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Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh, (25 June 1914 — 6 December 2006), was a British actress best known for playing Lady Lavender in You Rang, M'Lord?.

Her acting career started late in her life, at the age of 60. Her first role was in 1974 in an episode of Dad's Army, with further appearances in David Croft sitcoms coming in an episode of It Ain't Half Hot, Mum and three episodes of Are You Being Served?.

At the end of The '80s, she had small recurring roles in Hi-de-Hi! as Winifred Dempster and Mrs. Barrable in Sorry!. Her biggest role came in 1988 when she played Lady Lavender in You Rang, M'Lord?, a role in which she appeared in every episode until the finale in 1993.

She was married to fellow actor John Clegg and died at the age of 92.


Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:

Series
  • Dad's Army, episode "The Captain's Car" (1974) — Lady Angela Maltby
  • Are You Being Served?, 3 episodes:
    • "Fifty Years On" (1976) — Mrs. Claude
    • "Take-Over" (1977) — Lady Weeble-Able-Smith
    • "The Club" (1978) — Roger's Mistress
  • It Ain't Half Hot, Mum, episode "Ticket to Blighty" (1976) — Chief Commander Crisp
  • Fawlty Towers, episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" (1979) — Mrs. Chase
  • Hi-de-Hi!, 2 episodesshow list (1986-88) — The Honourable Winifred Dempster
  • Sorry!, 4 episodesshow list (1987-88) — Mrs. Barrable
  • You Rang, M'Lord?, 26 episodes (1988-93) — Lady Lavender Southwick

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