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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-07-20

Day of Death

2009-02-26 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England, UK

Also Known As

Wendy Emerton

Wendy Richard

Biography

Wendy Richard MBE (née Emerton, 20 July 1943 - 26 February 2009) was an English actress, known for her role as Pauline Fowler on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she played for nearly 22 years, from 1985 to 2006. She also portrayed Miss Shirley Brahms in Are You Being Served? (1972–1985), as well as its spin-off series Grace & Favour (1992–1993).

Known For

Acting

Are You Being Served? The Movie

1977

Are You Being Served? The Movie

as

Miss Shirley Brahms

No Blade of Grass

1970

No Blade of Grass

as

Clara Pirrie

Carry On Girls

1973

Carry On Girls

as

Ida Downs

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

1993

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time

as

Pauline Fowler

On the Buses

1971

On the Buses

as

Housewife

My Brother David

1989

My Brother David

as

Pauline Fowler (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)

Carry On Matron

1972

Carry On Matron

as

Miss Willing

Gumshoe

1971

Gumshoe

as

Anne Scott

Bless This House

1972

Bless This House

as

Carol

Doctor in Clover

1966

Doctor in Clover

as

Nurse with False Eyelashes (uncredited)

That's Carry On!

1977

That's Carry On!

as

Ida Downs (archive footage) (uncredited)

What's a Carry On?

1998

What's a Carry On?

as

Self - Interviewee

EastEnders

EastEnders

as

Pauline

Grace & Favour

Grace & Favour

as

Miss Brahms

Wogan

Wogan

as

Self

Six

Six

as

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

as

Barbara Walker

Turn Out the Lights

Turn Out the Lights

as

Veronica Woods

EastEnders

EastEnders

as

Pauline Fowler

Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii!

as

Soppia

Londoners

Londoners

as

Patsy

HMS Paradise

HMS Paradise

as

Genevieve

Production

Crew

Directing