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	\| birthname = Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh		\| birthname = Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1914\|6\|25\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1914\|06\|25\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England		\| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2006\|12\|6\|1914\|6\|25\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2006\|12\|6\|1914\|06\|25\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], England		\| death_place = [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], England
	\| years active = 1974–1993		\| years active = 1974–1993

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| birthname = Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh
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| birth_place = [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|6|1914|6|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]], England
| years active = 1974–1993
| spouse = {{marriage|[[John Clegg (actor)|John Clegg]]|1959}}
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'''Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh''' (25 June 1914 – 6 December 2006) was a British actress who made many appearances (typically playing upper-class women) in several sitcoms including ''[[Dad's Army]]'', ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' and ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''. Her best known role was as Lady Lavender Southwick in all four series of ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]''. Before appearing on television, she had a long and successful career in [[repertory theatre]], including with the Arthur Brough Players.<ref>See Arthur Brough Players Programs (available at Heritage Centre Folkestone). 1960-1970</ref>

==Early life==
Pugh was born in [[Croydon]], [[Surrey]] in 1914.<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mavis-pugh-428192.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mavis-pugh-428192.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituary - Mavis Pugh|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=13 December 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=iICe%2BrTgyRw3XSVzrX2GDQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=January 2, 2011|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Her father was a [[London]] [[solicitor]], and her acting talent was first noticed while performing in school plays at Downs College in [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]].<ref name="The Independent"/> Pugh won a scholarship to the International School of Acting. Having worked in [[repertory|rep]] in [[Amersham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], Pugh toured in 1939 with ''My Wife's Family'' and in 1943 made her [[West End theatre|West End]] debut in ''[[Junior Miss]]''.<ref name="The Independent"/> As well as doing several years in rep, Pugh toured [[music hall]]s and clubs with [[Hugh Paddick]] with the pair trying to beat each other's ad-libbing.<ref name="The Scotsman">{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/obituaries.cfm?id=10772007|title=Obituary - Mavis Pugh|publisher=[[The Scotsman]]|date=3 January 2007}}</ref>

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 [[Watford Palace Theatre|Palace Theatre]] in [[Watford]]. There she met [[John Clegg (actor)|John Clegg]], an actor who best known as pianist Gunner Graham in the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''. They married in 1959.<ref name="The Independent"/>

==Later life==
Pugh did not begin her television career until the age of 60, with an appearance in the 1974 ''[[Dad's Army]]'' episode "[[The Captain's Car]]".<ref name="The Scotsman"/> Two years later she appeared in one episode of ''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]'', titled "Ticket to Blighty", and in ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' in the episode "[[List of Are You Being Served? episodes#Series Four (1976)|Fifty Years On]]". She also appeared in two other ''Are You Being Served?'' episodes, "[[List of Are You Being Served? episodes#Series 5 (1977)|Take-over]]" and "[[List of Are You Being Served? episodes#Series 6 (1978)|The Club]]", both as different characters. In 1979, Pugh played Mrs Chase in the ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' episode "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]". Pugh had small parts in two films, ''[[The Class of Miss MacMichael]]'' in 1978 and ''Brothers and Sisters'' in 1980.<ref name="The Independent"/>

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 "God Bless Our Family" (Series 8) and the 1988 episode "Wedding Bells" (Series 9). From 1987 to 1988, she played Mrs Barrable in four episodes of the [[Ronnie Corbett]] sitcom ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]''. In 1989, she appeared in an episode of ''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]'' and an episode of ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' the following year. The largest role of her television career was that of the porridge-hurling Lady Lavender Southwick in all [[List of You Rang, M'Lord? episodes|26 episodes]] of ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'', from 1988 to 1993.

==Death==
Mavis Pugh died in [[Chichester]], [[West Sussex]] on 6 December 2006, aged 92, of natural causes. She was survived by her husband, John Clegg.<ref name="The Independent"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1974
|''[[Dad's Army]]''
|Lady Maltby
|
|-
|1975
|''[[The Growing Pains Of PC Penrose]]''
|Mrs. Toombs
|
|-
|1976
|''[[It Ain't Half Hot Mum]]''
|Chief Commander Crisp
|
|-
|1976-78
|''[[Are You Being Served?]]''
|Lady Weebley-Abel-Smith
|3 episodes
|-
|1978|| ''[[The Class of Miss MacMichael]]'' || Mrs. Barnett ||
|-
|1979
|''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
|Mrs. Chase
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Spooner's Patch]]''
|Woman
|
|-
|1980|| ''[[Brothers and Sisters (1980 film)|Brothers and Sisters]]'' || The Mother ||
|-
|1982
|''The Stanley Baxter Hour''
|Various Roles
|TV film
|-
|1986-88
|''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]''
|The Honourable Winifred Dempster
|2 episodes
|-
|1987-88
|[[Sorry! (TV series)|''Sorry!'']]
|Mrs. Barrable
|4 episodes
|-
|1988
|''[[Life Without George]]''
|Mrs. Matthews
|
|-
|1988-93
|''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]''
|Lady Lavender
|26 episodes
|-
|1989
|[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)|''Close to Home'']]
|Miss Rothermere
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Alas Smith and Jones]]''
|
|
|-
|1990
|[[Boon (TV series)|''Boon'']]
|Lady in Office
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0700052|name=Mavis Pugh}}

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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:English film actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:People from Croydon]]
[[Category:Actresses from Surrey]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]

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