Pat Astley set 7 of 7

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Rare pic of Patr as one of Young Mr. Grace's handmaidens in Are You Being Served 1977. Bio article: WHEN Pat Astley was a Collegiate schoolgirl in her native Blackpool she emerged from GCE examinations with eight O levels. So started a Gazette article in April 1977, as Pat, also known as Patricia Maynard, was being tipped for silver screen stardom in the sex comedy, Come Play With Me, a movie romp whose cast included big names such as Alfie Bass, Irene Handl, Norman Vaughan, Ronald Fraser and Cardew Robinson. Observed the film’s advance publicity: “Quite obviously, the top comedy names do not appear in the sex scenes – that is left to the 20 or so sexy nurses”. And Pat was one of them. She was also a “nurse” when she bounced into a mainstream role on TV alongside another Blackpool thespian, John Inman, who played Mr Humphries in sitcom Are You Being Served? Pat’s character’s interest was in Young Mr Grace – played by Harold Bennett – the very old, rich but stingy store owner, who was always surrounded by attractive young women. She was seen as his nurse in the 1976 Christmas special and 1977 season. Now a London-based film production company is attempting to track down the former actress and model – believed to be back in Blackpool – for a documentary called Respectable, being produced for the cinema by Simon