Pat Coombs, born Patricia Doreen Coombs, (27 August 1926 — 25 May 2002), was a British character actress best known for playing unlucky, downtrodden women.
Her entertainment career began after World War II on radio. One of her first breaks on TV came in the form of a guest role in Hancock's Half Hour. After that, she had regular appearances in The Cyril Fletcher Show and The Dick Emery Show, and starred in Barney Is My Darling with Irene Handl and Wild, Wild Women with Barbara Windsor.
After appearing with Peggy Mount in Lollipop Loves Mr Mole, the two were reunited in a sitcom about a old folks' home, You're Only Young Twice, during which the two actresses became close friends. She was cast as Stephen Lewis' sister Dorothy in Don't Drink the Water, a Spin-Off from On the Buses, and played the recurring role of Mrs. Carey in Till Death Us Do Part and its follow-up In Sickness and in Health. In 1983, she co-starred in The Lady is a Tramp with Patricia Hayes.
In 1989, she was cast in EastEnders as the timid Marge Green, Brown Owl of the Walford Brownies. While Coombs had been added to the Soap Opera to add some more humour to the program, she was dropped the following year. Coombs was reportedly upset to have had to leave so soon.
She died of emphysema at the age of 75.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Films- Carry On Doctor (1967) — Anxious Patient (Uncredited Role)
- Carry On Again Doctor (1969) — New Matron
- Dad's Army (1971) — Mrs. Hall
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) — Henrietta Salt (Uncredited Role)
- On the Buses (1971) — Vera Hughes
- Hancock's Half Hour, 2 episodes:
- "The Great Detective" (1957) — Matilda
- "Ericson the Viking" (1958) — Saxon Princess
- Till Death Us Do Part, 6 episodes:
- "Intolerance" (1967) — Woman in Surgery
- 5 episodesshow list (1968-75) — Mrs. Ethel Carey
- Up Pompeii, episode "The Legacy" (1970) — Tarta
- Sykes, episode "Uniform" (1973) — Bus Conductress
- Jackanory Playhouse, episode "The Queen and the Robot" (1975) — Lady Cynthia
- Super Gran, 2 episodes show list (1985-87) — Ms. Witherspoon
- Bleak House, 1 episode (1985) — Miss Guppy
- Rainbow, episode "Books: The Library" (1985) — Patty
- EastEnders, 59 episodes (1989-90) — Marge Green
- Noel's House Party, 1 episode (1992) — Prudence
- Birds of a Feather, episode "Breadwinner" (1992) — Gloria
- Doctors, episode "A Wonderful Life" (2001) — Irene Morris
