in a restaurant and see the real Mollie Sugden (making a guest appearance in the series), but when Sugden denies knowing her, Liz hurls a knife in her back. Little Britain is a character-based BBC radio and television sketch show written by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams. ... David Walliams as Sebastian Love (right) in Little Britain David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is a British comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain. ...

Sugden was noted for her extensive work with Yorkshire Television; reportedly, an executive of ITV contractor Television South once stated that he would scream if Yorkshire Television allowed the ITV Network to air another Mollie Sugden comedy.^{[citation needed]} TVS Entertainment plc, or Television South (the company was referred to on air as Television South from 1985 to 1987, but as TVS before and after those dates), was the ITV franchise holder in the south and south-east of England which replaced its predecessor, Southern Television on the morning...

External links

• Mollie Sugden at the Internet Movie Database
• Mollie Sugden at TV.com