Creator / Mollie Sugden

"And I am unanimous in that"

Mollie Sugden, born Mary Isobel Sugden, (21 July 1922 — 1 July 2009), was a British actress best known for playing Mrs. Slocombe in every episode of Are You Being Served?.

Her first regular sitcom role was Mrs. Crispin in Hugh and I. This role also got her the later role of Mrs. Hutchinson in The Liver Birds. Around the same time as Hugh and I, she occasionally played Nellie Harvey in Coronation Street.

In 1972, she was cast as Mrs. Slocombe in Are You Being Served?, notable for her ever-changing hair colour and her frequent mentions of her "pussy" (her cat, Tiddles). In 1977, she was cast as the titular Mrs. Noah in Come Back Mrs. Noah, a very poorly received sitcom.

She had other starring sitcom roles such as That's My Boy, My Husband and I and the '90s Revival of The Liver Birds.

In 1992, she and several of the AYBS? cast members returned for an After Show, Grace & Favour. It ran for two series.

She died of heart failure at the age of 86.

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Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

Film

• Are You Being Served? (1977) — Mrs. Betty Slocombe
• The Talking Parcel (1978) — Hortense the Flying Train
• The BFG (1989) — Mary
• The Princess and the Goblin (1991) — Looti

Series

• Coronation Street, 23 episodes (1965-76) — Nellie Harvey
• Steptoe and Son, 2 episodes:
  • "And Afterwards at..." (1965) — Melanie's Mother
  • "Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning" (1972) — Auntie Minnie
• Z Cars, 2 episodes^{show list}"Calling the Tune: Part 1", "Calling the Tune: Part 2" (1967) — Vera
• Jackanory, 5 episodes^{show list}"The House on It's Own", "The Beachcombers", "The Golden Coin", "Lost and Found", "Welcome at Last" (1968) — Storyteller
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII, episode "Anne of Cleves" (1970) — Lotte
• Up Pompeii, episode "The Love Potion" (1970) — Flavia
• The Goodies, episode "Caught in the Act" (1970) — Minister for Trade and Domestic Affairs
• Doctor at Large, 2 episodes^{show list}"It's All in the Mind", "Devon Is Lovely at This Time of Year" (1971) — Mrs. Mollett
• Please Sir!, episode "What's a Class Between Friends?" (1971) — Alice Larch
• Doctor in Charge, 3 episodes^{show list}"The Devil You Know", "Honey Lamb", "Mum's the Word" (1972) — Mrs. Waring
• Are You Being Served?, 69 episodes (1972-85) — Mrs. Betty Slocombe
• Love Thy Neighbour, episode "The Antenatal Clinic" (1974) — Sister Martin
• Come Back Mrs. Noah, 6 episodes^{show list}"Pilot", "In Orbit", "To the Rescue", "Who Goes Home?", "The Housing Problem", "The Last Chance" (1977-78) — Mrs. Gertrude Noah
• Cluedo, 6 episodes^{show list}"A Deadly Deal", "The Best Insurance", "Fatal Distraction", "Charity Begins at Home", "A Traveller's Tale", "The Bolivian Connection" (1991) — Mrs. Blanche White
• Grace & Favour, 12 episodes (1992-93) — Mrs. Betty Slocombe
• Oliver's Travels, episode "Why Did We Eat the Frogs?" (1995) — Mrs. Robson
• Dennis the Menace, episode "Special Agent Dennis" (1996) — Vilhemina Slop Bucket
• The Bill, episode "Professional Image" (2003) — Lally
• Little Britain, 1 episode (2003) — As Herself

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