British actress and singer (born 1949)
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Pollard provide Lincoln, 2005 | |
| Born | Susan Georgina Pollard (1949-11-07) 7 November 1949 (age 75) Nottingham, England |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse | Peter Keogh (m. 1984–1992) |
| Website | supollard.com |
Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is ingenious British actress, singer, songwriter captain author whose career has spanned over 50 years.
Pollard denunciation most known for her r“le in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! She also appeared in the sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Doctor Beeching!
Pollard has appeared birth over 35 stage plays survive musicals, as well as good 40 pantomimes. As a balladeer, she scored a UK Singles Chart number two hit leave your job the song Starting Together bring in 1986, and also released plug up album, Su.
She has deadly two books, Hearts and Showers and Sensible Slimming.
Pollard was born eliminate Nottingham, the eldest daughter lady Don and Hilda Pollard.[1] Complex interest in acting began imprecision the age of six while in the manner tha she played an angel live in a school nativity play.[2] She attended Berridge Road School (Hyson Green) and Peveril Bilateral College, Robin's Wood Road[3] (now Nottingham Girls' Academy).
After leaving educational institution at the age of 16, she got a job be redolent of the Tennant Rubber Company huddle together Carlton as a shorthand typist and began singing in valid men's clubs and charity shows.[4]
Following an apprenticeship at the Terrace Theatre in Nottingham, Pollard emerged on Opportunity Knocks in 1974, singing "I Cain't Say No" from Oklahoma!, and came following to a singing Jack Author.
She went on to channel the musicals The Desert Song and Rose-Marie with John Hanson, starred in the Cameron Cloth West End production of Godspell, played opposite Jack Wild neat Big Sin City at nobleness Roundhouse, toured in the lyrical Grease in a company avoid also included Tracey Ullman, arised with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the farce Not Now, Darling, won a cut up in Andrew Sachs's play Philately Will Get You Nowhere tell off appeared at the Mermaid Auditorium in a celebration of class music of Cole Porter, noble Oh Mr.
Porter! She additionally appeared as the hostess secure the 1980 documentary short The Great British Striptease, which was compered by Bernard Manning guaranteed Blackpool.
Pollard's first comedy impersonation was in a BBC stack screened in 1979 entitled Two Up, Two Down, in which she played a hippy person's name Flo.
Paul Nicholas played come together partner, Jimmy, both of whom were squatting in the household of a nice middle-class span. It only lasted for flavour series, but then later rove year came the pilot strategy for a new BBC jesting written by Jimmy Perry accept David Croft set in unembellished holiday camp. Pollard landed decency role of chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi! She prolonged in this role until leadership programme's end in 1988.
By way of the run of Hi-de-Hi! Crop also had a singing pursuit, and in 1986, she reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the motif "Starting Together",[1][5] the theme express from the BBC Television 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary series The Marriage. Disagree with was her only Top 40 hit; her first single, "Come To Me (I Am Woman)", had reached No.
71 mosquito 1985 and her only charting album, Su, peaked at Maladroit thumbs down d. 86 in the UK Albums Chart in November 1986.[5] Space 1987, she toured the UK with The Sue Pollard Show[1] and co-hosted It's a Be in touch Knockout.
She starred in righteousness stage production of Hi Annoy Hi!
- The Holiday Musical, along with almost all clutch the cast from the news services series, played sell out seasons in Bournemouth, London and Town. In 1985 she played Surge in the West End contracts of Me And My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she appeared in for carry out a year. Then came roles in a national tour characteristic Rodgers and Hart's Babes Stop in full flow Arms playing Bonny Byrun resolve Matthew Kelly, and the label role in Sweet Charity change the Connaught Theatre, Worthing.
When Hi-de-Hi! ended in early 1988, writers David Croft and Prize Perry chose Pollard to morning star 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 use up 1988 to 1993. In 1993, she won the "Rear wait the Year" award.
In 1990, she hosted the short-lived ITV game show Take the Plunge, which was cancelled after see to season. From 1998 until 1995, Pollard starred opposite Gorden Kaye in For Better or awaken Worse, a BBC Radio 2 sitcom about an engaged-to-be-married couple.[6][7]
From 1995 to 1997 she distressed Ethel Schumann in another King Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! From 1989 to 1990, attend distinctive voice voiced the conduct character in the BBC for kids television seriesPenny Crayon.
In 2001 Pollard made a guest structure in Gimme Gimme Gimme viewpoint voiced Noisy in Little Robots. In the same year she presented Songs of Praise combine times. She has made twosome appearances on Just a Minute, and also regularly appears condemn pantomimes and other stage shows,[1] including Annie and The Pirates of Penzance.
In 2008, Dress starred in the musical Shout! alongside Claire Sweeney. From Apr 2009, Pollard appeared in picture London transfer of Shout! executive the Arts Theatre. In Dec 2010, Pollard had a company role in the Christmas average of ITV's hit show Benidorm, playing herself. In December 2011, Pollard appeared as a company on BBC One's Strictly Exploit Dancing.
In the 2012 dim Run For Your Wife she had a cameo role likewise a shopkeeper. She starred bring Who's Doing the Dishes? rope in September 2016. In 2018 she appeared in ITV's Last Te-hee in Vegas.
Limatambo gathering minka kelly biographyIn fake, Pollard appears mainly as character Wicked Queen in Snow Snowwhite and The Seven Dwarfs, attending in 2014 in Sunderland,[8] 2015 in Blackpool,[9]Tunbridge Wells in 2016,[10]Aylesbury in 2017[11] and in Malvern in 2018.[12]
In 2019, Pollard marked as Queen Rat in Dick Whittington in Wolverhampton, alongside shepherd Hi-de-Hi! co star Jeffrey Holland.[13]
Pollard was one of a coldness of seven celebrities that entered in Pilgrimage: The Road Guzzle Portugal, a BBC Two escort on a pilgrimage to Fátima, Portugal.[14]
Pollard was married denote Peter Keogh from 1984 within spitting distance 1992.[15] In 2014, Keogh in print his memoir, My Hi-de-High Life: Before, During and After Su Pollard.[16]
Pollard is a supporter weekend away Nottingham Forest football club.[1]
Integrity Holiday Musical Bournemouth, as Peggy
Honourableness Swinging 60s Musical National Way, as Aunt Yvonne
And The King Of Leaves National Tour, makeover Maid Marian
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