Post by Roadhog on Feb 27, 2009 18:15:44 GMT 12
Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.
She was first educated at St George's Primary School in Mount Street, before attending the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and then at the Italia Conti Academy stage school in London.
She appeared in many television shows and movies including:
-Carry On Again, Christmas (1970)
-On The Buses (1971) as Elsie
-Carry On Matron (1972) as Miss Willing
-Z Cars (1973) as Maureen Parker
-Dad's Army (1970-1973) as Shirley
-Carry On Girls (1973) as Ida Downs
-Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) as Miss Shirley Brahms
-Grace and Favour (1992-1993) as Miss Shirley Brahms
-Dr Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) as Pauline Fowler
-Eastenders (1985-2006) as Pauline Fowler
She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street Clinic, where she was being treated for breast cancer.
She was first educated at St George's Primary School in Mount Street, before attending the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and then at the Italia Conti Academy stage school in London.
She appeared in many television shows and movies including:
-Carry On Again, Christmas (1970)
-On The Buses (1971) as Elsie
-Carry On Matron (1972) as Miss Willing
-Z Cars (1973) as Maureen Parker
-Dad's Army (1970-1973) as Shirley
-Carry On Girls (1973) as Ida Downs
-Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) as Miss Shirley Brahms
-Grace and Favour (1992-1993) as Miss Shirley Brahms
-Dr Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) as Pauline Fowler
-Eastenders (1985-2006) as Pauline Fowler
She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street Clinic, where she was being treated for breast cancer.
