Peggy Mount

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	Mount shot to fame in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] playing the battleaxe mother-in-law Emma Hornett in ''Sailor Beware'' in 1955, having originated the role at [[Worthing]] Rep. She made her film début in the screen version of ''[[Panic in the Parlour (1956 film)|Panic in the Parlour]]'' a year later.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1JHBgA4 Mount, 85, British Actress Who Made Grown Men Tremble|date=2001-11-16|first=Paul|last=Lewis|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref>		Mount shot to fame in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] playing the battleaxe mother-in-law Emma Hornett in ''Sailor Beware'' in 1955, having originated the role at [[Worthing]] Rep. She made her film début in the screen version of ''[[Panic in the Parlour (1956 film)|Panic in the Parlour]]'' a year later.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1JHBgA4 Mount, 85, British Actress Who Made Grown Men Tremble|date=2001-11-16|first=Paul|last=Lewis|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref>
−	Mount is also known for her many roles in television comedy programmes. In 1958, she appeared as a landlady in ''The Adventures Of Mr. Pastry'', and in the same year landed her first starring television role in ''[[The Larkins]]'', an early [[ITV Network|ITV]] comedy series featuring [[David Kossoff]] and Peggy Mount as a [[Cockney]] couple, Alf and Ada Larkins, and their family.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=telegraph/><ref name=mail>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1KA2bTq Mount dies aged 86|newspaper=[[Daily Mail]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> In 1961-62, Mount appeared in another ITV sitcom called ''Winning Widows'', opposite [[Avice Landon]], as two sisters who have each survived three husbands.	+	Mount is also known for her many roles in television comedy programmes. In 1958, she appeared as a landlady in ''The Adventures Of Mr. Pastry'', and in the same year landed her first starring television role in ''[[The Larkins]]'', an early [[ITV Network|ITV]] comedy series featuring [[David Kossoff]] and Peggy Mount as a [[Cockney]] couple, Alf and Ada Larkins, and their family.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=telegraph/><ref name=mail>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1KA2bTq Mount dies aged 86|newspaper=[[Daily Mail]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> In 1961-62, Mount appeared in another ITV sitcom called ''Winning Widows'', opposite [[Avice Landone]], as two sisters who have each survived three husbands.
	She followed that from 1966 to 1968 with ''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'', a sitcom also featuring [[Sid James]]<ref name=bbc/> and [[John Le Mesurier]]. From 1971 to 1972 she starred in ''[[Lollipop Loves Mr Mole]]'' with [[Hugh Lloyd]] and [[Pat Coombs]].<ref name=telegraph_pc>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1JHBeIk Coombs: Obituary|newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=2002-05-23|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1KA2b5M View Last Night|first=Gerry|last=Kilgallon|date=1971-10-26|newspaper=[[Evening Times]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> Between 1977 and 1981, she starred in the [[Yorkshire Television]] sitcom ''[[You're Only Young Twice]]'', as the forthright Flora Petty who often bullied her friend Cissie Lupin (played by [[Pat Coombs]]).<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=telegraph_pc/>		She followed that from 1966 to 1968 with ''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'', a sitcom also featuring [[Sid James]]<ref name=bbc/> and [[John Le Mesurier]]. From 1971 to 1972 she starred in ''[[Lollipop Loves Mr Mole]]'' with [[Hugh Lloyd]] and [[Pat Coombs]].<ref name=telegraph_pc>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1JHBeIk Coombs: Obituary|newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=2002-05-23|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ift.tt/1KA2b5M View Last Night|first=Gerry|last=Kilgallon|date=1971-10-26|newspaper=[[Evening Times]]|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> Between 1977 and 1981, she starred in the [[Yorkshire Television]] sitcom ''[[You're Only Young Twice]]'', as the forthright Flora Petty who often bullied her friend Cissie Lupin (played by [[Pat Coombs]]).<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=telegraph_pc/>

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