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Add tagsCarol Lee Scott (20 December – 4 July ) was an English entertainer, best known for her role on British television in the s and s as "Grotbags". Throughout her career, Scott regularly performed on the international cabaret circuit, and prior to her TV work, she was a singer and released two albums. Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Carol Lee Scott began her career after moving to London singing in local pubs, all while working day shifts at the record department at Rumbelows. She gained her break as a performer when she joined Pontins, ultimately working there … read more
Carol Lee Scott (20 December – 4 July ) was an English entertainer, best known for her role on British television in the s and s as "Grotbags". Throughout her car… read more
Carol Lee Scott (20 December – 4 July ) was an English entertainer, best known for her role on British television in the s and s as "Grot
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For Grotbags the character, see Carol Lee Scott § Grotbags.
Grotbags was a children's television programme which ran for three series between and about a fictional witch named Grotbags, a spin-off of multiple earlier Rod Hull and Emu shows. Very much in the mould of the traditional pantomime villain, Grotbags was played bygd actress, singer and comedian Carol Lee Scott in a costume comprising levande green make-up and peruk and a witch's cape and hat. Each episode co-starred Francis Wright and Richard Coombs in multiple puppet roles.
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The character Grotbags originally appeared in the Rod Hull television show Emu's World in and she remained the principal antagonist throughout the rest of the decade in the programme's various other incarnations (Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show, Emu's Wide World, and 's EMU-TV), plus the subsequent animated
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Carol Lee Scott
British entertainer (–)
Carol Lee Scott (20 December – 4 July ) was an English entertainer, best known for her role on British television in the s and s as "Grotbags". Throughout her career, Scott regularly performed on the international cabaret circuit, and prior to her TV work, she was a singer and released two albums.
Early career
[edit]Born in Bridgwater, Somerset as Carol Waterman, she began her career after moving to London singing in local pubs, all while working day shifts at the record department at Rumbelows.[1]
She gained her break as a performer when she joined Pontins, ultimately working there for 19 years, playing at all of the UK holiday camps, along with those in Scandinavia, Spain, and elsewhere. During the off-season, Scott played many of the northern England and Scotland working men's clubs, sharing a bill with stars including The Four Tops, Morecambe and Wise and Tommy Cooper.[2]
During this time, she recorded an