Wendy Richard
Wendy Richard (born July 20 1943) is a British actress from the East End of London.
She first became familiar to TV audiences playing Joyce Harker, a regular in the BBC's 1960s soap opera, The Newcomers, but found fame in the 1970s sitcom Are You Being Served? and continued to remain popular as a founder member of the BBC drama series Eastenders (1985 - Present).
She has also appeared in Dad's Army, The Likely Lads and some Carry On films. In 1962 her distinct cockney vocals helped get her to #1 on the UK singles chart - uncredited, on the single, Come Outside, by Mike Sarne.
After a long battle with breast cancer in the early 1990s, she was awarded an MBE by the British Government in 1999.