Cast & creator
Wendy Richard
Best known for EastEnders, EastEnders, The Wednesday Play
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).
Also known as: Wendy Emerton
22
film credits
49
television credits
71
1955–2022 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
EastEnders
Pauline
1985EastEnders
Pauline Fowler
1985
The Wednesday Play
Delphine
1964
Loose Women
Self
1999
Wogan
Self
1982
BBC Play of the Month
Sandra
1965
Big Brother's Little Brother
Self
2001
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs Crump
2004
No Hiding Place
1959The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Benidorm
2007
Going Live!
Self
1987
Dixon of Dock Green
Jean Davis
1955Dixon of Dock Green
Barbara Walker
1955
Blankety Blank
1979Blankety Blank
Self
1979
Dad's Army
Edith Parish
1968Dad's Army
Shirley
1968
Are You Being Served?
Miss Brahms
1972
Surprise, Surprise
Self
1984
Please Sir!
Rita
1968
On the Buses
1969It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
You Bet!
1988Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Self
1992
Up Pompeii!
Soppia
1969HMS Paradise
Genevieve
1964
This Morning
Self
1988
The Likely Lads
Lynn
1964
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
Londoners
Patsy
1965Function Room
Sally
1985
Spooner's Patch
Girl
1979
Whose House?
1999
Grace & Favour
Miss Brahms
1992Take It or Leave It
2006
Not on Your Nellie
Doris
1974Friday People
1985Six
The Girl
1964Six
1964All Over The Shop
2008
No Blade of Grass
Clara Pirrie
1970What Are You Like?
2008Both Ends Meet
Maudie
1972First Night
Carol
1963The Newcomers
Joyce Harker
1965
What's a Carry On?
Self - Interviewee
1998
That's Carry On!
Ida Downs (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Carry On Girls
Ida Downs
1973
Carry On Matron
Miss Willing
1972
Turn Out the Lights
Veronica Woods
1967
Are You Being Served? The Movie
Miss Shirley Brahms
1977
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Pauline Fowler
1993The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Miss Shirley Brahms (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
Carry On Again Christmas
Kate
1970
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Self
2001
On the Buses
Housewife
1971Naughty Girls
1975
Doctor in Clover
Nurse with False Eyelashes (uncredited)
1966
Gumshoe
Anne Scott
1971Hogg's Back
1975
We Love Are You Being Served?
2020
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
Archive Footage
2022
Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
2000
Bless This House
Carol
1972
The Day of Ragnarok
1965Don't I Look Like A Lord's son?
The Girl
My Brother David
Pauline Fowler (EastEnders - Archive footage) (Uncredited)
1989