EastEnders' Letitia Dean told she 'looked like dog's backside' when she joined soap
dailystar.co.ukEastEnders star Letitia Dean was told she looked like Albert Square poodle Roly's backside when she joined the BBC soap. The actress was only 17 years old when she landed the role of Sharon Watts – feisty daughter of Queen Vic pub bosses Den and Angie.However, because she sported a perm at the time, Leslie Grantham, - who played her TV dad Dirty Den – used to tease that she looked like their pet dog's behind.Letitia said: "Leslie used to say, because I had a perm back in the day, that I looked like Roly's a**e."The star also admitted she lied to get her iconic role as Sharon in the 1980s because BBC chiefs only wanted real cockneys on Albert Square.She said about her audition: "We had to be born in the sound of Bow Bells and I think we all.
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