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Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) [1] 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.
Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms: a young, attractive, working-class, cockney-speaking junior sales assistant to Mrs Slocombe, who sometimes referred to her as "dead common". Frank Thornton as Captain Stephen Peacock : a haughty floorwalker who purportedly fought in the North Africa Campaign of World War II, although in one episode a ...
The cast of Grace & Favour (left to right): Frank Thornton (Captain Peacock), Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe), John Inman (Mr Humphries), Wendy Richard (Miss Brahms), Nicholas Smith (Mr Rumbold). Mollie Sugden as Mrs Betty Slocombe; John Inman as Mr Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries; Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms; Frank Thornton as Captain ...
Characters based on Richard and Wendy Pini appear in Ghost Rider volume 1, #14 (Oct. 1975), as well as issues #15, #17, #18, and #19, which were written by Tony Isabella. Richard is a special effects technician and props arranger for a Hollywood movie studio, and Wendy is a costume designer.
Wendy Richard, then a secretary for the producer Robert Stigwood, was making comments from her desk during the production process and Stigwood decided to include her on the record, apparently despite objections from Blackwell. In 1962, Alan Klein later of the New Vaudeville Band, made a video of this song with Julie Samuel. [8]
Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms, the Cockney junior of the ladies' department and Mrs Slocombe's friend. Arthur Brough as Mr Ernest Grainger, the head of the men's department and the oldest member of the staff. This was Arthur Brough's last appearance as Mr Grainger as he died before filming of series 6 began.
When the series was launching in 1985, since Wendy Richard was the most recognisable actor from the original cast, she and her character Pauline were used heavily to promote EastEnders in the media. [84] Wendy Richard, in character as Pauline, was chosen to narrate a special "dial-a-soap" service for EastEnders.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror in April 2007, Wendy Richard recalled how she had contacted writer David Croft following her departure from EastEnders, where she had played Pauline Fowler for more than twenty years, about whether there was a new vehicle she could become involved in.