Su's interest in the stage began when at the age of six she played an angel in the school nativity play. Whilst standing on a box announcing the arrival of the Angel Gabriel, she fell through the lid. Everyone roared with laughter and she loved it from that moment. 

At sixteen she began singing in charity shows and at working men's clubs and pubs whilst working as a secretary and her claim to fame from that time was that she was the first woman to sing Ave Maria in hotpants in a working men's club!

After an apprenticeship at the Arts Theatre in Nottingham Su made her television debut in 1974 on the enormously popular talent show hosted by Hughie Green, Opportunity Knocks, where her rendition of 'I'm Just A Girl Who Can't Say No' from Oklahoma saw her come second to a singing Jack Russell dog... 

Undeterred, she went on to play in the musicals The Desert Song and Rose Marie with John Hanson, starred in Cameron Mackintosh's West End production of Godspell, played opposite Jack Wild in Big Sin City at the Roundhouse, toured in the musical Grease in a company that also included Tracey Ullman, had them rocking in the aisles with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Hugh Paddick in the farce Not Now Darling, won a role in Andrew Sach's play Philately Will Get You Nowhere and appeared at the Mermaid Theatre in a celebration of the music of Cole Porter called Oh Mr. Porter.

Su's first comedy role was in a BBC series screened in 1978 entitled Two Up, Two Down in which she played a hippy named Flo with Paul Nicholas playing her partner, both of whom were squatting in the house of a nice middle class couple. It only lasted one series but then in 1979 came the pilot programme for a new BBC comedy written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft set in a holiday camp. 

It was of course Hi De Hi! The role of Peggy Ollerenshaw was to make Su a household name and the title of the series became a catchphrase echoed through the land. 

Hi De Hi! has now gone onto achieve almost legendary status in the annals of British comedy and ran until 1988, notching up some 58 episodes which regularly attracted audiences of over 15 million.

Indeed Hi De Hi!'s status and legacy continue to grow each year. In 2001 cable and satellite channel UK Gold began to broadcast many of the eight series made, and this continues, bringing whole new generations to the show.

The channel is currently playing episodes daily, sometimes twice, and show no sings of stopping in the forseeable future.

These repeats have led to toddlers knocking on Su's door asking to see "Peggy"! Any wonder that Su looks back on her Hi De Hi! days with nothing but fondness.

2003 saw the release of the first two series of Hi De Hi! on DVD. A fantastic collector's Boxed Set. This was followed up with a similar set, released in 2004, featuring further episodes (series' three and four). And it looks highly likely that more of these will be available to buy in the, not too distant, future.

As a result of rave reviews Su was offered the role of Sally in the West End production of Me And My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre which she played for over a year. 

Then came roles in a national tour of Rodgers and Hart's Babes In Arms playing Bunny Byron opposite Matthew Kelly, the title in Sweet Charity during a record breaking season at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing. 

Su also starred in the stage production of Hi De Hi! - The Holiday Musical, which along with all the gang from the television series played sell out seasons in Bournemouth (Summer 1983), The Victoria Palace (Winter Season 1983/84) and finally The Opera House in Blackpool (Summer 1984).

In response to requests to hear Su singing live, in 1987 Su toured the UK in The Su Pollard Show and subsequently her one-woman-show A Song, A Frock and A Tinkle earned rave reviews at The Donmar Warehouse and on a national tour. Su's book 'Hearts and Showers', published by Headline became a best seller both in hardback and paperback form. 

Following Hi De Hi's tearful final episode, the writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft dreamed up a new comedy set in the roaring twenties You Rang M'Lord in which she was cast as Ivy Teasdale, maid to wealthy Lord Meldrum. Once again reunited with Paul Shane and Jeffrey Holland. The show became a great favourite with the British public and ran for 26 episodes between 1988 and 1992.

Like Hi De Hi!, You Rang, M'lord? has also been repeated in the UK on a satellite channel, UK Drama, reaching a whole new audience of viewers not around when it was shown originally. You Rang? is a big favourite with Su's fans and the series is also Su's personal favourite from the many TV roles she has played.

In the mid 1990's David Croft brought his popular team back together for a new show set in the small railway station of Hatley in 1963 when Dr. Richard Beeching's axe fell on many minor stations. 

Oh Dr. Beeching had Su cast as Ethel Schumann, box office clerk and station gossip. After 19 episodes the BBC called time on the series but it remains a favourite with viewers all over the country. 

In addition to Su's best known roles she has been seen on other television programmes including; Me And My Town, Harty, Entertainment Express, Sunday Sunday, Aspel & Co. (famously guesting alongside a slightly merry Oliver Reed), Night Of 100 Stars, Top Of The Pops, Joan Rivers, Star Memories, Through The Keyhole, The Midday Show (in Australia), This Morning, and Coast To Coast to name but a few. 

In 1989 Su was thrilled to be the subject of This Is Your Life and hosted the game show Take The Plunge for Thames Television. 

Su is known to younger viewers as the voice of Penny Crayon in the popular cartoon and has been seen in programmes as diverse as The Generation Game, Give Us A Clue, Wogan, The Royal It's A Knockout, Noel's House Party (receiving the coveted Gotcha award) and no less than five Royal Variety Shows. 

On radio Su has been accompanied by the 80-strong BBC Radio Orchestra at London's Festival Hall and appeared with Gorden Kaye in the comedy For Better Or For Worse.

Su took to the stage again appearing as Audrey in a national tour of the cult musical Little Shop of Horrors, appeared in the West End and in New Zealand creating the role of Suzette in the hit comedy Don't Dress For Dinner (co-starring with the late, great Simon Cadell once more). 

Also in New Zealand Su joined David Griffin in The Good Sex Guide Revue, a saucy new musical, and co-starred with Les Dennis and Roy Walker on the North Pier for Blackpool's Biggest Show in 1995.

In the nineties, Su toured the Far East in Alan Bennet's comedy Habeas Corpus, created the role of Pam in Jimmy Perry and Roy Moore's musical That's Showbiz, starred with Britt Ekland and Jeffrey Holland in See How They Run for a summer season in Bournemouth and on a national tour. 

In 2001 Su released her CD album, 'The Collection', featuring 17 tracks, including her hit singles and personal favourites. This year Su guested on Songs of Praise, performing the song 'Day by Day' from the musical Godspell, and later was asked back to present an edition of the long-running BBC1 show.

Pantomime has always been one of Su's specialities and has been both principal boy and girl across the UK in Goldilocks, Babes In The Woods, Pinocchio, Jack And The Beanstalk, Mother Goose, Aladdin, and Dick Whittington. In 2002 Su took on the role of the Wicked Queen in Snow White, her first outing as a "baddie". A role she enjoyed playing so much she reprised it for Christmas 2003.

Between August '01 and May '02 Su played Pirate Maid Ruth, alongside Gary Wilmot as the Pirate King, in the hugely succesful The Pirates Of Penzance. The musical toured the lengths and breadths of the UK, playing to packed houses every night. Su loved being part of the show and it earned her some of the best reviews of her career. Pirates was an energetic, feelgood production, with a wonderful cast. It never failed to place a smile on the face of everyone as they left the theatre.

In late 2001 Su guest starred in an episode of the hit comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme. She played Heidi Honeycomb, alongside Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus.

Barely pausing to draw breath Su took on the role of the wicked Miss Agatha Hannigan in Annie - The Musical, the drunken spinster who is in charge of the orphanage where young Annie resides. Su was a revelation in the role, not only doing justice to the wonderful Annie score, but playing the drunken orphange owner to perfection. The musical is now another firm favourite of Su's.

In 2003 Su toured the UK in Annie, again as Miss Hannigan, guested in The Vagina Monologues, voiced the character of Noisy in the BBC children's animated series Little Robots, and played the Wicked Queen in Snow White. There were many TV appearances this year too, most notably on The Weakest Link, Stars Reunited and Liquid News.

2004 was busy, with Su playing the lead character on a national tour of A Happy Medium, making various TV appearances, including the HOME-TEK advertising campaign. There was also a third UK tour (including a Christmas season) playing Miss Hannigan in the highly successful Annie.

2005 saw Su again voicing those Little Robots, returning to The Vagina Monologues for a limited run, appearing on various TV shows, and playing the Wicked Queen in Snow White in Rhyl.

In early 2006 Su toured the UK in her first Shakesperian role, playing the Nurse in Romeo & Juliet, opposite Gerald Harper. She returned to The Vagina Monologues and made a number of TV appearances, including Loose Women, and The Princes Trust 30th Birthday. 2006 also saw further releases of Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang, M'Lord? on DVD. Su once again played the Wicked Queen in Snow White, this year at Mansfield Palace.

2007, and Su starred in Menopause the Musical in London, and guested on The Paul O'Grady Show, Loose Women and This Morning. She also attended the 2007 Hi-de-Hi! Reunion event at Dovercourt and spent Christmas playing the Wicked Queen in Snow White at the Festival Theatre in Malvern.

A large part of 2008 saw Su starring in two national UK tours of Shout! The New Swinging 60s Musical. She received rave reviews as Yvonne. Throughout the year Su guested on many tv and radio shows and was interviewed by numerous publications. The year ended with Su, once again, starring in panto, this year in Cinderella at the Swansea Grand.

2009 has been yet another exceptionally busy year for Su. She announced the launch and line-up of this year's Bestival, guested on Loose Women - and was named their "fashion icon", apt in a year when her clothes made headlines, and toured the UK in her fourth run as Miss Hannigan in Annie. There were numerous press, radio and tv interviews. Su also attended the 30th Anniversary Hi-de-Hi! celebrations and celebrated her 60th birthday. She will round off the year in panto, Snow White in Bournemouth.

Su is busier now than she has ever been and hopes you will all keep up to date with her roles and appearances via SuOnline, her Official Website, launched in September 2000.