Is Mrs Slocum still alive?
Actor most likely to be remembered for playing Mrs Slocombe in the 1970s television comedy series Are You Being Served? The actor Mollie Sugden, who has died aged 86, was part of a long and honourable – though now almost extinct – line of British battleaxes.
Who are Mollie’s children?
Robin Moore
Simon Moore
Mollie Sugden/Children
How old was Mollie Sugden when she died?
86 years (1922–2009)
Mollie Sugden/Age at death
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.
Why was Are You Being Served Cancelled?
It is thought Beeb execs dropped the series over fears it would offend viewers. The pilot sparked complaints about Mr Humphries, played by Jason Watkins, 54, being too camp.
What was Molly Sugden in?
Mollie Sugden (born Mary Isobel Sugden; 21 July 1922 – 1 July 2009) was an English actress. She was best known for portraying the saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972–1985) and its spin-off Grace & Favour (1992–1993).
Where was Molly Sugden born?
Keighley, United Kingdom
Mollie Sugden/Place of birth
What happened Molly Sugden?
Sugden died at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, Surrey on 1 July 2009 of unspecified heart failure and was cremated.
Who was Molly Sugdens husband?
William Moorem. 1958–2000
Mollie Sugden/Husband
Is any of the cast of Are You Being Served still alive?
Nicholas Smith, the last surviving member of the original cast of the BBC-turned-PBS slapstick sitcom Are You Being Served?, has died. Smith played Cuthbert “Jug Ears” Rumbold, the store’s hapless, pompous, often clueless manager.
Which store inspired Are You Being Served?
Although the idea for the show actually came from another department store, Simpsons of Piccadilly in London where writer Jeremy Lloyd worked in the early 1950s.
Who was Molly Sugden married to?
Mollie Sugden/Spouse
Sugden, who lived in Surrey, was married to fellow actor William Moore. She never fully recovered from his death nine years ago, Reddin said. “They were very much in love,” she said. “She started to go down when he died.”
Did Mollie Sugden have twins?
– and Mollie’s sons are understandably cautious. Twins Robin and Simon, now 52, were eight when the pilot first aired in 1972. It was a surprise hit, screened reluctantly by BBC bosses to fill time when the Munich Olympics were interrupted by the massacre of Israeli athletes.