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Cherie Lunghi Biography
Birth Name:
Cherie Mary Lunghi
Birth Place:
London, England
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Attended a London arts school in the 1960s with actors Nigel Havers, Jenny Agutter and Jane Seymour
- At 13, had the title role in a BBC production of Alice in Wonderland
- Attended London's Central School for Speech and Drama
- Was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre Company in the 1970s
- Married her first husband, Ralph Lawson, an actor from South Africa, in a marriage of convenience to keep him from being deported from England
- Made a series of popular instant-coffee ads for British TV
- Modeled lingerie at age 49 for the magazine FHM
- Competed in the 2008 edition of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing
- Paints portraits in oil
- Is fluent in Italian and French
Relationships
- Ralph Lawson -- Ex-husband
- Simon Woodruffe -- Ex-significant Other
- Alessandro Lunghi -- Father
- Gladys "Gypsy" Lee Lunghi -- Mother
- Gladys Lee -- Mother