Former EASTENDERS star Anna Wing, who played sharp-tongued matriach Lou Beale, has died at age 98.The actress, who died on Sunday, appeared in the BBC One soap for three years from its start in 1985.
She formed a formidable on-screen partnership with fellow actress Gretchen Franklin who played Ethel Skinner.
She received the MBE in 2009 in recognition of a career that spanned more than six decades of television, film, radio and theatre. Speaking at the time, she said: "I wanted to be an actress when I was a little girl and everybody said no, but I did it. I stuck it out and I've done it for 70 years and I'm still working.''