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stars Mandel as Sugar Kane, half of a talentless duo of singers who become embroiled in the search for a missing brooch. Directed by the eccentric Amero Brothers, the role required Mandel to strip while ice skating, impersonate a drag queen, play the tuba and perform in hardcore sex scenes. (She used
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On the big screen, she quickly became a favourite of both British sex film directors and audiences. Soon she was receiving equal billing with
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Mandel has been married more than once. On 16 August 1981, she married wealthy British film financier Stanley Margolis. Margolis had owned
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still stands as one of the longest-running films in British film history, and ran continuously at the Moulin Cinema in London's
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The stunning blonde, who often dressed as a saucy nurse, is now wearing a real nurse's uniform to care for dying patients.
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for about a year, studying acting and voice. She also studied with noted voice and dialect coach
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model and later a photographic model. Later, she modelled lingerie and was a contestant on
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on 9 August 2014) included Mandel discussing her roles in the soft-core British comedies
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Mandel's acting career in British sex comedies began in 1976, with her first film,
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that she had quit show business to work as a nurse, caring for people dying from
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Mandel eventually moved behind the scenes, working on the horror comedy
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as Hilda, the Upstairs Maid. She guest starred on television shows like
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Beginning at age 13, she attended London Academy of Modeling in London.
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In 2006, she returned to producing, working with adult video director
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after several of her friends had died from the disease.
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For a short period of time, she ran an art gallery in
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She began her career as a coat model but was also a
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She and Margolis divorced in 1994. 336: 7: 1363: 1351: 1457:English pornographic film actresses 1226:Ponante, Gram (25 September 2006). 998:Play of the Month: The Country Wife 704:Confessions of a Driving Instructor 644:Confessions of a Driving Instructor 385:(1978), and for her appearances on 364:Confessions of a Driving Instructor 1010:Play of the Month: The Ambassadors 691:(hardcore short 1975) ... 2nd Girl 201:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1230:. gramponante.com. Archived from 506:where, in 1979, she attended the 36:This article has multiple issues. 1070:(TV show, series regular, 1980s) 1064:(TV show, series regular, 1980s) 657:and sharing her thoughts on bad 520:(directed by B-movie specialist 332: 186: 66: 25: 1384:, Guildford, England: FAB Press 721:(hardcore short 1977) ... Susan 631:British television documentary 527:She appears in the 1980 comedy 324: 44:or discuss these issues on the 1260:. LukeFord.com. 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