Suzy Mandel

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Suzy Mandel, is the stage name of an ex-actress and model best known for her roles in 1970’s British sex comedies such 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.

Biography

Born March 6 1953 in London [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0541681/bio] , Mandel grew up on the Isle of Sheppey 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 14/06/1974 and presented by Hughie Green) [TV Times issue dated 06/08/1974] [BFI: Miss TV Times 1974 cast http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/768745?view=cast] . 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) [http://www.runstop.de/bennysplace/cage02.jpg] [http://www.runstop.de/bennysplace/bionic03.jpg] [http://www.runstop.de/bennysplace/feast02.jpg] [http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9484/smandel1977iq0.jpg] . Of Hill and Jackie Wright's famous ‘head slapping’ routine, she said "Jackie Wright was a chain smoker and he would often hide his cigarette in his mouth or behind his back during scenes. In fact, you could often see a little plume of smoke rising behind him if you looked close enough. Benny would slap his head to fan the smoke away." [cite web|url= http://www.gramponante.com/2006/09/open-bar-at-rears-place.html|title= Open bar at the Rears place|accessdate= 2008-07-24|author= Gram Ponante|date= 2006-09-25|publisher= gramponante.com] .

On the big screen she quickly became a favorite of both British sex film directors and audiences. Soon she was receiving equal billing with Mary Millington, the UK’s biggest sex symbol of the 1970s. Millington and Mandel's film, "Come Play With Me" still stands as one of the longest-running films in British movie history, and ran continuously at the Moulin Cinema in London's West End from 1977 to 1981.

After the release of her final British sex film, "You're Driving Me Crazy", Mandel moved to Los Angeles where, in 1979, she attended the Lee Strasberg Institute for one year, studying acting and voice. She also studied with noted voice and dialect coach Robert Easton. On the 16th August 1981, Mandel married wealthy British film financer Stanley Margolis. Margolis had owned Tigon British Film Productions, the company that released some of her best-known british films, and that would later co-produce the 1993 film "True Romance".

Mandel continued acting, appearing in films like "The Private Eyes" (1981), and "Mistress of the Apes" (directed by B-movie king Larry Buchanan), and on television shows like The Love Boat. She also appeared in the hardcore film "Blonde Ambition" (also known as "Can I Come Again"), which was shot in New York in 1977, but only released in 1980. "Blonde Ambition" saw Mandel cast as Sugar Cane, one half of a talentless duo of singers who become embroiled in the search for a missing broach. Directed by the eccentric Amero Brothers, the role entailed Mandel to strip while ice-skating, impersonate a drag queen, play the tuba and perform in hardcore sex scenes. It should be noted that she used a body double for the last.

Mandel eventually moved behind the scenes, working on the horror comedy "Dead Men Don't Die" (1991) starring Elliot Gould as well as co-producing "Love Bites", starring Adam Ant, in 1993. She and Margolis divorced the following year. [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0541681/bio]

In 1996, Mandel revealed in the British newspaper The People [The People, 1996 “Ex-Hill’s Angel Suzy is a real Angel of Mercy”] , that she had quit showbiz to work as a nurse caring for people dying from AIDS after several of her friends had passed away from the disease. “The stunning blonde, who often dressed as a saucy nurse, is now wearing a real nurse's uniform to care for dying patients” claimed the article. In 2006, she returned to producing, working with adult video director Jennifer James on a series entitled ‘Inside Erotica’. She was subsequently spotted at several adult industry socials [http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/suzy_mandel.htm] .

Acting Roles

*"The Lotus Eaters" (TV show, BBC 1973)
*"Miss TV Times" (TV show, LWT 1974) ... Herself/Contestant
*"Dial M for Murder" (TV show, BBC 1974)
*"Churchill’s People" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"The Girls of Slender Means" (TV show, BBC 1975)
*"Play of the Month: King Lear" (TV show, BBC 1975)
*"The Fight Against Slavery" (TV show, BBC 1975)
*"Health Farm" (hardcore short 1975) ... 2nd Girl
*"Rutland Weekend Television" (TV show, BBC 1975 episode “Rutland Weekend Whistle Test” in sketch “A Penny for your Warts”) [http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1508/mandelrwt1pg4.jpg]
*"The Best of Marty" (TV show 1970s)
*"The Generation Game" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"The Basil Brush Show" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"Intimate Games" (1976) ... Erica
*"Confessions of a Driving Instructor" (1976) ... Mrs Hargreaves
*"Rentaghost" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"What’s on Next" (TV show, Thames, 1976)
*"Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"The Benny Hill Show" (TV show, Thames 1977) ... Various Roles
*"The Dick Emery Show" (TV show, BBC 1977) ... Dawn, the biker chick
*"Within These Walls" (TV show, LWT 1970s)
*"Z-Cars" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"Van der Valk" (TV show, 1970s)
*"Target" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"Jackanory Playhouse" (TV show, 1970s)
*"George Sands" (TV show, 1970s)
*"Nice Day Tomorrow" (TV show, 1970s)
*"The Liver Birds" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"The Sweeney" (TV show, Thames 1970s)
*"Rock Follies" (TV show, Thames 1970s)
*"The Barry Humphries Show" (TV show, BBC 1977)
*"The World of Pam Ayres" (TV show, LWT 1977)
*"The XYY Man" (TV show, Granada 1970s)
*"The Other One" (TV show, BBC 1970s)
*"Play of the Month: The Country Wife" (TV show, BBC 1977)
*"Mr. Big" (TV show, BBC 1977)
*"Play of the Month: The Ambassadors" (TV show, BBC 1977)
*"Get Some In!" (TV show, BBC 1977) ... Non-responsive W.A.A.F [http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7331/lasuzegetsomein767xc0.jpg]
*"Come Play with Me" (1977) ... Rena
*"Over Exposed" (1977) (unreleased)
*"The Playbirds" (1978) ... Lena
*"Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate" (1978) ... First Tennis Girl [http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4606/plumbersmatebc7.png]
*"Pennies from Heaven" (TV show, BBC, 1978)
*"You’re Driving Me Crazy" (1979) ... Anthea
*"Mistress of the Apes" (1979) ... Secretary
*"The Love Boat" (TV show, ABC 1980) ... Trina
*"Blonde Ambition" (hardcore 1980, filmed 1977) ... Sugar Cane
*"The Private Eyes" (1981) ... Hilda
*"The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1982)
*"Things Are Tough All Over" (1982)
*"Kawasaki" (TV Commercial, 1980s)
*"Toyota" (TV Commercial, 1980s)
*"Nissan" (TV Commercial, 1980s)
*"Red Mountain Coffee" (TV Commercial, 1980s)
*"We're Making It" (TV show, series regular, 1980s)
*"Sunset Strip" (TV show, series regular, 1980s)
*"All Nonsense Network News" (TV show, series regular/opera reporter, 1980s)
*"Love Bites" (1993)

Magazine Covers

*"Whitehouse" [http://api.ning.com/files/2-ACzv*kvAsn1iz0ZlGdCZ1kEK46SYuhvc37IQ0U-kyIT6o1muB9GhtTU157A5EdpSz4BD4E8U11pCXRxPC0aPzxaseIaPLa/suzywhitehouseScanned01.jpgissue 27]
*"Whitehouse" [http://api.ning.com/files/365GxOU9aqzo2a46SKquNLq5Fn6VXGfooob3mazap4Q_/alunaNB499.jpgissue 25]
*"Park Lane" [http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/5240/pm021dx6.jpgissue 21]
*"Playbirds" [http://img13.imagevenue.com/img.php?
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*"Playbirds" [http://img162.imagevenue.com/img.php?
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*"National News" [http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3637/nz08oh8.jpgissue 8]
*"Lovebirds" [http://img111.imagevenue.com/img.php?
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*"Cine Revue" 1 May 1980, [http://api.ning.com/files/dk-AyGBsVPDWHXJ97o4Qy2s2XmweDanyzFEDf1cMnWI_/suzy2tledScanned01.jpgVol. 1, Iss. 18]

References

* Simon Sheridan "Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema" 2007 (third edition) (Reynolds & Hearn books)
* Simon Sheridan "Come Play with Me: The Life and Films of Mary Millington" 1999 (FAB Press, Guildford)
* Simon Sheridan "X-Rated - Adventures of an Exploitation Filmmaker" (2008) (Reynolds & Hearn Books)

External links

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* [http://www.lukeford.com/stars/female/suzy_mandel.html Suzy Mandel article]
* [http://www.runstop.de/bennysplace/mandel.html Suzy Mandel 2007 interview at "Benny's Place", a Benny Hill fan site]