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captain clutterbuck
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Master of Nothing in George and Mildred , tough lady that Yootha Joyce!
dick
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captain clutterbuck
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In the context of tough female characters in sitcoms you had Yootha Joyce ,Kathy Staff , Juliet Kaplan to an extent , Prunella Scales putting down poor Basil Fawlty at every opportunity but if you put "female battleaxe characters tv sitcom" into Google probably the toughest of all comes up first I give you Peggy Mount the ethereal mistress of her craft.
Brian Johns
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Peggy, the ORIGINAL Dragon! 
captain clutterbuck
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In terms of vocal volume that demands attention Peggy would certainly give Brian Blessed a run for his money !
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RickAns
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Thank you for the mention of Peggy Mount. A search for her led me to two shows I would now like to check out. Peggy in You Only Live Twice, which seems similar to Waiting for God. Stephanie Cole plays a good battleaxe / curmudgeon there. The other new to me show that popped up in reference to Peggy was In Loving Memory with Thora Hird.
captain clutterbuck
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One of her more famous shows was George and the Dragon which paired her with Sid James , John Le Mesurier and Keith Marsh [ played the Chimney Sweep in LOTSW episode A Clean Sweep] Amazon still have DVD imagine there are episodes on You Tube.