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Mollie Sugden (born Mary Isobel Sugden on 21 July, 1922, in Keighley, Yorkshire) is an English comedy actress who found fame as saleswoman Betty Slocombe in the popular British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972 - 1985).

A regular in the 1960s sitcom, Hugh and I, she also portrayed a stout Northern English woman in Coronation Street (recurring as Nellie Harvey from 1969 to 1976 and mentioned in dialogue for years after that) and The Liver Birds (as Thelma Hutchinson from 1971 to 1979).

After her success in Are You Being Served?, a Britcom about the life of employees who worked in an department store, she was given her own vehicle, Come Back, Mrs Noah, but it was unsuccessful and ended after one series.

Her visual trademark in Are You Being Served? was her bright, fluorescent-coloured hairdo, which was a different colour on every episode. (In the early episodes of the show, there was no budget for wigs, so Sugden dyed her hair a different colour each week.) In a long running series of comments in the show, she was always referring to problems with her 'pussy' - referring to her pet cat.

A recurring character in the comedy television series Little Britain is Liz (played by David Walliams), a woman who bores everyone with the tale of being Mollie Sugden's bridesmaid. In one episode Liz and her husband Clive are in a restaurant and see the real Mollie Sugden (making a guest appearance in the series), but when Sugden denies knowing her, Liz hurls a knife in her back.

She was married to the actor William Moore from 29 March, 1958, until his death in April 2000. They had two children, Robin and Simon, and five grandchildren. Sugden has for many years lived on the Isle Of Man.

Sugden's work on Are You Being Served? was recently profiled in Celebrating Mollie Sugden: Are You Being Served?, a PBS documentary that aired in the United States.

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