Wendy Richard, who has died aged 65 of cancer, was one of the busiest television actors of recent decades. She became a household name as Pauline Fowler, the matriarch who battled on undaunted through the many upheavals of EastEnders.
Before EastEnders, she was best known as Miss Brahms, a foil to Mollie Sudgen's Mrs Slocombe on the groundbraking series, Are You Being Served?
The cast of Are You Being Served? (from left to right): Mollie Sugden as Mrs Slocombe, Wendy Richard as Miss Brahms, Trevor Bannister as Mr Lucas, Nicholas Smith as Mr Rumbold, Larry Martyn, Arthur Brough as Mr Grainger, John Inman as Mr Humphreys and Frank Thornton as Captain Peacock. (Photograph: BBC)
There are several clips featured on the Guardian.
The pilot episode of Are You Being Served. The opening scene has Miss Brahms stuck in a lift in a miniskirt. The tone had been set:
The pilot continues:
"Are you free?" The final segment:
And of course the first part of the infamous "Dear Sexy Knickers..."!
The Lasting Tribute website has updated its memorial pages to include Wendy Richard.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/richard/2918486
It's a respectful memorial to her and somewhere to pay tribute to her fortitude in fighting her illness.
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