Tributes have poured in from across the showbusiness world for actress Wendy Richard who has lost her battle with cancer.The former EastEnders star, described as one of the greats of British television, passed away in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband, John Burns, by her side.
Richard, 65, will be best remembered as cardigan-wearing matriarch Pauline Fowler in EastEnders - a part she played for 21 years. Richard joined EastEnders when it launched in 1985 and stayed at the soap until Christmas 2006, when her character died.
She was awarded an MBE for services to television in 2000.
Before joining the soap she was already well-established as an actress playing Miss Brahms in the hit sitcom Are You Being Served?
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