Posted on July 1st, 2009
From the BBC
Actress Mollie Sugden has died at the age of 86, her agent has said.
The TV star, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in long-running BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?, died at the Royal Surrey Hospital after a long illness.
The Yorkshire-born actress’s twin sons, Robin and Simon Moore, were at her bedside, agent Joan Reddin said.
David Croft, one of the writers of Are You Being Served?, remembered her as a “marvellous character” who would never turn down chances to make people laugh.
“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,” he said.
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I loved Ms. Sugden! She was a great actress. She will truly be missed. I to have twin sons, so I felt connected to her in a way. I loved the story she told about picking the boys up from school & her hair would be all different colors from the hair dye.
My prayers go out to her family!
Comment by Denise Zuniga — July 1, 2009 @ 8:58 pm