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She Served Us Well: Mollie Sugden 1922-2009

11 July 2009 5:49 AM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »

Mollie Sugden, star of the British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972-85), died on July 1 of natural causes. Her five-decade acting career made her a beloved figure in her native England and, surprisingly, in the U.S. as well.

Are You Being Served? was set in a department store, a dying breed even in the Seventies. Sugden's Mrs. Slocombe was the doyenne of ladies underwear, a role mirrored in menswear by Mr. Humphries, whose airs and graces she deplored, probably because they got in the way of her own array of affectations.

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- robert cochrane

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Mollie Sugden, Star Of British TV Classic "Are You Being Served?", Dies At Age 86

7 July 2009 10:59 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The name Mollie Sugden may not be familiar to many readers, but for anyone who watched the BBC during the years 1973-1985, she was a household name. Sugden played the role of Mrs. Slocombe, the pushy underwear saleswoman in a department store on the long-running British TV classic Are You Being Served? Sugden has died at age 86, leaving legions of her fans with fond memories. For more on her life and career click here »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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DS Icon: Mollie Sugden

2 July 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Sitcom legend Mollie Sugden passed away yesterday, following a long battle with illness. The Yorkshire-born star first found fame in Liverpool-based comedy The Liver Birds as Mrs Hutchinson, but it wasn't until she took the role of snooty purple-rinsed Mrs Slocombe in 1972 that she really captured the public's imagination. Thanks to a seemingly never-ending list of double entendre gags about her "pussy" Tiddles, she provided comedy gold for millions of viewers of Are You Being Served? for 13 years. Double-teaming with camp co-star John Inman, she turned a dreary '70s British sitcom into a saucy delight. During her pomp, Sugden starred in pretty (more) »

- By Alex Fletcher

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British Actress Sugden Dies

1 July 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Beloved British TV actress Mollie Sugden has died, aged 86.

The TV star passed away in hospital in Surrey, England on Wednesday after a long running illness, according to her agent.

Her twin sons Robin and Simon were by her bedside.

Sugden shot to fame in Brit sitcom Are You Being Served? in 1972 and appeared in a string of other television shows, including The Liver Birds and long-running soap opera Coronation Street.

David Croft, one of the Are You Being Served? writers, remembers the actress as a "marvellous character" who loved to make people laugh.

He says, "She would never refuse any sort of comedy situation, no matter how undignified it was she would always go along with it. She was marvellously funny."

Sugden is survived by her two sons and several grandchildren. »

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Tributes pour in for Wendy Richard

26 February 2009 1:58 PM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Tributes have continued to pour in for actress Wendy Richard, who died from cancer this morning. Mollie Sugden, who starred alongside the 65-year-old in Are You Being Served?, said that Richard would "live on in the hearts of so many people". "How can I express my grief on hearing of the loss of Wendy? She has been part of my life for so long, almost like one of the family. Many happy memories," Sugden said. "She was the daughter I never had and I shall never stop missing her. She lives on in the hearts of so many people who were entertained by her talent and warmed by her charm. It is a sad day and may God bless her." Scriptwriter Jeremy Lloyd added: "Wendy was not only a great friend but brought her extraordinary personality to Are You Being Served?, making her a star member of the cast. I shall miss her very much. »

- By Sarah Rollo

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