UK comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86
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LONDON (Reuters) British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.
Her agent Joan Reddin told newspapers Sugden died on Wednesday after a long illness. "She was a lovely, lovely person. She was a great professional," Reddin said.
With her hair highly coiffed and referring frequently to her "****," Sugden played the bossy Mrs Slocombe throughout the run of the BBC's innuendo-laden Are You Being Served? between 1972 and 1985.
Re-runs of the show in the United States in the 1990s gained her a new audience overseas.
"She was great fun, a very good actress, very versatile. She could play serious stuff and comedy," said Frank Thornton, who played opposite Sugden in the series as the stuffy floorwalker Captain Peacock.
"It was a very happy show to work on -- you can't play comedy with people you dislike," he told BBC television.
Mark Freeland, head of BBC comedy, said she was one of television's iconic funny women.
"Her daftly enormous purple rinse and never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase are the stuff of comedy legend," he said.
Sugden had also found success in the BBC TV comedy series "The Liver Birds" and played an occasional role as pub landlady Nellie Harvey in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street."
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/people_nm/us_britain_sugden
LONDON (Reuters) British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series "Are You Being Served?," has died at the age of 86.
Her agent Joan Reddin told newspapers Sugden died on Wednesday after a long illness. "She was a lovely, lovely person. She was a great professional," Reddin said.
With her hair highly coiffed and referring frequently to her "****," Sugden played the bossy Mrs Slocombe throughout the run of the BBC's innuendo-laden Are You Being Served? between 1972 and 1985.
Re-runs of the show in the United States in the 1990s gained her a new audience overseas.
"She was great fun, a very good actress, very versatile. She could play serious stuff and comedy," said Frank Thornton, who played opposite Sugden in the series as the stuffy floorwalker Captain Peacock.
"It was a very happy show to work on -- you can't play comedy with people you dislike," he told BBC television.
Mark Freeland, head of BBC comedy, said she was one of television's iconic funny women.
"Her daftly enormous purple rinse and never-to-be-forgotten catchphrase are the stuff of comedy legend," he said.
Sugden had also found success in the BBC TV comedy series "The Liver Birds" and played an occasional role as pub landlady Nellie Harvey in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street."
(Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/people_nm/us_britain_sugden
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I remember watching "Are You Being Served" years ago and she really was a fine comedian. The show was quite good."They're always talking about my drinking, but never mention my thirst" Oscar Wilde
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"Are You Being Served" was a great show. RIP Ms. Sugden.
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Holy Crap!!!! :eek:
I LOVE, absolutely LOVE "Are You Being Served". I'm sorry to hear she passed away.
Anyone ever catch the later series "Are You Being Served Again". It was a short run but just as damn funny.
Mrs. Slocum you will be missed, especially all your references to your "****"......as in cat! lol.
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"Are You Being Served" is classic British humor, IMO, reflecting their somewhat rigid culture that likes to "escape" by being naughty, like farting in public! Every actor in that show played their part to perfection.Alea jacta est!
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"Are You Being Served" is classic British humor, IMO, reflecting their somewhat rigid culture that likes to "escape" by being naughty, like farting in public! Every actor in that show played their part to perfection.
Mr Humphries was outstanding as well.
There were hardly ever any customers in the store and I still crack up even thinking about Capt. Peacock asking Mr. Humphries "are you free, Mr. Humphries". He looks around to the right and to the left (no customers anywhere to be seen) and in his lisp announces "I'm free"-ROTFLMAO.
One of my favorite episodes, among many, were whne they had to go and "sub" in the toy section and couldn;t figure out the doll that kept wetting itself. Or the "fire drill" episode.............there were so many great episodes!!
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r.i.p.
