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Wendy Richard

1943 - 2009

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy Richard is the 9,636th most popular actor (down from 9,144th in 2024), the 6,462nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,104th in 2019) and the 1,062nd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wendy Richard ranks 9,636 out of 13,578. Before her are Bill Sage, Dimitri Diatchenko, Anna Maria Mühe, Troye Sivan, Lee Yu-ri, and Bea Benaderet. After her are Michiko Neya, Lou de Laâge, Ardal O'Hanlon, Richard Webb, Jessie Buckley, and Allen Covert.

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Among people born in 1943, Wendy Richard ranks 698. Before her are Howard Wilkinson, Wayne Allard, Dennis Edwards, Samuel T. Durrance, Michael J. McCulley, and Julie Ege. After her are Michael Witzel, Bobby Lennox, Mickey Hart, Judy Martz, Paul Silas, and Jeff Bingaman. Among people deceased in 2009, Wendy Richard ranks 407. Before her are Arnold Stang, Alastair McCorquodale, Stephen Gately, Valeri Broshin, Tohir Yoʻldosh, and William Safire. After her are Noordin Mohammad Top, Johnny Kerr, Marian Cozma, Zinaida Stahurskaya, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, and Sulim Yamadayev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wendy Richard ranks 6,464 out of 8,785. Before her are Ellen Wilkinson (1891), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Lenny Henry (1958), Al Alvarez (1929), Joe Corrigan (1948), and Ryan Taylor (1984). After her are Michail Antonio (1990), Raffey Cassidy (2001), Kenneth Richmond (1926), Georgie Henley (1995), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985), and Roma Downey (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Wendy Richard ranks 1,062. Before her are Jacqueline Hill (1929), Kevin Doyle (1960), John Inman (1935), Lara Pulver (1980), Dominic Sherwood (1990), and Lenny Henry (1958). After her are Raffey Cassidy (2001), Georgie Henley (1995), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985), Roma Downey (1960), George MacKay (1992), and Ben Miles (1966).

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