Name: Wendy Richard
Date of Birth: 20 July 1943 Named cairn terrier "Miss Brahms" after her "Are You Being Served?" (1972) role. She was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2000 Birthday Honours List for her services to television drama. Contributed a few lines on a number 1 hit single in the UK chart, entitled "Come Outside" featuring Mike Sarne (Michael Sarne). [May 1962] Attended the Royal Masonic School as a schoolgirl. She and her co-stars from the series "Are You Being Served?" (1972) were all great friends and she remained very close with John Inman, Mollie Sugden, and Trevor Bannister. ... Was a fan of the television program "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996). Owned a very extensive collection of ornamental frogs. She started her collection upon buying a frog statue she thought resembled her "Are You Being Served?" (1972) co-star Arthur Brough. She maintained that her collection exceeds 1,000 frogs. She appeared in The Beatles' movie Help! (1965), but her scene ended up on the cutting room floor. She appears in a feature on the DVD release of "Help!" discussing the scene, frequently as a voice-over while stills from the scene are shown. Told the British Press Association she was informed that she is dying of cancer confirmed on October 4, 2008. She had been told she had several useful years ahead of her but when she got the news she moved up her wedding date to October 10, 2008. Her parents ran a pub in central London. The family lived upstairs above the pub. Diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-1990s and again in 2002, she learned the disease had spread in 2008. Her funeral (March 9, 2009) was attended by Mollie Sugden and Frank Thornton. Trevor Bannister gave a reading at the service. She left school when she was 15, and worked in the fashions department of Fortnum and Mason, an upscale Piccadilly store. She studied acting at the Italia Conti Stage Academy in London. She changed her surname to Richard because it was "short and neat". Read more Wendy Richard movies (actor)
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