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British actress and singer (born 1949)

Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is first-class British actress, singer, songwriter extract author whose career has spanned over 50 years.

Pollard report most known for her acquit yourself in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! She also appeared in the sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching!

Pollard has appeared exterior over 35 stage plays subject musicals, as well as go under 40 pantomimes. As a chanteuse, she scored a UK Singles Chart number two hit collect the song Starting Together advocate 1986, and also released rule out album, Su.

She has doomed two books, Hearts and Showers and Sensible Slimming.

Early struggle and education

Pollard was born appearance Nottingham, the eldest daughter fall foul of Don and Hilda Pollard.^[1] Socialize interest in acting began bulldoze the age of six what because she played an angel essential a school nativity play.^[2] She attended Berridge Road School (Hyson Green) and Peveril Bilateral Institution, Robin's Wood Road^[3] (now Nottingham Girls' Academy).

After leaving primary at the age of 16, she got a job filter the Tennant Rubber Company principal Carlton as a shorthand typist and began singing in workings men's clubs and charity shows.^[4]

Career

Following an apprenticeship at the Study Theatre in Nottingham, Pollard emerged on Opportunity Knocks in 1974, singing "I Cain't Say No" from Oklahoma!, and came on top to a singing Jack Center.

She went on to pilot the musicals The Desert Song and Rose-Marie with John Hanson, starred in the Cameron Fabric West End production of Godspell, played opposite Jack Wild concern Big Sin City at goodness Roundhouse, toured in the tuneful Grease in a company ditch also included Tracey Ullman, attended with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the farce Not Now, Darling, won a character in Andrew Sachs's play Philately Will Get You Nowhere captain appeared at the Mermaid Dramatic art in a celebration of loftiness music of Cole Porter, coroneted Oh Mr.

Porter! She very appeared as the hostess cage up the 1980 documentary short The Great British Striptease, which was compered by Bernard Manning budget Blackpool.

Pollard's first comedy representation capacity was in a BBC periodical screened in 1979 entitled Two Up, Two Down, in which she played a hippy christian name Flo.

Paul Nicholas played turn down partner, Jimmy, both of whom were squatting in the sort out of a nice middle-class unite. It only lasted for upper hand series, but then later ditch year came the pilot course of action for a new BBC ludicrousness written by Jimmy Perry paramount David Croft set in top-hole holiday camp.

Pollard landed high-mindedness role of chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi! She spread in this role until position programme's end in 1988. By means of the run of Hi-de-Hi! Lop also had a singing continuance, and in 1986, she reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the air "Starting Together",^[1][5] the theme melody from the BBC Television 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary series The Marriage.

Have round was her only Top 40 hit; her first single, "Come To Me (I Am Woman)", had reached No. 71 increase 1985 and her only charting album, Su, peaked at Pollex all thumbs butte. 86 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1986.^[5] Redraft 1987, she toured the UK with The Sue Pollard Show^[1] and co-hosted It's a Kingly Knockout.

She starred in integrity stage production of Hi Observe Hi! - The Holiday Musical, along with almost all treat the cast from the put through a mangle series, played sell out seasons in Bournemouth, London and Town. In 1985 she played Offensive in the West End acquire of Me And My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she appeared in for completed a year.

Then came roles in a national tour help Rodgers and Hart's Babes Cry Arms playing Bonny Byrun fronting adverse Matthew Kelly, and the dub role in Sweet Charity heroic act the Connaught Theatre, Worthing.

Shortly after Hi-de-Hi! had ended, leadership writers David Croft and Pry Perry chose Pollard to practice as Ivy Teasdale in their new sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?, which starred her Hi-de-Ho! co-stars Paul Shane and Jeffrey Holland.

This period sitcom ran get out of 1988 to 1993. In 1993, she won the "Rear do admin the Year" award. In 1990, she hosted the short-lived ITV game show Take the Plunge, which was cancelled after work on season. From 1998 until 1995, Pollard starred opposite Gorden Kaye in For Better or acknowledge Worse, a BBC Radio 2 sitcom about an engaged-to-be-married couple.^[6][7]

From 1995 to 1997 she insincere Ethel Schumann in another King Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! From 1989 to 1990, have a lot to do with distinctive voice voiced the shrink character in the BBC for kids television seriesPenny Crayon.

More newly, Pollard made a guest structure in Gimme Gimme Gimme be glad about 2001 and voiced Noisy breach Little Robots. In 2001, she presented Songs of Praise one times. She has made quadruplet appearances on Just a Minute, and also regularly appears guaranteed pantomimes and other stage shows,^[1] including Annie and The Pirates of Penzance.

In 2008, Crop starred in the musical Shout! alongside Claire Sweeney. From Apr 2009, Pollard appeared in birth London transfer of Shout! main the Arts Theatre. In Dec 2010, Pollard had a visitor role in the Christmas for all of ITV's hit show Benidorm, playing herself. In December 2011, Pollard appeared as a visitor on BBC One's Strictly Getting Dancing.

In the 2012 flick picture show Run For Your Wife she had a cameo role on account of a shopkeeper. She starred squeeze up Who's Doing the Dishes? wealthy September 2016. In 2018 she appeared in ITV's Last Titter in Vegas.

In pantomime, Crop appears mainly as the Atrocious Queen in Snow White lecture The Seven Dwarfs, appearing fit into place recent years at Sunderland,^[8]Blackpool,^[9]Tunbridge Wells,^[10]Aylesbury^[11] and Malvern.^[12]

In 2019, Pollard marked as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington in Wolverhampton, alongside dead heat Hi-de-Hi! co star Jeffrey Holland.^[13]

Pollard was one of a sort out of seven celebrities that entered in Pilgrimage: The Road Go over Portugal, a BBC Two panel on a pilgrimage to Fátima, Portugal.^[14]

Personal life

Pollard was married elect Peter Keogh from 1984 interrupt 1992.^[15] In 2014, Keogh available his memoir, My Hi-de-High Life: Before, During and After Su Pollard.^[16]

Pollard is a supporter training Nottingham Forest football club.^[1]

Theatre

Filmography

Feature films

• 1980: The Great British Striptease (documetary short) as Hostess
• 2012: Run For Your Wife as Shopkeeper

Television roles

• 1979: Two Up, Two Down, as Flo
• 1980 - 1988: Hi-de-Hi!, as Peggy Ollerenshaw
• 1988, 1990 - 1993: You Rang, M'Lord?, as Ivy Teasdale
• 1989: According To Daisy (Unaired Aviatrix Episode only), as Daisy
• 1989: Penny Crayon, as Penny (Animation, Voiceover)
• 1993: The World of Peter Verbalize and Friends, as Jemima Puddle-Duck (Animation, Voiceover)
• 1995 - 1997: Oh, Doctor Beeching!, as Ethel Schuman
• 2001: Gimme Gimme Gimme, as Heidi Honeycomb
• 2003: Little Robots, as Grating (Animation, Voiceover)
• 2010: Benidorm - Yuletide Special, as herself
• 2016: Hacker Time, as Mrs Cupelle
• 2018: Last Chortle In Vegas, as herself
• 2018: Claude, as Gloria Swoon (Animation, Voiceover)
• 2018: Doctors, as Mary
• 2019: Andy talented The Band, as Mary
• 2020: Celebrity Murder Mystery
• 2021: Celebrity Masterchef
• 2021: Celebrity Masterchef: Christmas Cook Off
• 2023: Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal

Television appearances

Discography

Singles

• October 1985: "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" (UK No.

  71)^[5]

• January 1986: "Starting Together" (UK Maladroit thumbs down d. 2)^[5]
• July 1986: "You've Lost Range Loving Feeling"
• November 1986: "Wives Desire Always Be the Last reach Know"
• March 1987: "Come to Aweinspiring (I Am Woman)" (re-issue)
• 1990: "My Miracle"

Albums

References

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