Mollie Sugden
Actress

Mollie Sugden Net Worth

Mollie Sugden was a British actress best known for her role as 'Mrs. Slocombe' on the comedy series "Are You Being Served?" She was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and attended Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She won the role of 'Mrs. Betty Slocombe' in 1972 and the series ran until 1985. She reprised the role in the 1990s and continued to work on television until her death in 2009. In 2002, she was honored on her 80th birthday with the special "Celebrating Mollie Sugden: An Are You Being Served?" She passed away after a long illness at age 86, just months after her "Are You Being Served? co-star Wendy Richard.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day July 21, 1922
Birth Place  Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Age 98 YEARS OLD
Died On 1 July 2009(2009-07-01) (aged 86)\nGuildford, Surrey, England
Birth Sign Leo
Cause of death Heart failure
Years active 1962–2003, 2009
Television The Liver Birds Are You Being Served? That's My Boy My Husband and I Grace & Favour
Spouse(s) William Moore (m. 1958–2000)
Children Robin Moore Simon Moore

💰 Net worth

Mollie Sugden, a well-known actress and soundtrack artist from the United Kingdom, holds an estimated net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in the year 2024. Throughout her career, she has gained significant recognition for her exceptional talent and contributions to the entertainment industry. With her remarkable performances and unforgettable roles, Sugden has showcased her versatility and skill as an actress. Additionally, her involvement in soundtracks further highlights her versatility as an artist. Over the years, she has undoubtedly made a substantial impact in the world of entertainment, solidifying her status as a prominent figure in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1922

She was born as Isobel Mary Sugden, in Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1922. When she was four years old, she heard a woman reading a poem at a village concert making people laugh. The following Christmas, after being asked if she could "do anything", Sugden read this poem and everyone fell about laughing. She later remarked that their response made her "realise how wonderful it was to make people laugh". Shortly after she left school, World War II broke out, and Sugden worked in a munitions factory in Keighley making shells for the Royal Navy. She was later made redundant, and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

1958

She played opposite her husband, william Moore (1916–2000), in several series, including two episodes of The Liver Birds and again in My Husband and I, on both occasions as a married couple. They had married on 29 March 1958, having met while in repertory theatre in Swansea, and had twin sons born in October 1963, Robin and Simon.

1962

Sugden's first regular sitcom role was as Mrs Crispin in the sitcom Hugh and I (1962–67). This was written by John T. Chapman, and when he became involved with The Liver Birds series, he suggested Sugden for the role of Sandra's mother, Mrs Hutchinson. She appeared in the bulk of the run, from 1971 to 1979. In 1973, she appeared in Son of the Bride.

1968

When Sugden graduated from the Guildhall School of Drama, she worked in repertory for eight years with a company that included Eric Sykes and Roy Dotrice. She also had work in radio and made her television debut in a live half-hour comedy show. Sugden's other appearances before Are You Being Served? included parts in The Benny Hill Show, Just Jimmy (with Jimmy Clitheroe), Z-Cars, Up Pompeii!, The Goodies, Steptoe and Son and five episodes of Jackanory in 1968.

1972

Meanwhile, she was cast in a role which brought her international fame: Mrs Slocombe, a department store saleswoman with a socially superior attitude, a repertoire of double entendres, and a penchant for bouffant, pastel-coloured coiffures, in the long-running Are You Being Served? (1972–85). In 1978, when it was thought that Are You Being Served? was over, she was the lead star in Come Back Mrs. Noah, a sitcom that is regarded by some as one of the worst ever made. From 1965 to 1976, she intermittently played Nellie Harvey, the landlady of The Laughing Donkey pub, in Coronation Street. In this she often appeared opposite Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return. In 1986, she had a 23-week stint on That's Life!

1981

Sugden also played main roles in other sitcoms, including That's My Boy (1981–86) and My Husband and I (1987–88), both for ITV. In an unsuccessful revival of The Liver Birds (1996), Sugden reprised her role as Mrs Hutchinson, despite being on steroids at the time owing to her suffering from polymyalgia.

2002

In 2002 a tribute programme called Celebrating Mollie Sugden: An Are You Being Served? Special, aired on American PBS stations featuring several members of the cast of Are You Being Served?

2009

Sugden died at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford on 1 July 2009 of unspecified heart failure and was cremated. Her final public appearance was at the funeral of her Are You Being Served? co-star Wendy Richard four months previously.

2013

Seven years after the end of Are You Being Served?, five members of the original cast – including Sugden – came together to appear in Grace & Favour, where the staff of Grace Brothers are left an old manor house in the country, which they try to run as a hotel. It lasted two seasons, until 1993. Other appearances at this time included Just william and Oliver's Travels. In 2003, Sugden appeared in an episode of The Bill and also appeared (as herself) in an episode of the comedy Sketch show Little Britain.

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