Dawn French

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  • Birth Name: Dawn Roma French
  • Birth Place: Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/11/1957, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; writer
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Dawn French Fast Facts:
  • Trained to be a drama teacher before turning to comedy.
  • Met comedy partner Jennifer Saunders while attending the Central School of Speech and Drama, but they initially hated each other before becoming friends and forming the comic duo the Menopause Sisters.
  • Joined the alternative comedy group The Comic Strip and made her TV debut in 1982 on The Comic Strip Presents.
  • Co-created the hit sketch-comedy series French and Saunders in 1987.
  • Found success going solo in the 1990s starring in Murder Most Horrid and The Vicar of Dibley.
  • In 1991, co-created the Sixteen 47 clothing line for plus-size women; the name comes from the statistic that 47 percent of British women are at least size 16.
  • Wrote the autobiographical Dear Fatty in 2008 and her first novel A Tiny Bit Marvellous in 2010.
  • Dawn French Relationships:
  • Gary French - Brother
  • Denys Vernon French - Father
  • Felicity "Roma" O'Brien - Mother
  • Lenny Henry - Ex-husband
  • Billie - Daughter
  • College:
  • Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England
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