(July 21, 1922-July 1, 2009)
Portrayed Mrs. Slocombe on the British TV series, 'Are You Being Served? (1972-85)'
Also starred in 'Coronation Street (1969-76)' and 'The Liver Birds (1969-78)'

She made a living playing bossy matrons.
Her character on 'Being Served' had Kool-Aid colored hair and loved to chat about her 'pussy' - er - cat.
She appeared on those grating PBS pledge drives.
Co-stars said she can be intimidating to work with.
She was just about the only British actress over seventy who hasn't been named a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Fake rumors that she's dead keep popping up on the Internet.

Her bawdy double-entendres made Mrs. Slocombe one of British comedy’s most colorful characters.
She hardly ever flubed a line.
She wrote the forward to a book on English paranormal phenomena.
She baked a great cake.
She had a knack at playing funny drunks.
She gave birth to twin sons.

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