Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86 (Are You Being Served?)

The Daily Mail ^ | 07/01/09 | Caroline Grant

[JoeDetweiler]

"Comedy actress Mollie Sugden, best known for her role as Betty Slocombe in the hit TV series Are You Being Served?, has died in hospital at the age of 86 after a long illness.

The popular television star shot to fame in the 1970s comedy show packed with double-entendres, as the panto-like character of Mrs Slocombe"

[DGHoodini]

We will miss you Mollie! And we are unanimous in that!

[goat granny]

Why not, she loved her pussy....

[Vendome]

What is that 10 hollywood stars in one week?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Fortunately, I saw a lot of Britcoms growing up, so I was able to “get” AYBS and the references. RIP, Miss Sugden.

[beelzepug]

“...the younger woman who played her co-worker,,,”

Yes, Wendy Richard. I wonder how many remember the song, “Come Outside” that Wendy recorded in the early sixties with a fellow by the name of Mike Sarne?

[Oztrich Boy]

And then there’s the Likely Lads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12sF0cZD_3A

I wonder whatever happened to the Likely Lads?:^)

[radiohead]

How sad. I watched this show religiously for some time. I had the great fortune to meet John Inman (Mr. Humphries) at a book signing maybe 10 years ago. He looked the same, though the repeats of AYBS that I was watching had to have been 20+ years old, and was quite the gentleman. I was sad to learn of his passing as well.

[Daaave]

Mollie Sugden, John Inman and Wendy Richards

[Kakaze]

God Speed Molly, you made me laugh for decades, I’ll miss you.

[CzarNicky]

al franken? (lower case intentional)

[Lawgvr1955]

According to Wiki, Wendy Richard was a big supporter of Margaret Thatcher.

[I Buried My Guns]

"Third consecutive triad of celebrity deaths here. Who’ll be next?"

Jon Stewart and Gilbert Godfried.

[TNCMAXQ]

Seems like a celebrity is dying every day. This week alone was Mollie, Billy Mays, Fred Travelena, Karl Malden, and I just read about the actor-singer Harve Presnell passing away today. I hear Malden was married to the same woman for 70 years, and she survived him. Remarkable.

[beelzepug]

“According to Wiki, Wendy Richard was a big supporter of Margaret Thatcher.”

All the more reason to remember her fondly.

[Albion Wilde]

I had the great fortune to meet John Inman (Mr. Humphries) at a book signing.... He looked the same, though the repeats of AYBS that I was watching had to have been 20+ years old, and was quite the gentleman.

Gay men used to be a lot more fun than they are now.

[x]

Wendy Richard also died this year. And John Inman 2 years ago.

Captain Peacock, Mr. Rumbold, and Mr. Lucas (Frank Thornton, Nicholas Smith, and Trevor Bannister) are all still around.