LONDON – Comedy actor Mollie Sugden died in hospital yesterday after a long illness, aged 86.
The Yorkshire-born star of popular sitcom Are You Being Served?died in the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
Her twin sons, Robin and Simon Moore, were at her bedside, according to her agent, Joan Reddin.
Best known for her comedy roles, often playing battleaxes, Sugden also appeared as the fearsome Mrs Hutchinson in The Liver Birds.
Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in July 1922, Sugden trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. – (PA)
