Sue Pollard

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Whats her secret?

Watching a programme from a couple of years ago, shes doing some walk with other celebs. Shes 73 in the programme!!! She looks like shes 20 years younger

She's full of energy, enthusiasm, so happy and positive

Im a right misery in comparison and decades younger.

The remaining crew who are still with us who were involved with any Perry and Croft (& Jeremy Lloyd) shows - Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-De-Hi, Allo Allo, You Rang M'Lord, Oh Dr Beeching - meet up and do events together across the UK, often at the Dad's Army Museum in Thetford (yes, such a place does exist!) Su is there, and is always delightful.

During the pandemic the late Frank Williams who played the vicar in dad's Army turned 90. A birthday event was organised for him and all the gang were there. My daughter and I were due to attend and then she got Covid and we missed it. A friend of mine who was a minor cast member happened to be filming when Su learnt of this, she was genuinely sad for my 12 year old missing out, so she told Frank and then filmed him on her mobile phone recording a message for my daughter, saying he was so sad his youngest fan hadn't been able to make it but he hoped to see her very soon. Su passed it to me via the daughter of Von Smallhousen (if you know you know 😀 ) who was an organiser of the event. That's the sort of thoughtful person she is (and to be honest, all the Croft/Perry gang are like that. Utterly, utterly decent.)

She's genuinely not like that. Those madcap moments are extraordinarily few and far between. She's actually very calm, measured and thoughtful IRL. Quietly upbeat and content.

She was such a big star in 1985 that she was interviewed at Live Aid 😀

(I so want to do a Michael Caine "Not a lot of people know that" 😆)

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As others have said, passed by her a few times at Kings Cross, always looks happy, positive and dressed in full Sue. A joy to witness.

I lovee her! Right from Hi de Hi and You Rang M'Lord (which has stood the test of time IMO). Was so pleased to see her live show last year, which was a totally joyous evening

Can't stand her. The 'oooh look at me, I'm so whacky' would wear thin quickly

She was in a panto in our area and a group of school kids were in the cast with her. On the last night she treated them all to a meal in a local restaurant and everybody said she was just a genuinely lovely person who had time for everyone.

You Rang M’Lord is huge in Hungary - they have conventions and everything!

😂😂

I find there's a common theme with older people who appear younger than others around them....... they never had children!

Totally agree - it’s so full on.

My friend bumped into her and she was exactly as bouncy as she is on tv

Are you OK?
Your posts are very negative.

Because I don’t think Su Pollard is the most amazing person on the planet? Okay then…

Su Pollard filmed 'Walking on Sunshine' at my home town of Cleethorpes.
Its brilliant 🙂

I loved her in Hi-De-Hi, You Rang M'Lord and Oh Dr Beeching. Although they were all light comedic roles there are a couple of moments in each where she was required to show pathos and her serious acting ability comes through clearly.

You're so right about her acting and ability to show pathos

In the 90s I used to go as a guest of one of our actor neighbours to recordings of BBC programmes at Wood Lane and the get-together parties. A number of times the audience used to clap in admiration at Su Pollard's emotional performance when saying sad but comedic lines. We weren't supposed to clap!

I met her a number of times and yes she was a bit full-on but very genuine and I remember remarking at the time how beautiful she was beneath the crazy glasses and persona - she had a lovely face

I saw her in panto in Aberdeen probably around 1998ish so she wouldn't have been mega young.
I remember thinking what great legs she had 🤣

Like some other posters, I also saw her one woman stage show last year and I thought she was fabulous. Utterly bonkers but brilliant. I had a great time and would absolutely go again. Didn’t stop laughing!

Ive just googled this show, I reckon I will go and see it if she does any dates this year, or next, god willing

If you were to watch her on Pilgrimage I think you might change your opinion of her. She was absolutely not 'look at me, I'm so whacky'. Just down to earth, warm and quietly one of the group.

The problem is that she had built a career on being ‘whacky’ and loud and it’s hard to take to people like that.

@Westfacing I was interested to hear her stories of being cast in Godspell by Cameron Mackintosh, and how she'd also directed in the theatre herself. I think she'd have been great as a straight actor had she taken such roles, and that would have diminished the perception some members of the public seem to have of her as light only, or unremittingly flamboyant. As many posters who have met her have said, this isn't the entirety or even a particularly large part of who she actually is IRL.

She's not loud. She's a positive ebullient woman. I don't know why that's a problem.

She was lovely. So often women, especially older women are judged, and if they're confident or sassy or funny
... it's a problem.

@Weeelokthen oh I adored Floella when I was a kid! She's got such a warmth. Don't know much about Su Pollard really but might be inspired to seek her out off the back of this thread.