The Liver Birds: Yellow and Green Makes Blue
10:05 pm - 10:40 pm, Today on That's TV 2 (65)
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Yellow and Green Makes Blue
Season 7, Episode 8
The girls disagree over how best to redecorate the flat. Nerys Hughes and Elizabeth Estensen star as the Liverpudlian flatmates in Carla Lane's comedy
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Nerys Hughes
(Actor)
.. Sandra Hutchinson
Elizabeth Estensen
(Actor)
.. Carol Boswell
Mollie Sugden
(Actor)
.. Mrs Thelma Hutchinson
Eileen Kennally
(Actor)
.. Mrs Boswell
Ray Dunbobbin
(Actor)
.. Mr Boswell
Carla Lane
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nerys Hughes
(Actor)
.. Sandra Hutchinson
Elizabeth Estensen
(Actor)
.. Carol Boswell
Born:
August 10, 1949
in
Stockton-on-Tees
Best Known For:
The Liver Birds and Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Born in Stockton-on-Tees on August 10, 1949, Elizabeth first became noticed as an actress during the 1970s in Willy Russell's musical John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert, and Carla Lane's sitcom The Liver Birds.
Career:
During the 1980s, Estensen played villainess T-Bag in the children's series Wonders in Letterland and six sequel series and two Christmas specials. Guest roles followed in Happy Families, The Bill, Casualty, The Upper Hand, A Touch of Frost, Cracker and Last of the Summer Wine before she landed a recurring role as Pam Middleton on Coronation Street. In 1999, she played Daphne Fawkes-Bentley in children's series Mike and Angelo. In the same year, she made her debut in Emmerdale as Diane Lambert, the mother of Bernice Blackstock, a role she continues to play.
Quote:
On being awarded an honorary degree: "When I received the letter saying I'd been nominated for the degree I felt flattered, flushed with pleasure. It was completely unexpected."
Trivia:
In 2004, Estensen was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Teeside.
Mollie Sugden
(Actor)
.. Mrs Thelma Hutchinson
Born:
July 21, 1922
in
Keighley
Best Known For:
Playing saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in sitcom Are You Being Served?
Early-life:
Born Isobel Mary Sugden in Keighley on July 21, 1922. Shortly after leaving school, the Second World War broke out and Mollie worked in a munitions factory in Keighley making shells for the Royal Navy. She went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She worked in repertory theatre for eight years and found work on radio and TV. Her first regular sitcom role was as Mrs Crispin in the sitcom Hugh and I, which ran from 1962 to 1966. Another sitcom role followed in 1971 when she began playing Mrs Hutchinson in The Liver Birds.
Career:
In the early 1970s, Sugden was cast in a role that brought her international fame, department store saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? It ran from 1972 until 1985, and Sugden reprised her role in spin-off series Grace & Favour. She also starred in the sitcoms Come Back Mrs Noah, That's My Boy and My Husband and I. She reprised her role as Mrs Hutchinson in the 1996 revival of The Liver Birds. She had a recurring role on Coronation Street as the landlady of The Laughing Donkey, a rival to the Street's Annie Walker. Sugden died at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford on July 1, 2009 at the age of 86.
Quote:
"I must go home and attend to my pussy."
Trivia:
During Sugden's days at Oldham rep, she was earning £3 a week. She was married to fellow actor William Moore from 1958 until his death in 2000.
Eileen Kennally
(Actor)
.. Mrs Boswell
Ray Dunbobbin
(Actor)
.. Mr Boswell
Carla Lane
(Writer)
