Sue Bond

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Sue Bond is a blonde British actress, cabaret singer, and comedienne best remembered for her appearances on The Benny Hill Show in the early 1970s.

Born 9 May 1946, in Aylesbury, Sue began her career in several Harrison Marks 8mm glamour/girlie films of the late 1960s. These early softcore films included the bizarre "Hot Teddy" in which Sue has sex with a large cuddly teddy bear; "First You See It", features Sue as a naked fantasy woman who appears and disappears (via some crude stop motion) in the hero’s bathroom, bedroom, dining room etc, while "Coitus - An Experience in Motion and Emotion", adopts a Pseudo sex education approach in order to show Sue and a male partner indulging in a variety of explicit sexual positions, all of which are inter-cut with title cards offering advice to ‘young married couples’. The 8mm films lead to a role in Marks' feature film The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) and other sex film roles including Secrets of Sex and her only lead role in the The Yes Girls[1][2][3]. She also has a ‘blink and you’ll miss her’ appearance in Lindsay Shonteff’s film Clegg (1969)- billed here as ‘Suzy Bond’ - as a woman who appears to have gone shopping in her underwear. Sue appeared in The Benny Hill Show for three years between 1970 and 1973, making her one of the longest serving female cast members of the pre-Hill's Angels era.[4][5]

In the mid-seventies Sue began to get offered more character roles in sitcoms; "At last", she told Titbits magazine in 1975, "I don't just have to stand around in a bikini and look daft to earn a living as an actress." Her ambitions at the time were to be a "Bond girl" in a James Bond film and appear in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters; neither transpired, although she did appear in a Bradford theatre production of Jack and the Beanstalk with cheeky Charlie Drake the same year.

Alongside of her acting Sue also had a second career as a singer, mainly on the Northern Club Circuit. Her last acting credit was in the short lived revival of Mind Your Language in 1986, although her singing career continued -with limited success- into the early 1990s.

[edit] Acting roles

  • Hot Teddy (late sixties Harrison Marks film)
  • First You See It aka Sue: Dolly Birds of Britain (late sixties Harrison Marks film)
  • Coitus -An Experience in Motion and Emotion (late sixties Harrison Marks film)
  • The Dolly Birds of Harrison Marks (late sixties Harrison Marks film)
  • Anne of a Thousand Days (1969, 'Wench' uncredited)
  • Clegg (1969, 'Panties Girl' credited as 'Suzy Bond')
  • Secrets of Sex (1969, 'Call Girl')[6]
  • The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969, 'Buxom Wench')
  • Freelance (1970, released 1975, 'Girl in Blue Film')
  • The Benny Hill Show (1970-1973, TV)[7][8]
  • The Yes Girls (1971, 'Maria')
  • Casanova (1971, TV 'Whore')
  • Now Look Here (1971, TV)
  • The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins (1971, 'Girl with Glasses')
  • The Fenn Street Gang (1971, 'Dolly')
  • Doctor in Charge (1972, TV)
  • Love Thy Neighbour (1972, TV 'Barmaid')
  • White Cargo (1973, 'Desiree')
  • Not on your Nellie (1973, TV, 'girl on coach'/title sequence uncredited)
  • The Creeping Flesh (1973, 'Girl in Tavern' uncredited)
  • Thriller: File It Under Fear (1973, TV 'Karen')
  • And Mother Makes Three (1973, TV 'Nellie McQueen')
  • O Lucky Man (1973)
  • Billy Liar (1973, TV 'Dishy Bird')
  • Dixon of Dock Green (1974, TV 'Marion')
  • Love Thy Neighbour (1974, TV 'Amy')
  • And Mother Makes Five (1975, TV 'Shop Assistant')
  • Spring and Autumn (1975, TV 'Barmaid')
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (1975, stage, 'Fairy Queen')
  • Look Mike Yarwood (1976, TV)
  • George and Mildred (1977, TV, 'Cynthia')
  • Robin's Nest (1979, TV, 'Fiona')
  • George and Mildred (1979, TV, 'Gloria')
  • Tommy (1979, stage, 'The Nurse')
  • Leave Him to Heaven (1979, TV, 'Janine')
  • George and Mildred: The Movie (1980, 'Marlene')
  • All Creatures Great and Small (1980, TV, 'Lydia')
  • Keep it in the Family (1980, TV, 'Mimi')
  • Let there Be Love (1982, TV, 'Neighbour')
  • Janet and Company (1982, TV)
  • Jack of Diamonds (1983, TV, 'Gloria')
  • Mind Your Language (1986, TV, 'Rita')

[edit] References

  • Impact '70 magazine 1970 Vol. 1. No 1 “Two into a Bath Will Go” photo story made up of stills from 'First You See It'.
  • Titbits magazine April 24-30 1975 No 4650 “'I Want to be a Bond Bird', says Sizzling Sue”.
  • Club International magazine 1981 No 10, Vol 8 “Sue ‘The Benny Hill Show’ Bond” (pictorial using old Harrison Marks material)

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