Suzy Mandel (born March 6, 1953) is the stage name of an ex-actress and model best known for her roles in such 1970s British sex comedies as Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Come Play with Me (1977), and The Playbirds (1978), and for her appearances on the Benny Hill Show.
Born in London, Mandel grew up on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and later in Epping, Essex and Woodford, Essex and Buckhurst Hill, Essex. She began her career as a coat ...
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Suzy Mandel (born March 6, 1953) is the stage name of an ex-actress and model best known for her roles in such 1970s British sex comedies as Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Come Play with Me (1977), and The Playbirds (1978), and for her appearances on the Benny Hill Show.
Born in London, Mandel grew up on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent and later in Epping, Essex and Woodford, Essex and Buckhurst Hill, Essex. She began her career as a coat model. Later, she worked modeling lingerie, winning such awards as ‘Miss Teenage London’, ‘Miss Benson and Hedges’, and ‘Miss TV Times’ (broadcast on UK television on 14 June 1974 and presented by Hughie Green). Mandel's acting career in British sex comedies began in 1976, with her first film, Intimate Games.
Benny Hill saw Intimate Games, and this led him to cast Mandel on his eponymous show. She appears in multiple roles on two 1977 episodes of the series (broadcast in the UK 26/01/1977 and 23/03/1977) . Of Hill and Jackie Wright's famous ...
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