Mavis Pugh

Mavis Pugh
Mavis Pugh
Born Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh
25 June 1914(1914-06-25)
Croydon, Surrey, England
Died 6 December 2006(2006-12-06) (aged 92)
Chichester, West Sussex, England

Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh (25 June 1914 – 6 December 2006) was an English actress who made many appearances as mainly upper-class ladies in several British sitcoms including Dad's Army, Are You Being Served? and Fawlty Towers, as well as having a regular role in You Rang, M'Lord?. Before appearing on television, she had a long and successful career doing rep theatre.

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Early life

Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh was born in Croydon, Surrey in 1914.[1][2] Her father was a London solicitor, and her acting talent was first noticed while performing in school plays at Downs College in Folkestone, Kent.[1] Pugh won a scholarship to the International School of Acting. Having worked in rep in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Pugh toured in 1939 with My Wife's Family and in 1943 made her West End debut in Junior Miss.[1] As well as doing several years in rep, Pugh toured music halls and clubs with Hugh Paddick with the pair trying to beat each other's ad-libbing.[3]

While performing at the Golders Green Hippodrome in 1956, she was spotted by Jimmy Perry, who then invited her to join his rep company at the Palace Theatre in Watford. There she met John Clegg, an actor who would later appear in Dad's Army, Are You Being Served? and You Rang, M'Lord?, but is perhaps best known as 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and they married in 1959.[1]

Later life

Mavis Pugh did not begin her television career until she was in her sixth decade, with an appearance in the 1974 Dad's Army episode "The Captain's Car".[3] Two years later she appeared in one episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and in Are You Being Served? in the episode "Fifty Years On". She also appeared in two other Are You Being Served? episodes, "Take-over" and "The Club", both as different characters. In 1979, Pugh played Mrs. Chase in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse". Mavis Pugh had small parts in two films, The Class of Miss MacMichael in 1978 and Brothers and Sisters in 1980.[1]

Mavis Pugh appeared in two episodes of Hi-de-Hi! as The Hon. Winifred Dempster, the aunt of camp entertainments manager Clive Dempster, the 1986 episode "Wedding Bells" and 1988 episode "God Bless Our Family". From 1987 to 1988, she played Mrs. Barrable in four episodes of the Ronnie Corbett sitcom Sorry!. In 1989, she appeared in an episode of Alas Smith and Jones and an episode of Boon the following year. The largest role of her television career was that of Lady Lavender in all 26 episodes of You Rang, M'Lord?, from 1988 to 1993.

Mavis Pugh died in Chichester, West Sussex in 2006 aged 92.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary - Mavis Pugh". The Independent. 13 December 2006. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mavis-pugh-428192.html. 
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=iICe%2BrTgyRw3XSVzrX2GDQ&scan=1. Retrieved January 2, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Obituary - Mavis Pugh". The Scotsman. 3 January 2007. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=10772007. 

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