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Wendy Richard

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Born

7/20/1943, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England, UK

Died

2/26/2009

Birth Name

Wendy Emerton

Gender

Female

Also Known As

Wendy Emerton, Wendy Richards

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Biography

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She was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in the 2000 Birthday Honours List for her services to television drama. Contributed a few lines on a number 1 hit single in the UK chart, entitled "Come Outside" featuring…more

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Star (11)

Role
- EastEnders
  Pauline Fowler (1985-)
  - S 21: Ep 89 Tuesday 6th June
    6/6/06
  - S 20: Ep 87 Friday 3rd June
    6/3/05
  - S 20: Ep 86 Thursday 2nd June
    6/2/05
  - S 20: Ep 85 Tuesday 31st May
    5/31/05
  - S 20: Ep 84 Monday 30th May
    5/30/05
  - + 367 More Credits
- Grace & Favour
  Miss Shirley Brahms
  - S 2: Ep 6 Day Fourteen: Sunday
    2/8/93
  - S 2: Ep 5 Day Thirteen: Saturday
    2/1/93
  - S 2: Ep 4 Day Eleven: Thursday
    1/25/93
  - S 2: Ep 3 Day Ten: Wednesday
    1/18/93
  - S 2: Ep 2 Day Nine: Tuesday
    1/11/93
  - + 7 More Credits
- EastEnders
  Pauline Fowler (1985-2006)
  - S 1: Ep 50 Trying it on
    8/8/85
  - S 1: Ep 49 Agreements
    8/6/85
  - S 1: Ep 47 Poisoned Pen
    7/30/85
  - S 1: Ep 46 A Man's Job
    7/25/85
  - S 1: Ep 45 Nice Jumper
    7/23/85
  - + 38 More Credits
- Are You Being Served?
  Miss Brahms
  - S 10: Ep 7 The Pop Star
    4/1/85
  - S 10: Ep 6 Friends and Neighbours
    3/25/85
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Punch and Judy Affair
    12/26/79
  - S 7: Ep 7 The Agent
    11/30/79
  - S 7: Ep 6 Anything You Can Do
    11/23/79
  - + 20 More Credits
- Are You Being Served?
  Miss Shirley Brahms (1972-1985)
  - S 10: Ep 5 The Night Club
    3/18/85
  - S 10: Ep 4 Gambling Fever
    3/11/85
  - S 10: Ep 3 The Hold Up
    3/4/85
  - S 10: Ep 2 Grounds for Divorce
    2/25/85
  - S 10: Ep 1 Goodbye Mrs. Slocombe
    2/18/85
  - + 26 More Credits
- Are You Being Served?
  Miss Shirley Brahms
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Hero
    11/16/79
  - S 7: Ep 4 Mrs. Slocombe, Senior Person
    11/9/79
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Apartment
    11/2/79
  - S 7: Ep 2 Strong Stuff, This Insurance
    10/26/79
  - S 6: Ep 1 By Appointment
    11/15/78
  - + 9 More Credits
- Are You Being Served?
  Miss Shirley Brahms
  1977
- Not on Your Nellie
  Doris (1975)
  - S 3: Ep 4 Called to the Bar
    8/29/75
  - S 3: Ep 3 The French Correction
    8/22/75
  - S 3: Ep 2 A-Haunting we Will Go
    8/15/75
  - S 3: Ep 1 Be Prepared
    8/8/75
  - S 2: Ep 6 Feeling the Draught
    2/28/75
  - + 11 More Credits
- Not on Your Nellie
  Doris
  - S 1: Ep 1 Nellie Comes to Town
    3/15/74
- Gumshoe
  Star
  1971
- On the Buses
  Star
  1971
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- You Bet!
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 2 Episode 10.2
    2/15/97
  - S 9: Ep 6 Episode 9.6
    7/20/96
  - S 7: Ep 3 Episode 7.3
    9/24/93
  - S 7: Ep 2 Episode 7.2
    9/17/93
  - S 2: Ep 3 Episode 2.3
    2/11/89
Guest Star (49)

Role
- Agatha Christie's Marple
  Mrs Crump
  - S 4: Ep 1 A Pocket Full of Rye
    9/6/09
- Big Brother's Little Brother
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 75 Episode 496
    9/1/08
  - S 12: Ep 3 Big Brother's Celebrity Hijack : Episode 2
    1/6/08
  - S 11: Ep 64 T4: Episode 404
    8/12/07
  - S 11: Ep 10 T4: Episode 350
    6/10/07
- Benidorm
  Sylvia
  - S 2: Ep 5 Episode 2-5
    4/25/08
- All Star Mr. & Mrs.
  Contestant
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1.1
    4/12/08
- Loose Women
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 123 Friday 7th March
    3/7/08
  - S 2: Ep 31 Tuesday 15th February
    2/15/00
- Would I Lie to You?
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Wendy Richard, Russell Howard, Vic Reeves and Len Goodman
    7/21/07
- Big Brother's Big Mouth
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 19 Episode 106
    6/29/07
- Parkinson
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 9 Patrick Kielty, Wendy Richard, Paulo Nutini, Michael Palin
    11/18/06
- EastEnders
  Pauline Fowler
  - S 21: Ep 120 Thursday 3rd August
    8/3/06
  - S 21: Ep 119 Tuesday 1st August
    8/1/06
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 21 Episode 21
    10/10/05
- This Morning
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 98 Wednesday 18th May
    5/18/05
  - S 13: Ep 17 15th November 2000
    11/15/00
- GMTV Today
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 179 Friday 3rd September
    9/3/04
- The Late Late Show (Ireland)
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 24th October 2003
    10/24/03
- V Graham Norton
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 26 June 16th 2003
    6/16/03
- The Kumars at No. 42
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Wendy Richard and John Sergeant
    7/22/02
- Children in Need
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 8 2001 [2 Parts]
    11/16/01
  - S 4: Ep 7 1993 [2 Parts]
    11/26/93
- Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 15 Wendy Richard and Todd Carty
    9/8/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Wendy Richard and Todd Carty
    7/11/97
- Live Talk
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 52 Episode 52
    12/5/00
- That's Esther
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 26 Sunday 3rd December 2000
    12/3/00
  - S 2: Ep 25 Sunday 26th November 2000
    11/26/00
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Herself
  - S 41: Ep 2 Todd Carty
    11/16/00
- Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story
    5/28/00
- Funny Turns
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 1 John Inman
    12/5/99
- The Generation Game
  Show Guest
  - S 20: Ep 10 Jim Davidson's Generation Game
    10/30/99
  - S 19: Ep 20 Jim Davidson's Generation Game
    1/23/99
  - S 13: Ep 7 Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game
    10/24/92
- Funny Women
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Mollie Sugden
    8/17/99
- It's Only TV But I Like It
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Richard Whiteley, Wendy Richard, Sarah White, John Leslie
    6/24/99
- Telly Addicts
  herself
  - S 11: Ep 17 Series 11, Episode 17
    12/28/95
  - S 2: Ep 1 Series 2, Episode 1
    9/6/86
- Live and Kicking
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 20 Episode 49
    2/4/95
- That's Showbusiness
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 4 7th February 1994
    2/7/94
- Shooting Stars
  Herself
  - — Jonathan Ross, Wendy Richard, Martin Clunes, Danny Baker, Noddy Holder
    12/26/93
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
    12/26/93
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Pauline Fowler
  - S 27: Ep 1 Dimensions in Time, Part One
    11/26/93
- Children in Need
  Pauline Fowler
  - S 4: Ep 4 Pause For Pudsey (4)
    11/7/93
- Telly Addicts
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 6 Series 9, Episode 6
    10/11/93
- Dad's Army
  Shirley
  - S 6: Ep 2 My British Buddy
    11/7/73
  - S 5: Ep 7 The King Was in His Counting House
    11/17/72
- Bowler
  Greta
  - S 1: Ep 2 Members Only
    8/5/73
- Z Cars
  Maureen
  - S 7: Ep 94 Big Jake
    1/25/73
- On The Buses
  Elsie
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Busmen's Ball
    10/24/71
- Dixon of Dock Green
  Barbara Walker
  - S 17: Ep 14 Nightmare Hours
    2/13/71
- Dad's Army
  Edith Parish
  - S 4: Ep 9 Mum's Army
    11/20/70
- Dad's Army
  Edith
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Two and a Half Feathers
    11/13/70
- Up Pompeii
  Soppia
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Ides of March
    4/6/70
- Bless This House (UK)
  Carol
  - S 1: Ep 12 Bless This House
- Play of the Month
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Making of Jericho
    12/20/66
- No Hiding Place
  Janet
  - S 8: Ep 2 Hi-Jack
    11/10/65
- No Hiding Place
  Linda Hooper
  - S 7: Ep 25 The Hunted and the Hunters
    7/22/65
- The Likely Lads
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 4 Last of the Big Spenders
    7/7/65
- Danger Man
  Sue
  - S 2: Ep 11 Don't Nail Him Yet
    12/22/64
- No Hiding Place
  Smiler
  - S 6: Ep 7 An Eye for an Eye
    5/18/64
- First Night
  Carol
  - S 1: Ep 15 The One Night of the Year
    12/29/63
- Dixon of Dock Green
  Jean Davis
  - S 8: Ep 25 The Outlaws
    2/24/62
Cameo (2)

Role
- The Weakest Link (UK)
  Contestant
  - S 12: Ep 69 Soap Stars
    7/29/06
- An Audience With...
  Audience Member
  - S 3: Ep 19 An Audience With Cliff Richard
    11/13/99

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- Wendy has suffered from, and survived, breast cancer in the past.
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- Wendy is 5'6" tall.
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- Wendy won the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards.
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- Wendy studied drama at the Italia Conti Academy.
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- Wendy attended Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth.
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- Wendy was married to husband John for just 3 months before her death. She had been married 3 times previously.
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- She was awarded the M.B.E. (member of the order of the British Empire)by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in the 2000 Birthday Honours List for her services to television drama.
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- (May 1962) Contributed a few lines on a number 1 hit single in the UK chart entitled.
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- Wendy: When Julia Smith, the first executive producer, first approached me to play the part of Pauline Fowler, I never would have thought that 22 years later I would still be playing her.
  
  (On her decision to leave EastEnders.)
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