Wendy Richard's biography
Wendy Emerton is 66 years old actor born at Middlesbrough. She was born on Tuesday 20th of July 1943. She is often nicknamed as Wendy Emerton, Wendy Richard. According to year of birth 1943 Wendy belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 20th of July means she is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.
She is white british. Wendy is citizen of United Kingdom. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as television actor. She is recently known as film actor.
Wendy Richard's schools
We found 2 schools Wendy attended. Complete list of schools: Royal Masonic School for Girls, Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
Detailed informations about Wendy´s schools
- Attended the Royal Masonic School as a schoolgirl.
Wendy Richard's career
Wendy´s main focus is to be actor. Wendy is famous thanks to EastEnders.
Is Wendy Richard gay ?
She is known to be straight.
How did Wendy Richard die
She died on on Thursday 26th of February 2009 when he was 66 years old at London. Wendy Richards death was caused by breast cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Wendy Richard's Awards
- 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.
- Is one of 8 EastEnders (1985) actors to have won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are June Brown, Barbara Windsor, Pam St. Clement, Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Rudolph Walker and Letitia Dean.
- Was presented her Lifetime Achievement Award at The British Soap Awards 2007 (2007) by her former EastEnders (1985) co-star Todd Carty. Carty's character Mark Fowler was Richard's character Pauline Fowler's son on the show.
Wendy Richard's Rankings
- Ranked #5 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Pauline Fowler (2010).
- Ranked #6 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Pauline Fowler (2015).
What Wendy Richard has done for a first time
- Played her first grandmother role on-screen at age 43 on EastEnders (1985).
Wendy Richard's quotes
- On receiving her M.B.E., Wendy said "This means a lot to me because I'm a royalist and one for tradition - I would hate to see our traditions disappear...I can't very well wear an MBE medal on Pauline's Overall."
- John Inman never ever said Mr Humphries was gay. He was just a young man who was very, very good to his mother.
Wendy Richard's height, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Wendy Richard looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color and hair color. She is tall as 5' 6" (168 cm). Body build is slim. Wendy´s eyes are tinted blue. Wendy´s hair is shade of blonde.