Mollie Sugden, an accomplished British comedic actress best known for playing saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe on the hit BBC series Are You Being Served?, died today after a long illness, reports the Guardian. She was 86. Sugden, who reprised her Served role in Grace & Favour, also starred in such series as That's My Boy and My Husband and I.
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I can’t believe it. And I’m so very sorry to hear of her passing. I was just thinking last night that I should try to find if she has a website to write to her. I was watching Are You Being Served? on our local PBS station and thinking that we’ve already lost John Inman and more recently Wendy Richards. Darn!! We’ll miss her terribly.
I just love Mollie on the Are You Being Served series! Those wicked double entendres and that wildly coloured hair kept me laughing hysterically. I’m glad she got to live to a great ripe old age! I only wish America knew and appreciated her much better and more widely.
I’ll try again…
I hope that her kitty cat (use slang here – as she does on the show) – is well taken care of.
Rest in peace knowing you gave many people many hearty laughs.
What a wonderful actress! My family – three generations gather to watch AYBS every summer when we are all together. She will be missed.
Ah, damnit! I love her…this people dying stuff is getting really old.
Are You Being Served is such a funny show! I’ve watched it on occassion if it happens to be on and I laugh hysterically every time. Mollie Sugden will be truly missed.
How very sad. I loved her.
“Mrs. Slocombe, are you free?” Rest in peace, Mollie.
I AM A MAJOR ARE YOU BEING SERVED FAN AND WILL MISS YOU MS. SUGDEN YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THRU DVD…SLEEP WELL DEAR ANGEL…
She was a great performer. Her talent will live on in reruns. Rest in peace, Mollie Sugden.
Thank you for the laughs Mollie Sugden. you will be missed! R.I.P.
RIP Mollie Sugden. You will be greatly missed. “And I am unanimous in this!”
Mollie you made me laugh and a special star in heaven will shine for you.R,I,P
Mrs. Slocomb. may all your fairy cakes have wings! Heaven is a funnier place now, and I am unanimous in that!! You will be greatly missed. Say hello to Mr. Humphries and Miss Brahms for all of us down here. You are all certainely angels tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good by Mrs. Slocomb. May all your fairy cakes have wings! May Tiddles always have someone to watch over her. Please say hi to Mr. Humpries and Miss Brahms once you reach your final journey. We’re all unanimous in how we feel about you and how you made us laugh. I will never be weak as water ever again.. Have a new journey up in heaven with all your friends.
rest in peace mollie you will be missed i loved you in steptoe and son and are you being served it is a loss for everybody
Mrs. Slocomb, you will be missed. You brought so much joy and laughter into my life. I still watch are you being served on my dvds. I could watch them 100 times and still never be bored. Rest in Peace Dear Lady.
Mollie Sudgen was and always will be one of my favorite British actors. She along with John Inman made the classic British comedy ARE YOU BEING SERVED? full of laughter and one of the best comic experiences of a viewer’s lifetime.
I mourn the loss of one of my favorite television performers. She became a legend in her own time. Mollie has gone to Heaven but “Mrs. Slocombe” will always be with us. God bless her!
I mourn the loss of one of my favorite television performers. She became a legend in her own time. Mollie has gone to Heaven but “Mrs.Slocombe” will be with us always. God bless her.
I am so sad to find out that Mollie Sugden has passed. I LOVE “Are You Being Served?” and she was my favorite character. I remember when my father was ill and dying, the only thing that could take my mind off it and make me smile was that show. She will be greatly missed!
I was sorry to hear of Mollie Sugden’s passing. My daughter and I watch Are You Being Served every Sunday night. We love the show. I love not knowing what color hair her hair will be that week. She will be missed.