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A "grace and favour" is a home or other property owned by a monarch but given to the use of a faithful retainer upon retirement, as with the retired characters in this series. "Grace" is the surname of the owner of Grace Brothers (the fictional department store where the characters had previously worked) who had also been the previous owner of ...
Bennett was born in St Ives in Cornwall, England on 18 June 1968.She was educated at Mountview Theatre School and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. [1]Bennett debuted in the Are You Being Served? spin-off Grace & Favour (1992–1993), in which she played the part of Mavis Moulterd. [2]
A grace-and-favour home is a residential property owned by a monarch, government, or other owner and leased rent-free to a person as part of the perquisites of their employment, or in gratitude for services rendered. [1] Usage of the term is chiefly British. [1]
In 1992, most of the original cast reunited for Grace & Favour (known as Are You Being Served Again! in the United States and Canada). The new series followed the characters after Young Mr Grace's death, when they are forced to run a hotel in a dilapidated manor house that was purchased using their pension fund. Grace & Favour ran for two ...
Grace & Favour: Jessica Lovelock 12 episodes 1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie: Telephone operator Episode: #2.5 1994 Knightmare: Stiletta 5 episodes 1994 Artrageous: Kate 1996 Next of Kin: Caroline Episode: "Pollution" 1997 A Prince Among Men: Susan Hamilton Episode: "Monkey Business" 2000 Heartbeat: Rachel Osborne Episode: "The Fool on the ...
Frank Thornton Ball (15 January 1921 – 16 March 2013), professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor.He was best known for playing Captain Peacock in the TV sitcom Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour (Are You Being Served?
(1972–1985) as senior saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe and appeared reprising the character in the AYBS spin-off Grace & Favour (1992–1993). She also played Nellie Harvey in Coronation Street (1965–1976), Mrs Hutchinson in The Liver Birds (1971–1996), Ida Willis in That's My Boy (1981–1986) and Nora Powers in My Husband and I (1987–1988).
Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) [1] was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 2006.