Thursday, 26 February 2009

Wendy Richard

The actress Weny Richard has died, aged 65,  after a long battle with cancer. Best known today as battle-axe Pauline Fowler in Eastenders, Ms. Richards had a long career in TV and films. I'll always remember her as Miss Brahms in the quintessentially 1970s sitcom, Are You Being Served? Here she is as a young starlet, the gloom and doom of 'Enders far in her future.



Soundtrack: Prime Mover by Zodiac Mindwarp.
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6 comments:

  1. The Igloo Keeper27 February 2009 at 15:22

    I saw her in a pub in Marylebone a couple of years ago. I sneezed and she said bless you.

    by the way you might be interested in this blog. A bitter and twisted comic book store employee. He makes me laugh:

    http://thisiswhyihateyou.blogspot.com/

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  2. Simon B 28 February 2009 at 00:21

    Thanks for pointing me in the direction of thisiswhy etc. As you said, very funny with some serious things to say about the comics "industry", such as it is today.

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  3. whpcguru23 March 2009 at 03:57

    UGH! So sad. I just saw an episode of AYBS yesterday and it got me thinking of her. I had my first celebrity crush with her. As a kid I really didn't appreciate how old the show actually was. I watched it on PBS here in the States. I decided to look up AYBS on IMDB.com today, and that's when I found out that she had passed. Bless her family. She will definately be missed.

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  4. Ken Morrill19 July 2010 at 05:34

    I didn't know she has passed. It is so sad. She brought many laughs into my life from the time I was a teen to now, as I just watched two episodes of East Enders and this second episode of Are You Being Served. So young and young looking. She'll be missed.

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  5. Elina11 February 2012 at 02:42

    Hi,

    Nice Wendy Richard post.

    I run an official "Are You Being Served?" site at:

    http://www.aybscentral.com

    There are a lot of images and info pertaining to all the cast members.

    There is also a lot of other stuff for the AYBS fan including a blog, forum and an online role playing game.

    Enjoy!

    Elina

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  6. Simon B 11 February 2012 at 23:51

    Hi Elina! Thanks for the comment and the link :-)

    ...and a very belated thanks to whpcguru and Ken for your comments, too!

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