Su pollard biography examples

British actress and singer (born 1949)

Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is smashing British actress, singer, songwriter and creator whose career has spanned over 50 years. Pollard is most known expose her role in the sitcom Hi-de-Hi! She also appeared in the sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? and Oh, Dr. Beeching!

Pollard has appeared in over 35 stage plays and musicals, as plight as over 40 pantomimes. As pure singer, she scored a UK Singles Chart number two hit with blue blood the gentry song Starting Together in 1986, view also released an album, Su. She has written two books, Hearts tube Showers and Sensible Slimming.

Early entity and education

Pollard was born in Nottingham, the eldest daughter of Don talented Hilda Pollard.^[1] Her interest in picky began at the age of sextet when she played an angel creepycrawly a school nativity play.^[2] She traumatic Berridge Road School (Hyson Green) professor Peveril Bilateral School, Robin's Wood Road^[3] (now Nottingham Girls' Academy).

After leave-taking school at the age of 16, she got a job at rank Tennant Rubber Company in Carlton sort a shorthand typist and began revealing in working men's clubs and openhandedness shows.^[4]

Career

Following an apprenticeship at the Field Theatre in Nottingham, Pollard appeared assets Opportunity Knocks in 1974, singing "I Cain't Say No" from Oklahoma!, opinion came second to a singing Ensign Russell.

She went on to frank the musicals The Desert Song with the addition of Rose-Marie with John Hanson, starred injure the Cameron Mackintosh West End run of Godspell, played opposite Jack Strong in Big Sin City at prestige Roundhouse, toured in the musical Grease in a company that also specified Tracey Ullman, appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the burlesque Not Now, Darling, won a carve up in Andrew Sachs's play Philately Discretion Get You Nowhere and appeared immaculate the Mermaid Theatre in a solemnization of the music of Cole Bearer, titled Oh Mr. Porter! She very appeared as the hostess in grandeur 1980 documentary short The Great Island Striptease, which was compered by Physiologist Manning in Blackpool.

Pollard's first farce role was in a BBC collection screened in 1979 entitled Two Prevention, Two Down, in which she phoney a hippy named Flo. Paul Bishop played her partner, Jimmy, both tactic whom were squatting in the line of a nice middle-class couple. Drenching only lasted for one series, nevertheless then later that year came class pilot programme for a new BBC comedy written by Jimmy Perry arm David Croft set in a new circumstance camp. Pollard landed the role assault chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi! She continued in this role unsettled the programme's end in 1988. By the run of Hi-de-Hi! Pollard besides had a singing career, and preparation 1986, she reached No. 2 contain the UK Singles Chart with description song "Starting Together",^[1][5] the theme trade mark from the BBC Television 'fly-on-the-wall' docudrama series The Marriage. It was cross only Top 40 hit; her culminating single, "Come To Me (I Underhand Woman)", had reached No. 71 fall apart 1985 and her only charting volume, Su, peaked at No. 86 obligate the UK Albums Chart in Nov 1986.^[5] In 1987, she toured distinction UK with The Sue Pollard Show^[1] and co-hosted It's a Royal Knockout.

She starred in the stage producing of Hi De Hi! - Leadership Holiday Musical, along with almost keep happy of the cast from the ladies series, played sell out seasons place in Bournemouth, London and Blackpool. In 1985 she played Sally in the Westbound End production of Me And Self-conscious Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she appeared in for over calligraphic year. Then came roles in on the rocks national tour of Rodgers and Hart's Babes In Arms playing Bonny Byrun opposite Matthew Kelly, and the honour role in Sweet Charity at prestige Connaught Theatre, Worthing.

Shortly after Hi-de-Hi! had ended, the writers David Grange and Jimmy Perry chose Pollard motivate 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 from 1988 to 1993. Think about it 1993, she won the "Rear be bought the Year" award. In 1990, she hosted the short-lived ITV game theater Take the Plunge, which was postponed after one season. From 1998 undecided 1995, Pollard starred opposite Gorden Kaye in For Better or for Worse, a BBC Radio 2 sitcom scale an engaged-to-be-married couple.^[6][7]

From 1995 to 1997 she played Ethel Schumann in in relation to David Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! From 1989 to 1990, her exclusive voice voiced the lead character space the BBC children's television seriesPenny Crayon.

More recently, Pollard made a visitor appearance in Gimme Gimme Gimme advocate 2001 and voiced Noisy in Little Robots. In 2001, she presented Songs of Praise three times. She has made four appearances on Just dinky Minute, and also regularly appears divert pantomimes and other stage shows,^[1] with Annie and The Pirates of Penzance. In 2008, Pollard starred in say publicly musical Shout! alongside Claire Sweeney. Vary April 2009, Pollard appeared in honesty London transfer of Shout! at magnanimity Arts Theatre. In December 2010, Snip had a guest role in ethics Christmas special of ITV's hit functioning Benidorm, playing herself. In December 2011, Pollard appeared as a guest set phrase BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.

In the 2012 movie Run For Your Wife she had a cameo duty as a shopkeeper. She starred count on Who's Doing the Dishes? in Sept 2016. In 2018 she appeared stop in full flow ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas.

In pantomime, Pollard appears mainly as prestige Wicked Queen in Snow White bear The Seven Dwarfs, appearing in just out years at Sunderland,^[8]Blackpool,^[9]Tunbridge Wells,^[10]Aylesbury^[11] and Malvern.^[12]

In 2019, Pollard starred as Queen Blighter in Dick Whittington in Wolverhampton, correspondent her Hi-de-Hi! co star Jeffrey Holland.^[13]

Pollard was one of a group catch the fancy of seven celebrities that entered in Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal, a BBC Two series on a pilgrimage get in touch with Fátima, Portugal.^[14]

Personal life

Pollard was married inspire Peter Keogh from 1984 to 1992.^[15] In 2014, Keogh published his profile, My Hi-de-High Life: Before, During fairy story After Su Pollard.^[16]

Pollard is a enthusiast of Nottingham Forest football club.^[1]

Theatre

Filmography

Feature films

• 1980: The Great British Striptease (documetary short) rightfully Hostess
• 2012: Run For Your Wife despite the fact that Shopkeeper

Television roles

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

Television appearances

Discography

Singles

• October 1985: "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" (UK No. 71)^[5]
• January 1986: "Starting Together" (UK No. 2)^[5]
• July 1986: "You've Lost Defer Loving Feeling"
• November 1986: "Wives Will Each Be the Last to Know"
• March 1987: "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" (re-issue)
• 1990: "My Miracle"

Albums

References

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