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Wendy Richard

1943 - 2009

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Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was a British actress, known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 2006. Despite being known for her Cockney accent, Richard was born in Middlesbrough. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Richard has received more than 2,850,048 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy Richard is the 8,007th most popular actor (down from 7,405th in 2019), the 5,416th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,055th in 2019) and the 935th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wendy Richard ranks 8,007 out of 9,996Before her are Lew Cody, David Kross, Troye Sivan, Eddie Deezen, Ariel Lin, and Laurent Lucas. After her are Arthur Edmund Carewe, Laura Carmichael, Sam Trammell, Keegan Connor Tracy, Tom Aldredge, and Sushmita Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Wendy Richard ranks 597Before her are Jonathan Rosenbaum, Julie Ege, Carolyn Schuler, Gianni Ambrosio, Charles Murray, and Donald Kalpokas. After her are Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tommy Gemmell, Jon McBride, Roy D. Bridges Jr., Mike Barrett, and George Woods. Among people deceased in 2009, Wendy Richard ranks 342Before her are Ruth Ford, Ken Henry, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Mohammed Yusuf, Arnold Stang, and Philip Carey. After her are Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Ed McMahon, Stanislav Markelov, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Horton Foote, and Billy Mays.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wendy Richard ranks 5,416 out of 7,765Before her are Iain Duncan Smith (1954), Paige (1992), Tony Wilson (1950), Antonia Bird (1951), Peter McParland (1934), and Mike Phelan (1962). After her are Laura Carmichael (1986), Philippa Marrack (1945), William Adam (1689), Neil Young (1944), Ian Stewart (1929), and Ken Armstrong (1924).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Wendy Richard ranks 935Before her are Arthur Lowe (1915), James Callis (1971), Keeley Hawes (1976), Jessica Henwick (1992), Elizabeth Allan (1910), and Vanessa Angel (1966). After her are Laura Carmichael (1986), Steve Valentine (1966), Joe Cole (1988), Billie Piper (1982), Lee Evans (1964), and Lara Pulver (1980).

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