Penny Irving

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Penny Irving
Born
Paisley, Scotland
OccupationActress
Years active1972–1981

Penny Irving is a Scottish-born former actress and a page 3 model in The Sun newspaper.

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Career

Irving is best remembered for her roles in the 1970s sitcom Are You Being Served? (as Miss Bakewell, Young Mr Grace's secretary), appearing between 1976 and 1979 in the long-running programme; [1] and in the movie adaptation of The Likely Lads (playing the role of Sandy). [2]

Irving also starred in Pete Walker's 1974 film House of Whipcord , and would later appear in his 1978 film The Comeback .

Her other TV credits include The Benny Hill Show , [3] The Two Ronnies [4] and Hi-de-Hi! , [5] among many others. She was a hostess on the game show Mr & Mrs in the 1970s. She also played a role in Carry On Dick . [6]

TV roles

YearTitleEpisodeRole
1974 The Prince of Denmark VariousPolly
1975 Dad's Army "My Brother and I"Chambermaid
1976–1979 Are You Being Served? VariousMiss Bakewell
1977 Spectre TV filmFirst Maid
1980–1981 Hi-de-Hi! VariousMary [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Are You Being Served?". BBC. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  2. Penny Irving, The New York Times January 23, 2008. Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021
  3. "Penthouse". 1974: 14.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "BBC One - The Two Ronnies, Series 4, Episode 3". Bbc.co.uk. 16 January 1975. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Hi de Hi episode guide". Su Pollard official website.
  6. Ross, Robert (2002). The Carry On Companion. Batsford. p. 112. ISBN   0-7134-8771-2.