
Birthday:
07-20-1943
Deathday:
02-26-2009 (65 years)
Birthplace:
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England, UK
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).
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Are You Being Served? The Movie
Act like Miss Shirley Brahms
event1977 star_border 4.7
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In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a revolution.
No Blade of Grass
Act like Clara Pirrie
event1970 star_border 5.3
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A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
Carry On Girls
Act like Ida Downs
event1973 star_border 5.7
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Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Act like Pauline Fowler
event1993 star_border 4.8
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All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
event1973 star_border 5.3
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Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with both his secretary, Miss Parkyn and Wendy, the wife of a high-up reporter. Opponents to the bill - mainly some hippy girls, lead by Johnny, kidnap the Minister's best friend and co-founder of the bill, Barry Ovis just as he was getting married to his fiancee, Joan. Barry escapes, just before the police raid the hippies hiding place - to claim that Ovis was in a orgy and get the bill defeated - and dashes back to his and Joan's flat followed by Inspector Ruff, who is investigating the kidnap and Damina, one of the hippies. Meanwhile, the Minister is also trying to use the flat to carry on his affairs with both Wendy and Miss Parkyn. The Minister, Barry & Joan tries to keep the truth from Ruft, Wilfred Potts, an old and honest MP, Birdie, the Minister's wife and stop the hippies, and this causes no end of trouble.
On the Buses
Act like Housewife
event1971 star_border 6.4
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Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of
Naughty Girls
event1975
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A travelogue depicting the adventures of English girls when they visit the Far East.
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
Act like Archive Footage
event2022 star_border 7
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Are You Being Served? is one of the most popular and most outrageous British sitcoms of all time. For more than a decade, millions of viewers tuned in for its smutty innuendo and the electric chemistry between the cast. But behind the laughter were plenty of secrets and scandals.
Carry on Again Christmas
Act like Kate
event1970 star_border 7
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The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barbara Windsor, strangely, as Jim Hawkins. This special was filmed in black and white -- strangely, since the previous one was in color.
My Brother David
Act like Pauline Fowler (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)
event1989
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David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in 1988. Simon, his younger brother, presents this tribute, featuring David's achievements as a young actor as well as his problems.
Carry On Matron
Act like Miss Willing
event1972 star_border 6.1
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A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.
The Day of Ragnarok
event1965
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“Fantasy of the end of civilization. Lesbians commit mayhem during a nuclear war in a wood.” - BFI.
Gumshoe
Act like Anne Scott
event1971 star_border 6.3
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A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.
Bless This House
Act like Carol
event1972 star_border 6.3
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The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
event2001
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Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.
We Love Are You Being Served?
event2020
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Grace Brothers shut up shop over thirty years ago but for one night only we are reopening that infamous department store, climbing into the lift and going up to celebrate everything we love about Britain's brashest bawdiest sitcom, Are You Being Served?. Featuring side-splitting clips and behind the scenes footage, prepare to have your ribs well and truly tickled as we pay tribute to the true-blue sitcom phenomenon that is Are You Being Served?
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
event2000 star_border 6
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Victoria Wood presents the true story behind Britain's timeless comedy. Includes footage of the cast on location and incredible personal tales about the making of the series. Was Arthur Lowe really just like Captain Mainwaring? Why did the warden always end up in the water? And how did Corporal Jones find a bomb down his trousers? Find out why Dad's Army was the Queen Mother's favourite show.
Doctor in Clover
Act like Nurse with False Eyelashes (Uncredited)
event1966 star_border 5.8
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Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist.
This Morning
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1988 star_border 5.5
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This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
Are You Being Served?
Act like Miss Brahms (69 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7.2
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This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.
On the Buses
(1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.3
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On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
EastEnders
Act like Pauline (4511 ep.)
event1985 star_border 4.1
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The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
Up Pompeii!
(4511 ep.)
event1970 star_border 7.6
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Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.
You Bet!
(3 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7.2
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You Bet! is a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran on ITV, mostly on Saturday nights but sometimes on Fridays, between 20 February 1988 and 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by Matthew Kelly from 1991 to 1995 and finally by Darren Day from 1996 to 1997. It was replaced the following year by Don't Try This At Home!, which emulated the challenges of You Bet!, but were considerably more risky and dangerous.
Surprise, Surprise
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 5.8
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Surprise, Surprise is a British television programme originally hosted by Cilla Black and produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. It ran for 14 series from 6 May 1984 to 5 September 1997, after which four annual specials were produced between 1998 to 2001.
In 2012, the show returned after a 11-year hiatus. The revived version is produced by ITV Studios and presented by Holly Willoughby. The show is currently in its second series.
Grace & Favour
Act like Miss Brahms (12 ep.)
event1992 star_border 8.2
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Grace & Favour is a British sitcom sequel to the long-running series Are You Being Served ?
It aired on BBC1 for two series from 1992 to 1993 and marked the return of Are You Being Served ? creators and writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
Dixon of Dock Green
Act like Jean Davis (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5.3
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Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were later remade as a BBC radio series in 2005 and 2006.
Would I Lie to You?
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.7
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A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Not On Your Nellie
(17 ep.)
event1974 star_border 5.3
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Not On Your Nellie is a British sitcom that ran from 1974-75. It starred veteran actress Hylda Baker as Nellie Pickersgill, a Bolton woman who moves to London to help run her ailing father's Chelsea pub. 17 episodes of the series were produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network.
The Wednesday Play
(1 ep.)
event1964 star_border 4.5
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The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
Take It or Leave It
(1 ep.)
event2006
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Take it or leave it? was a British game show, developed by Dutch format company Intellygents, that aired on the digital channel Challenge. Challenge tends to air repeats of classic game shows that have been commissioned by other broadcasters, but it is rare that they produce original content. It originally aired from 23 October 2006 to 18 July 2008 and was hosted by Richard Arnold.
Benidorm
(1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 7.5
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Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.
No Hiding Place
(3 ep.)
event1959 star_border 3.7
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No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.
It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
The Heaven and Earth Show
(1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 3.2
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The Heaven and Earth Show was a BBC television programme that aired on Sunday mornings from 10am to 11am on BBC One. The show ran for nine years between 1998 and 2007, looking at spiritual and moral issues. Over the years it had numerous presenters, and its final presenter was Gloria Hunniford.
Wogan
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 4.5
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Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.
All Over The Shop
(1 ep.)
event2008
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Business guru Geoff Burch is on a mission to improve Britain's small shops by teaching them how to turn a profit and please their customers
Whose House?
(3 ep.)
event1999
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Ross Kelly and Anna Ryder-Richardson host the celebrity panel challenge, in which star guests have to decide which of three families is the real owner of a house.
Big Brother's Little Brother
Act like Self (4 ep.)
event2001 star_border 5.8
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Each week, the housemate evicted from the Big Brother house the previous week traditionally spends another week on Big Brother's Little Brother, answering questions and taking part in Call BBLB along with other features. The show also boasts celebrity guests and experts who come in to discuss and analyse the remaining Big Brother housemates.
Blankety Blank
(1 ep.)
event1979 star_border 4.6
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Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977–1979 Australian game show Blankety Blanks.
The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 on BBC One, hosted first by Terry Wogan and later by Les Dawson. Regular members of the celebrity panel on this version included Kenny Everett, Lorraine Chase, Gareth Hunt, Gary Davies, and Cheryl Baker.
A revival fronted by Lily Savage was produced by the BBC from 26 December 1997 to 28 December 1999, followed by ITV from 7 January 2001 to 10 August 2002. This version was produced by Grundy, then Thames.
A Question of Sport
Act like Herself (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 5.8
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Sporting quiz show, with regular captains leading teams of celebrities.
Going Live!
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6
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Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene.
Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher.
The show was broadcast during the autumn to spring seasons, with other shows such as the 8:15 from Manchester and Parallel 9 taking over during the summer months. It was preceded by Saturday Superstore, and succeeded by Live & Kicking.
In 1988, when the second series started, Greene was hurt in a helicopter crash with her then boyfriend, Mike Smith. Guest presenters stood in for her including T'Pau's Carol Decker. Similarly, in 1992-93 during the final series, Schofield was starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and was unable to present the show. A third presenter took his place. Originally, Neighbours actor Kristian Schmid took the role but soon left after problems with his work permit. Various other celebrities to stand in included Shane Richie and Robbie Williams during his Take That days.
Turn Out the Lights
Act like Veronica Woods (1 ep.)
event1967
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Turn Out the Lights was an ITV sitcom series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by Associated Rediffusion and Tyne Tees Television,. The series was a spin-off from the sitcom Pardon the Expression, itself a spin-off from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street.
Leonard Swindley was the central character, along with Wally Hunt. Swindley was formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street and the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks in Pardon the Expression: in this series he becomes a professional speaker on astrology who encounters various supernatural events on his travels around the country, along with his colleague Wally Hunt, after they were both fired from Dobson and Hawks in the last episode of "Pardon the Expression".
The series directors were David Boisseau and Michael Cox, production designers were Dennis Parkin and Roy Stonehouse.
The Likely Lads
Act like Lynn (1 ep.)
event1964 star_border 7.3
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The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty-one episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. However, only eight of these shows have survived.
Loose Women
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 3.4
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A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.
Please Sir!
Act like Rita (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.7
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Please Sir! is a London Weekend Television produced situation comedy, created by writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featured the actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies. The series ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972.
Agatha Christie's Marple
Act like Mrs Crump (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 7.6
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The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
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