Mrs. Slocombe. Plus she was the subject of a running gag on the first series of "Little Britain."
I loved her, the crazy-colored hair, and her pu$$y jokes.
LINK
I will miss her.
The excerpts on the BBC site finish with one of her other roles, where she played an outrageous snob long before Patricia Routledge took the mantle.
"Sandra darling, do get Mrs Boswell a glass..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8129617.stm

Imagine that! Michael Jackson, Karl Malden, Farrah, Billy Mays and Mrs. Slocombe...all lined up at the pearly gates. St. Peter will have a ball. (wonder if her **** is still alive) yes, the other name for a cat!
Wikipedia Info. too!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
Sorry to hear this. She was a brilliant battleaxe in an excellent ensemble.
She's definitely "going up"...
RIP
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
At least Capt. Peacock and Mr. Lucas are still around.
And now Harve Presnell? It's uncanny.
Featured Actor Joined: 12/16/06
I adored this brilliantly talented woman. Rest in peace, dear lady.
Are You Being Served? was one of my favorite shows. This is very sad news. RIP.
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
A fearless--and peerless-comedienne.
And I am unanimous in that.
Very sad news
I will watch some Are You Being Served shows tonight.
I am so sorry to hear this. I adore her. I love the episode when she talks on a cb radio and runs a trucker off the road.
Wonderful actress.
This is so sad, I still watch almost every week. I also didn't know that Wendy Richards died earlier this year. All the deaths this past week or so are starting to scare me.
Wow she was only 86, for some reason I always thought that she was older than that, maybe it has something to do with me watching the show about 30 years ago.
May she rest in peace...
A tribute to Mrs. Slocombe's Pu$$y.
LINK
To British TV viewers she is just as well known for her part in "The Liver Birds" a sixties and seventies comedy about two swinging chicks fleeing the nest in 60's Liverpool. She played the upright mum of one of the girls - so classy and well worth a look even now if you can find a link.
I met her once - lovely woman, may she rest in peace.
Updated On: 7/2/09 at 07:27 PM
An interesting tidbit from the NY Times obit:
"'Are You Being Served?' was made in 1972 as a one-shot segment of another series, 'Comedy Playhouse,' but when the killing of several Israeli athletes sent the 1972 Summer Olympics into chaos, the BBC, faced with hours of empty air time, rushed the series onto its schedule. There it stayed for more than a decade."
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