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British actress and singer (born )

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Born	Susan Georgina Pollard () 7 November (age&#;75) Nottingham, England
Occupations	Actress singer songwriter author
Years&#;active	–present
Spouse	Peter Keogh &#; (m.&#;&#x;&#;&#x;)&#;
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Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November ) is a British actress, singer, songwriter and author whose career has spanned over 50 years.

Online biography for kids Su Pollard (born Susan Pollard, November 7 ) is a popular British comedienne best known for her roles in such sitcoms as Hi-De-Hi! and You Rang M'Lord?. She was born at Nottingham in the United Kingdom. After performing in several West End musicals, she was noticed by BBC producers and chosen to star in a new sitcom Two Up, Two Down with.

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

Pollard has appeared in over 35 stage plays and musicals, as well as over 40 pantomimes. As a singer, she scored a UK Singles Chart number two hit with the song Starting Together in , and also released an album, Su.

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

Early life and education

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

Biography of famous people for kids: Su Pollard (born Susan Pollard, November 7 ) is a popular British comedienne best known for her roles in such sitcoms as Hi-De-Hi! and You Rang M'Lord?. She was born at Nottingham in the United Kingdom.

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

Career

Following an apprenticeship at the Arts Theatre in Nottingham, Pollard appeared on Opportunity Knocks in , singing "I Cain't Say No" from Oklahoma!, and came second to a singing Jack Russell.

She went on to direct the musicals The Desert Song and Rose-Marie with John Hanson, starred in the Cameron Mackintosh West End production of Godspell, played opposite Jack Wild in Big Sin City at the Roundhouse, toured in the musical Grease in a company that also included Tracey Ullman, appeared with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the farce Not Now, Darling, won a role in Andrew Sachs's play Philately Will Get You Nowhere and appeared at the Mermaid Theatre in a celebration of the music of Cole Porter, titled Oh Mr.

Porter! She also appeared as the hostess in the documentary short The Great British Striptease, which was compered by Bernard Manning in Blackpool.

Pollard's first comedy role was in a BBC series screened in entitled Two Up, Two Down, in which she played a hippy named Flo. Paul Nicholas played her partner, Jimmy, both of whom were squatting in the house of a nice middle-class couple.

It only lasted for one series, but then later that year came the pilot programme for a new BBC comedy written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft set in a holiday camp.

Su pollard biography for kids Pollard was born in Nottingham, the eldest daughter of Don and Hilda Pollard. [1] Her interest in acting began at the age of six when she played an angel in a school nativity play. [ 2 ] She attended Berridge Road School (Hyson Green) and Peveril Bilateral School, Robin's Wood Road [ 3 ] (now Nottingham Girls' Academy).

Pollard landed the role of chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw in Hi-de-Hi! She continued in this role until the programme's end in During the run of Hi-de-Hi! Pollard also had a singing career, and in , she reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart with the song "Starting Together",^[1][5] the theme song from the BBC Television 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary series The Marriage.

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

She starred in the stage production of Hi De Hi! - The Holiday Musical, along with almost all of the cast from the television series, played sell out seasons in Bournemouth, London and Blackpool. In she played Sally in the West End production of Me And My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she appeared in for over a year.

Then came roles in a national tour of Rodgers and Hart's Babes In Arms playing Bonny Byrun opposite Matthew Kelly, and the title role in Sweet Charity at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing.

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

When Hi-de-Hi! ended in early , writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry chose Pollard to 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 to In , she won the "Rear of the Year" award. In , she hosted the short-lived ITV game show Take the Plunge, which was cancelled after one season.

From until , Pollard starred opposite Gorden Kaye in For Better or for Worse, a BBC Radio 2 sitcom about an engaged-to-be-married couple.^[6][7]

From to she played Ethel Schumann in another David Croft sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! From to , her distinctive voice voiced the lead character in the BBC children's television seriesPenny Crayon.

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In Pollard made a guest appearance in Gimme Gimme Gimme and voiced Noisy in Little Robots. In the same year she presented Songs of Praise three times. She has made four appearances on Just a Minute, and also regularly appears in pantomimes and other stage shows,^[1] including Annie and The Pirates of Penzance.

In , Pollard starred in the musical Shout! alongside Claire Sweeney.

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From April , Pollard appeared in the London transfer of Shout! at the Arts Theatre. In December , Pollard had a guest role in the Christmas special of ITV's hit show Benidorm, playing herself. In December , Pollard appeared as a guest on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing.

In the movie Run For Your Wife she had a cameo role as a shopkeeper.

She starred in Who's Doing the Dishes? in September In she appeared in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas.

In pantomime, Pollard appears mainly as the Wicked Queen in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, appearing in in Sunderland,^[8] in Blackpool,^[9]Tunbridge Wells in ,^[10]Aylesbury in ^[11] and in Malvern in ^[12]

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

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

Personal life

Pollard was married to Peter Keogh from to ^[15] In , Keogh published his memoir, My Hi-de-High Life: Before, During and After Su Pollard.^[16]

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

Theatre

Filmography

Feature films

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

Television roles

• Two Up, Two Down, as Flo
• - Hi-de-Hi!, as Peggy Ollerenshaw
• , - You Rang, M'Lord?, as Ivy Teasdale
• According To Daisy (Unaired Pilot Episode only), as Daisy
• Penny Crayon, as Penny (Animation, Voiceover)
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, as Jemima Puddle-Duck (Animation, Voiceover)
• - Oh, Doctor Beeching!, as Ethel Schuman
• Gimme Gimme Gimme, as Heidi Honeycomb
• Little Robots, as Noisy (Animation, Voiceover)
• Benidorm - Christmas Special, as herself
• Hacker Time, as Mrs Cupelle
• Last Laugh In Vegas, as herself
• Claude, as Gloria Swoon (Animation, Voiceover)
• Doctors, as Mary
• Andy and The Band, as Mary
• Celebrity Murder Mystery
• Celebrity Masterchef
• Celebrity Masterchef: Christmas Cook Off
• Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal

Television appearances

Discography

Singles

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

  71)^[5]

• January "Starting Together" (UK No. 2)^[5]
• July "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
• November "Wives Will Always Be the Last to Know"
• March "Come to Me (I Am Woman)" (re-issue)
• "My Miracle"

Albums

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