British Catholic nun and art historian (1930–2018)
Sister Wendy
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Portrait, 2022
Born
Wendy Mary Beckett
25 February 1930 (1930-02-25)
Johannesburg, Union of South Africa
Died
26 December 2018(2018-12-26) (aged 88)
Quidenham, Norfolk, England
Education
St Anne's College, Oxford
Occupations
Religious sister
Art historian
Known for
Several BBC art history documentaries
Wendy Mary Beckett[1] (25 February 1930 – 26 December 2018), better known as Sister Wendy, was a British religious sister and art historian[2] who became known internationally during the 1990s when she presented a series of BBC television documentaries on the history of art.[3] Her programmes, such as Sister Wendy's Odyssey and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, often drew a 25 percent share of the British viewing audience.[4] In 1997 she made her debut on US public television, with The New York Times describing her as "a sometime hermit who is fast on her way to becoming the most unlikely and famous art critic in the history of television."[5]
^Oxford University List of Members for the Year 1972, London, OUP, 1972, p.720, which records full name.
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