caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality television article_title name parents birth_date spouse residence image employer birth_name occupation death_cause
wendy as she appeared in 2006 . richard as pauline fowler of '' eastenders '' 26 february 2009 london , united kingdom 1960 -- 2009 middlesbrough , north riding of yorkshire , united kingdom british '' & favour '' '' eastenders '' are you being served ? '' '' grace wendy richard
 wendy richard mbe henry -lrb- 1910-1972 -rrb- william emerton -lrb- 1892-1954 -rrb- beatrice reay cutter 20 july 1943 leonard -rrb- will thorpe -lrb- m. 1980 -- 1984 , divorced blach -rrb- paul glorney -lrb- m. 1990 -- 1994 , divorced -lrb- -rrb- john burns -lrb- m. 2008 -- 2009 , her m. death -rrb- 1972 -- 1974 , divorced london , england pauline fowler.jpg bbc wendy emerton actress metastatic breast cancer
wendy richard

wendy richard , mbe -lrb- born wendy emerton , 20 july 1943 -- 26 february 2009 -rrb- was an english actress best known for playing the roles of miss shirley brahms on `` are you being served ? ''
and pauline fowler on `` eastenders , '' the latter for nearly 22 years .
until her character 's onscreen death in december 2006 , she was one of only two original cast members to appear continuously from the first episode in 1985 , along with adam woodyatt , who played her screen nephew ian beale .
richard was first educated at st george 's primary school in mount street , mayfair , west london , before attending the royal masonic school for girls in rickmansworth , hertfordshire , and then the italia conti academy stage school in london .
she died on 26 february 2009 at the harley street clinic where she was being treated for breast cancer .
