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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, a role she played for nearly twenty two years. Until her on screen death in December 2006, she was one of only two original cast members to appear continuously from the first episode in 1985, the other being Adam Woodyatt, who played her screen nephew Ian Beale. She was first educated at St George's Primary School in Mount Street, Mayfair, west London, before attending the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and then the Italia Conti Academy stage school in London.

She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street clinic where she was being treated for a third bout of breast cancer.

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-'''Wendy Richard''' MBE (born [[1943|20th July 1943]] in Middlesbrough, died [[2009|26th February 2009]]) was a popular British actress who appeared as [[Pauline Fowler]] in ''[[EastEnders]]'' for twenty-one years! Originating her role from the shows interception in [[1985|February 1985]] and closing her role in [[2006|December 2006]].
+'''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]], a role she played for nearly twenty two years. Until her on screen death in December 2006, she was one of only two original cast members to appear continuously from the first episode in 1985, the other being Adam Woodyatt, who played her screen nephew Ian Beale. She was first educated at St George's Primary School in Mount Street, Mayfair, west London, before attending the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and then the Italia Conti Academy stage school in London.
-Wendy lived most of her life in London, and although she played many different rules in her career, she was quite often asked to play Cockney characters.
+She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street clinic where she was being treated for a third bout of breast cancer.
-Wendy was brought up in the licensed trade and attended the Italia Conti Stage Academy. The beginning of her career was very off-beat. Unlike most actresses, she didn't start with a film, television or stage show, it was a record - she was the female voice on Mike Sarne's record ''Come Outside'', which although made as a gimmick, quickly reached number one in the charts.
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-Although being best-known as Pauline Fowler, Wendy is also remembered to millions of viewers as a bubbly shopgirl, Miss Brahms in [[BBC]] tv's ever-popular comedy series ''Are You Being Served?''. "Over the years, the cast became like a close family," she once said. "We had so many laughs ourselves and never got bored with one another."
-''EastEnders'' wasn't Wendy's first bi-weekly drama series for the BBC. In the late 1960s, she played the supermarket manageress in ''The Newcomers''. Other popular early drama series she appeared in include ''Harpers West One, Dixon of Dock Green'' and ''No Hiding Place''.
-Wendy had a natural flair for comedy, and in her 44 years as an actress had been much in demand for such series as ''Hugh and I'' when she first worked with Mollie Sugden, ''Both Ends Meet, Dad's Army, Hog's Back, Please Sir, Spooners Patch'' and ''On The Buses'', to name but a few. She had also appeared in several ''Carry On'' films, ''Doctor In Clover'' and film versions of ''Are You Being Served?'', ''On The Buses'' and ''Bless This House''. A cameo role in Albert Finney's film ''Gumshoe'' brought rave notices.
-On stage Wendy starred in the comedy hits ''No Sex Please - We're British!'', ''Let's Go Camping'' and ''Are You Being Served?'' In 1980 she toured in a production of Noel Coward's ''Blithe Spirit'', and played Dandini in the 1983 Christmas pantomime ''Cinderella'' at Dartford.
-Established as a household name in comedy, Wendy was also a regular guest personality on TV quiz shows such as ''Give Us a Clue, Celebrity Squares'' and ''Blankety Blank''.
-Wendy enjoyed over twenty tremendous years on ''EastEnders'' but in [[2006]] decided to quit the role of Pauline after having problems with the storyline that was given to her character involving the marriage between Pauline and [[Joe Macer]], and on Christmas Day 2006, Pauline died in the [[Albert Square|Square]].
-Wendy hardly appeared in television roles after this, although appeared in many reality shows such as ''Loose Women'' and ''The Paul O'Grady Show''. In [[2008]], Wendy was sadly diagnosed with breast cancer and passed away in February 2009, she may be gone, but she will be an actress that will forever be in the hearts of Britain.
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