The Resume

(July 21, 1922-July 1, 2009)
Portrayed Mrs. Slocombe on the British TV series, 'Are You Being Served? (1972-85)'
Also starred in 'Coronation Street (1969-76)' and 'The Liver Birds (1969-78)'

Why she might be annoying:

She made a living playing bossy matrons.
Her character on 'Being Served' had Kool-Aid colored hair and loved to chat about her 'pussy' - er - cat.
She appeared on those grating PBS pledge drives.
Co-stars said she can be intimidating to work with.
She was just about the only British actress over seventy who hasn't been named a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.
Fake rumors that she's dead keep popping up on the Internet.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her bawdy double-entendres made Mrs. Slocombe one of British comedy’s most colorful characters.
She hardly ever flubed a line.
She wrote the forward to a book on English paranormal phenomena.
She baked a great cake.
She had a knack at playing funny drunks.
She gave birth to twin sons.

Credit: JinnFiend

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7211922)
• Diseased Initials
• I Died in 2009 (Ranked: 86)
• JinnFiend's Profiles
• Look at Me, I'm Bluish
• Parents of Twins
• Profiles 4501-4750 (Ranked: 4719)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20090701)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 114 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 118 Votes: 49.15% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 215 Votes: 55.35% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 625 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 690 Votes: 48.41% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1439 Votes: 40.65% Annoying