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Dawn French
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General Information (Dawn French) |
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| Mostly Credited As: | Dawn French |
| Date Of Birth: | October 11, 1957 (Age 52) |
| Country Of Birth: |  United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Holyhead, Wales |
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Dawn French was born on October 11, 1957 in Holyhead, Wales. She won a debating scholarship to study in New York after leaving school and then went on to train to be a drama teacher at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, where she met Jennifer Saunders. This led onto one of the most successful partnerships in British comedy today; French and Saunders.
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Dawn French TV Appearances |
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| Show: The Graham Norton Show (2007) |
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• Series 6, Show 7 |
06x07: (Nov/16/2009) |
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Herself |
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• Show 10 |
01x10: (May/03/2007) |
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Herself |
| Show: Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009) |
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• Dawn French, David Walliams, Kirstie Allsopp, Phil Spencer, La Roux |
01x04: (Jul/05/2009) |
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Herself |
| Show: The New Paul O'Grady Show (2006) • 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Wednesday May 17th, 2006) |
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• Series 7, Show 32 |
07x32: (Apr/07/2009) |
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Herself |
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• Series 6, Show 11 |
06x11: (Oct/06/2008) |
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Herself |
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• Series 5, Show 9 |
05x09: (Mar/27/2008) |
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Herself |
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• Series 4, Show 56 |
04x56: (Dec/03/2007) |
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Herself |
| Show: The One Show (2006) |
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• October 27, 2008 |
03x70: (Oct/27/2008) |
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Herself |
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• February 12, 2008 |
02x146: (Feb/12/2008) |
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Herself |
| Show: Al Murray's Happy Hour (2007) |
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• Series 3, Show 5 |
03x05: (Oct/10/2008) |
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Herself |
| Show: Loose Women (1999) |
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• Series 13, Show 27 |
13x27: (Oct/07/2008) |
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Herself |
| Show: Parkinson (2004) (2004) |
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• Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Ray Winstone, Daniel Radcliffe |
07x07: (Nov/03/2007) |
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Herself, [Interviewees] |
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• Dawn French, Chris Evans, Ian Hislop, David Gray |
03x07: (Nov/19/2005) |
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Herself, [Interviewees] |
| Show: The F Word (2005) |
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• Season 3, Episode 1 |
03x01: (May/08/2007) |
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Herself |
| Show: Comedy Shuffle (2007) |
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• Series 1, Episode 2 |
01x02: (Feb/01/2007) |
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Herself |
| Show: Mystery! (1980) |
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• Miss Marple Series II (2) Sleeping Murder |
26x06: (Jun/11/2006) |
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Janet Erskine |
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• Miss Marple Series II (1) Sleeping Murder |
26x05: (Jun/04/2006) |
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Janet Erskine |
| Show: Davina (2006) |
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• Episode 6 |
01x06: (Mar/29/2006) |
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Herself |
| Show: Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) |
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• Sleeping Murder |
02x01: (Feb/05/2006) |
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Janet Erskine |
| Show: The Paul O'Grady Show (2004) |
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• Series 3, Show 60 |
03x60: (Dec/02/2005) |
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Herself |
| Show: Parkinson (1998) (1998) |
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• Heather Mills, Simply Red, Dawn French, George Clooney |
09x01: (Feb/22/2003) |
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Herself, [Interviewees] |
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• French & Saunders, Mike Reid, Tom Jones |
04x01: (Sep/08/2000) |
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Herself, [Interviewees] |
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• Geri Halliwell, Dawn French, Carol Vorderman |
02x01: (Jan/08/1999) |
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Herself, [Interviewees] |
| Show: V Graham Norton (2002) |
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• Series 2, Show 5 |
02x05: (Oct/25/2002) |
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Herself |
| Show: TFI Friday (1996) |
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• Dawn French, Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker, Kathy Lloyd |
01x01: (Feb/09/1996) |
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Herself |
| Show: Absolutely Fabulous (1992) |
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• Magazine |
01x05: (Dec/10/1992) |
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Kathy |
| Show: Jim Henson's The Storyteller (1988) |
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• Sapsorrow |
01x07: (Jun/26/1988) |
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Badsister 2 |
| Show: Wogan (1982) |
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• Series 8, Show 1 |
08x01: (Jan/01/1988) |
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Herself |
| Show: The Young Ones (1982) |
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• Time |
02x05: (Jun/12/1984) |
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Easter Bunny |
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• Nasty |
02x03: (May/29/1984) |
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Woman With Horns In Commercial |
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• Interesting |
01x05: (Dec/07/1982) |
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Religious Woman |
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Show Crew |
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Episode Crew |
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Overview |
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| Dawn French worked in 62 episodes from 3 different TV shows
as Writer: 62 episodes |
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Dawn French Trivia |
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wn frequently appeared on the Whose Line Is It Anyway? radio show but never appeared on the TV version of the show.
| Dawn and Lenny have an adopted daughter named Billie.
| Dawn is in the ads for Terry's Chocolate Orange and has her own famous saying "Its not Terry's, its mine!"
| Dawn and her husband, comedian Lenny Henry, guest starred in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
| Dawn's favourite singers are Eva Cassidy and Norah Jones.
| Dawn lives in Berkshire, England with her family.
| Dawn and Lenny got engaged in 1983 and married a year later.
| Dawn has a deep and abiding interest in helping women of size find attractive clothing. Has thereby co-authored two books on knitting, Big Knits and Great Big Knits as well as founding a clothing store carrying fashionable and affordable designs.
| It was recently revealed that Dawn and partner Jennifer Saunders declined Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honors "for services to comedy drama" in 2001.
| Dawn appeared in the "BBC: Serious About Comedy" TV commercial for BBC America in 2000.
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