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name: "Penny Irving"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/penny-irving"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T09:30:57.711187+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Penny Irving

Actor. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Active:** 1972–1980
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 72 (1), 1980s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185928

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hi-de-Hi!*](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md) (74)

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## Biography

Penny Irving is a Scottish actress and former Page 3 model for The Sun newspaper. She appeared in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! as Mary in 1980 and 1981.

She is best known for playing Miss Bakewell in Are You Being Served? from 1976 to 1979, and for her role as Sandy in the 1976 film The Likely Lads. Other credits include House of Whipcord (1974), Carry On Dick (1974), Aces High (1976) and Are You Being Served? The Movie (1977).

Irving's television work also includes appearances in Dad's Army, The Two Ronnies and The Professionals. She was active from 1972 to 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), Fi1m 74, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), Fi1m 72, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), series, as Mary — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)
- *The Comeback* (1978), Acting
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Pam
- *That's Carry On!* (1977), as Lizzie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Are You Being Served? The Movie* (1977), as Miss Nicholson
- *Spectre* (1977), as First Maid
- *The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones* (1976), as Serving Wench (uncredited)
- *Aces High* (1976), as French Girl
- *The Likely Lads* (1976), as Sandy
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Red Maggie
- *Vampira* (1974), as Playboy Bunny
- *Percy's Progress* (1974), as Chiquita
- *House of Whipcord* (1974), as Ann-Marie Di Verney
- *Carry On Dick* (1974), as Lizzie
- *Tiffany Jones* (1973), as Girl at Pool Party
- *Big Zapper* (1973), as Maggie
- *Are You Being Served?* (1972), series, as Miss Bakewell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/are-you-being-served.md)
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Eileen

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