Role Actress | Name Candy Davis Years active 1982–present | |
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Full Name Clare Damaris Bastin Born 2 January 1962 ( 1962-01-02 ) London, England Died 27 July 2021, Cheltenham, United Kingdom Similar People Gary Olsen, Penny Irving, Vivienne Johnson, Debbie Linden, Doremy Vernon Profiles | ||
Candy Davis in Bottle Boys "Here Comes The Groom"
Candy Davis (born Clare Damaris Bastin on 2 January 1962) was an English actress and model.
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She won the Miss Nude pageant in 1982 and subsequently took on the role as the buxom blonde secretary, Miss Belfridge, on the last two series of the British sitcom Are You Being Served?. She was one of several British Page 3 glamour models to take either this role or as nurse to "young" Mr Grace. She appeared in Minder in the episode "Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1982).
Personal life
Daughter of a University Professor and a school headmistress, Candy Davis was born in Loughton in 1962.
She married the 2point4 children actor Gary Olsen in 1985, but they later divorced.
She appeared on television in a variety of popular shows of the 1980s, notably in The Comic Strip series, though not as a regular. Candy Davis was in a memorable 1981 episode of Minder as an eye-catching blonde. However she shot to fame after winning the role of blonde bombshell Miss Belfridge in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? The show regularly pulled in high viewing figures and she was a hit with fans, appearing in thirteen episodes in the last two series of the show. Davis played Mr Rumbold's longest lasting secretary, lasting two series.
