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- Full Name
- Wendy Richard
- Born
- July 20, 1943
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- Age
- 83 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Cancer
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- Nationality
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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- Profession
- Actress
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Biography
Wendy Richard is 83 years old, an actress, from United Kingdom.
Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress, best known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 2006. Despite being known for her Cockney accent, Richard was born in Middlesbrough.
After a childhood in which her father died by suicide, Richard worked in department stores to pay her drama school fees before appearing regularly on-screen from the early 1960s. She played Joyce Harker in The Newcomers from 1967 to 1969. Richard then appeared in two Carry On films.
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