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Wendy Richard No 'S' My Life Story
Author: Wendy Richard

Oh all right then, just for a minute... That was the first the public heard of Wendy Richard, when Mike Sarne's Come Outside succeeded in tempting his girl out of the dance hall, and also to the top of the 1962 pop charts. It wasn't long before her name and face were as well known as her voice. Despite the Cockney accent, Wen... more »dy's roots were in the Northeast. She was born in Middlesbrough, the only child of parents who made their living in the licensed trade. By the time she was five, the family had moved down to London, where her father was the landlord of the Shepherd Tavern in Mayfair. The local prostitutes knew Wendy by name and the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Wilding and Anthony Armstrong Jones were frequent visitors to the pub. Here Wendy's lifelong love of London was born. Her father's death, when Wendy was 11, marked the end of a happy childhood. In order for her mother to carry on working, Wendy was sent to a boarding school and dreamed of a more glamorous life. With her mother's help, and the money earned from full-time work in, ironically enough, the ladies fashion department of a large department store, Wendy began attending the Italia Conti Stage Academy. Soon the parts started coming and appearances in Dixon of Dock Green, The Newcomers, Dad's Army led to her first famous role -- as Shirley Brahms in Are You Being Served? Wendy recounts tales of the enduring friendships formed on Dad's Army, the camaraderie of the cast of Are You Being Served? and of happy stints doing panto with colleagues who would become like a family. But, life beyond the cameras was no barrel of laughs. Wendy's three failed marriages included one who betrayed Wendy to the tabloids. She turned more and more to work and this paid off when she landed the role in EastEnders as Pauline Fowler. As one of the two remaining original cast members, Wendy is frank about life with her alter ego; about the warmth of her relationship with her television son, Mark, Todd Carty; about the occasional tensions of being constantly in the spotlight; and about the lighter side of life in Albert Square. She speaks movingly of her real-life fight against cancer in 1996 which overshadowed her otherwise now happy life, with her partner John and beloved cairn terrier, Shirley Brahms II. Following a further health scare, her happiness was made complete by the announcement of the award of the MBE for Wendy Richard's services to television drama, celebrating 40 years as a working actress...and counting!

ISBN-13: 9780743218702
ISBN-10: 0743218701
Publication Date: 8/7/2001
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Book Type: Hardcover
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