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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? as Shirley Brahms, a slow-witted sales representative with a heavy Cockney accent. Richard continued to remain popular as Pauline Fowler on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she has played since the first episode in 1985.
She has also appeared in Dad's ArmyDad's Army is a British sitcom about the Home Guard in World War II, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. Popular at the time and still repeated, it was voted into fourth place in a 2004 BBC poll fo, The Likely LadsThe Likely Lads was a British sitcom written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Three series were shown between December 1964 and July 1966. There was a successful sequel entitled Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads . The show followed the friendship of and some Carry OnCarry On was a straight edge hardcore punk band from California. Guitarist Todd Jones went on to play in Terror, guitarist Greg Bacon now singers in Internal Affairs, drummer Nick Jett plays in Terror and sing for Piece By Piece, previous drummer Lucas Mc films. In 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e her distinct cockney vocals helped get her to #1 on the UK singles chart - uncredited, on the single, Come Outside, by Mike Sarne .
She endured a long battle with breast cancerBreast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females, affecting approximately 10% of all women at some stage of their life in the Western world. Although significant efforts are made to achieve early detecti in the early 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn; her cancer went into remission after years of treatment. Richard was awarded an MBE by the British Government in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep.