This article is about the character actress, Pat Coombs. For the writer, see Patricia Coombs.
Pat Coombs
Born
Patricia Doreen Coombs
(1926-08-27)27 August 1926
Camberwell, London, England
Died
25 May 2002(2002-05-25) (aged 75)
Northwood, London, England
Alma mater
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1950s–2002
Patricia Doreen Coombs (27 August 1926 – 25 May 2002) was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and television sitcoms and Children's ITV's Playbox and Ragdolly Anna.
London, Coombs was one of three children; her father worked in insurance for the Employers' Liability, the forerunner of Commercial Union. Coombs attended...
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sitcom Life Is What Yer Make It for Radio 4, starring Michael Robbins and PatCoombs, and in their 1973 sequel The Things, altogether appearing with them in...
in Johnny Speight's To Lucifer, A Son alongside John Le Mesurier and PatCoombs, but a series was not commissioned. His only other acting credit was in...
David Hamilton, Diane Keen, Derek Nimmo Show 15 (13 December 1979) - PatCoombs, Jack Douglas, Judy Geeson, Keith Harris, David Jacobs, Beryl Reid Show...
Browning Douglas Byng Patsy Byrne Peter Byrne Kathleen Byron Brian Cant PatCoombs Brenda Cowling Aimée Delamain Maurice Denham Leonard Fenton Dulcie Gray...
Beggar My Neighbour (1966–68); this also starred PatCoombs, June Whitfield, and Peter Jones. PatCoombs played the wife of Varney's character. Varney featured...
featuring 'a vivid cast of comic grotesques'. Frequent performers included PatCoombs, Victor Maddern, Deryck Guyler, Roy Kinnear, Joan Sims and Josephine Tewson...
job and to bring up his child, with the help of his mother, played by PatCoombs, who also did the voice of baby Albert. Beckinsale played the role of...
brash, workshy Bruce (Rex Garner) and his hypochrondriac wife Violet (PatCoombs). The comedy revolves partly around Reg and Maggie's attempts to get Bruce...
is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by PatCoombs. from 9 May 1989 to 8 February 1990. Introduced in 1989, elderly Marge...
Vas Blackwood as Pele (Series 4) Hugh Lloyd as Harry Carey (Series 4–6) PatCoombs as Mrs Carey (Series 4–6) James Ellis as Michael (Series 6) This comedy...
In 1977, he starred in a radio comedy series called Albert and Me with PatCoombs and John Comer. He also appeared in an advertisement for Asda which aired...
Patricia Hayes as Min Reed Alfie Bass as Bert Reed Hugh Lloyd as Wally Carey PatCoombs as Mrs. Carey Will Stampe as Fred the barman In the Comedy Playhouse pilot...
programme Mooncat and Co, where he was joined variously by the likes of PatCoombs, Pam Ayres, Patsy Rowlands and Wilf Lunn. He had a featured role in the...
Little Lady 23 Dorothy Spencer 93 US Film Editor Stagecoach Cleopatra 25 PatCoombs 75 UK Actress Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Carry On Doctor June...
series appeared on Talking Pictures TV. Royle acted with Wendy Richard and PatCoombs over two series. Hog's Back is a ridge of hills in Surrey. Royle played...
Innovative technology brought the ragdoll to life. The series starred PatCoombs as the dressmaker owner of the ragdoll. Head of Children's Programmes...
Radio 2 comedy series Thank You, Mrs Fothergill, in 1978–79, alongside PatCoombs. In 1995 Hancock provided the voice of Granny Weatherwax in BBC Radio...
three young women. Wild, Wild Women (1969), starring Barbara Windsor and PatCoombs and set in 1902, was effectively a period-drama variation on The Rag Trade...
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