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4 unusual facts about Dawn French


Annie Wilkes

British comedy duo French and Saunders parodied Misery on an episode of their television program of the same name, with Dawn French in Bates' role.

Experiment IV

The science fiction film-in-miniature includes appearances from Dawn French, Hugh Laurie, Richard Vernon, Peter Vaughan and Del Palmer.

Ruddles Brewery

A television commercial for Ruddles in 1993 featured the last appearance of Vivian Stanshall narrating as Hubert, brother of Sir Henry Rawlinson of Rawlinson End played by Mel Smith and a cross-dressing Dawn French.

Terry Kyan

These include sketches/episodes for such sketch shows as Not the Nine O'clock News, Spitting Image and Alas Smith and Jones, as well as the Dawn French black comedy Murder Most Horrid, and the sitcoms The Brittas Empire and 2point4 children.


Beryl Cook

Entitled 'Bosom Pals' had an all star cast of voices with Dawn French, Rosemary Leach, Alison Steadman and Timothy Spall.

DIPEx Charity

Several well-known figures have supported the charity or contributed video introductions for the websites including Philip Pullman, Clive Anderson, Thom Yorke, Melvyn Bragg, Dawn French and Michael Palin.

Dolphin Inn, Plymouth

The pub also provided the setting for the BBC's poorly reviewed animated Janner comedy series Bosom Pals, which was based on some of the characters in Cook's paintings and featured the voices of Dawn French as the lead character Stella, Alison Steadman as her best friend Joan, and Timothy Spall as the Dolphin's real-life landlord Billy Holmes.

Heading Out

On 25 October 2012, it was announced that June Brown and Dawn French had joined the cast of Heading Out, along with Steve Pemberton and Jeff Rawle.

Matthew Bourne

He has collaborated on projects with leading directors, Trevor Nunn, Richard Eyre, Sam Mendes, Yukio Ninagawa and John Caird and has created dances and roles for such wide-ranging performers as Jonathan Pryce, Lynn Seymour, Dawn French, Adam Cooper, Julie Walters, Rowan Atkinson and Michael Sheen.

One Hour of Girl Power

The video for "Who Do You Think You Are" appears in an alternate version, showing behind the scenes footage of the filming with British celebrities including Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Lulu, joining the Spice Girls in the video for the 1997 Comic Relief appeal.

Room to Let

During principal photography Roz McCutcheon auditioned for the role of The Fat Lady in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuarón, but the part eventually went to Dawn French.

Thor Kristinsson

In 2004 Thor appeared at the London Playhouse as the jilted lover Count Paris, in a version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, sharing the stage with stars such as Derek Jacobi, Timothy Dalton, Joanna Lumley and Dawn French.


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