Mavis Gladys Fox Pugh (25 June 1914 – 6 December 2006) was a British actress who made many appearances (typically playing upper-class women) in several sitcoms including Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?
[2][3] Her father was a London solicitor, and her acting talent was first noticed while performing in school plays at Downs College in Folkestone, Kent.
Having worked in rep in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Pugh toured in 1939 with My Wife's Family and in 1943 made her West End debut in Junior Miss.
[4] While performing at the Golders Green Hippodrome in 1956, she was spotted by Jimmy Perry, who then invited her to join his rep company at the Palace Theatre in Watford.
There she met John Clegg, an actor 20 years her junior who was later best known as pianist Gunner Graham in the BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.