On The Buses and Carry On actress Anna Karen has left the bulk of her £400,000 estate to former EastEnders star friend Sophie Lawrence

On The Buses and Carry On actress Anna Karen left most of her estate to her former EastEnders star friend Sophie Lawrence Credit: Bang Showbiz

On The Buses and Carry On actress Anna Karen left most of her estate to her former EastEnders star friend Sophie Lawrence.

According to probate records uncovered by the Mail On Sunday, Miss Karen – who played downtrodden wife Olive Rudge on the ITV sitcom between 1969 and 1973 – was left behind £427,197.

His will would also have left 65% of his net estate to his 50-year-old Miss Lawrence – who played Diane Butcher in EastEnders between 1988 and 1991 – after paying funeral and legal expenses, inheritance tax and an inheritance. of £1,500. to another friend.

Miss Karen’s will left another fifth of the “residue” of her estate to her stepdaughter Gloria Gill, the daughter of her husband, actor Terry Duggan, who died aged 76 in 2008.

Another eighth was left to four other friends or relatives and the remaining 2.5% was left to the Actors’ Benevolent Fund.

Miss Karen, Good Ann Duggan, also appeared on BBC One’s EastEnders between 1996 and 2017, playing Aunt Sal, Peggy Mitchell’s sister, played by Barbara Windsor.

The actress died in February in a fire on the terrace of her home in Ilford, east London, which neighbors believe was started by a cigarette after she fell asleep while smoking.

Miss Lawrence, who was born in Ilford, now lives in Norwich and reached number 21 in the UK charts in 1991 with a cover of Donna Summer’s 1977 song ‘Love’s Unkind’.

The friends have previously toured with the comedy show “Bazaar Rummage”, based on a book by Sue Townsend.

Born in South Africa, Miss Karen was a stripper to pay for her drama studies and starred in 74 episodes of “On The Buses” as well as three spin-off films.

She also appeared in “Carry On Camping” and “Carry On Loving”.

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