Mollie Sugden
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Mollie Sugden (born July 21, 1922 in Keighley, Yorkshire) is a British comedy actress who found fame as saleswoman Betty Slocombe in the popular British sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972 - 1985).
A regular in the popular 1960s sitcom, Hugh and I, she also portrayed stout Northern women 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.
Sugden was recently commemorated in a documentary that aired on PBS called Celebrating Mollie Sugden: "An Are You Being Served?" Special.