Dawn French
ur. 11.10.1957
(66 lat)
Holyhead, Wales, Wielka Brytania
Biografia
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have been collaborating as writers and performers since the late 1970s. They have appeared together on stage, film, and television.
The comedy duo of French and Saunders met as students at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. They formed an act which they took to London's alternative comedy scene, where they also became original members of the famed U.K. comedy troupe The Comic Strip.
Together, they created, wrote, and starred in the hit television series Girls on Top and French & Saunders. One skit on the latter program led to Ms. Saunders creating and starring in the classic show Absolutely Fabulous; that series brought her BAFTA, International Emmy, Royal Television Society, British Comedy, and Writers Guild of Great Britain Awards.
As with Absolutely Fabulous, Ms. Saunders' most recent series, Clatterford (a.k.a. Jam and Jerusalem) and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle, which she co-wrote and starred in, aired in both the U.K. and the U.S. Her film credits include Kenneth Branagh's A Midwinter's Tale (a.k.a. In the Bleak Midwinter); Brian Henson's Muppet Treasure Island; Kay Mellor's Fanny and Elvis; Bob Spiers' Spice World; and Peter Richardson's The Supergrass. Prior to Coraline, her most notable voiceover work was as Fairy Godmother in Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon's Shrek 2.
Ms. French created the memorable role of Geraldine Granger in The Vicar of Dibley, one of the U.K.'s most successful television series. Her other television work includes Murder Most Horrid, Wild West, The Storyteller, Little Britain, and Lark Rise to Candleford; and such telefilms as Gavin Millar's Sex & Chocolate, Steve Bendelack's Ted and Alice, and Dewi Humphreys' Tender Loving Care.
Her notable U.K. stage appearances include My Brilliant Divorce (a one-woman play), Smaller (created for her and Alison Moyet), When We Are Married, and – as Bottom – A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her film credits include Alfonso Cuarón's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Alek Keshishian's Love and Other Disasters; and Steve Barron's The Adventures of Pinocchio. Prior to Coraline, Ms. French's most notable voiceover work was as Mrs. Beaver in Andrew Adamson's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Ms. French and Ms. Saunders have just completed the U.K. tour of their live show French & Saunders – Still Alive.
Aktorka
Filmy | |
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2023 |
Magiczna słonica |
2022 |
Red Riding Hood: After Ever After (film telewizyjny) |
Śmierć na Nilu |
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2020 |
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (film telewizyjny) |
2016 |
Absolutnie fantastyczne: Film |
2009 |
Koralina i tajemnicze drzwi |
2007 |
La Fille du régiment (film telewizyjny) |
2006 |
Miłość i inne nieszczęścia |
2005 |
Opowieści z Narnii: Lew, czarownica i stara szafa |
2004 |
Harry Potter i więzień Azkabanu |
2000 |
French & Saunders Live |
Maybe Baby |
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1999 |
David Copperfield (film telewizyjny) |
Milk |
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The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (film telewizyjny) |
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1997 |
One Hour of Girl Power |
Sex & Chocolate (film telewizyjny) |
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Treasure Island |
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1996 |
Pinokio |
1995 |
Comic Relief (film telewizyjny) |
1993 |
French and Saunders Live |
Tender Loving Care (film telewizyjny) |
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1992 |
In Dreams (film telewizyjny) |
1990 |
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (film telewizyjny) |
1989 |
A Night of Comic Relief 2 (film telewizyjny) |
1988 |
An Audience with Victoria Wood (film telewizyjny) |
1987 |
Eat the Rich |
1985 |
The Supergrass |
Dokumentalne | |
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2021 |
An Audience with Adele (koncert) |
Rick Stein's Cornwall (serial) |
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2020 |
A Baby Reindeer's First Christmas (film telewizyjny) - narrator |
Cornwall Air 999 (serial) - narrator |
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2019 |
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (serial) |
Athens (S08E01) |
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2011 |
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (film telewizyjny) |
Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s (film telewizyjny) |
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Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties (film telewizyjny) |
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Jennifer Saunders: Laughing at the 90s (film telewizyjny) |
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2007 |
The Comedy Christmas (film telewizyjny) - m.a. |
2005 |
The Comedians' Comedian (film telewizyjny) - m.a. |
The Comic Strip: A Retrospective |
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2001 |
The Life and Lyrics of Kirsty MacColl (film telewizyjny) |
The Sketch Show Story (serial) |
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2000 |
Night of a Thousand Shows (film telewizyjny) |
Kompilacje wideo | |
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1986 |
Kate Bush: The Whole Story |
Nagranie teatralne | |
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1991 |
Amnesty International's Big 30 |
1989 |
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball |
Krótkometrażowe | |
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1999 |
Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death |
1981 |
The Comic Strip (film telewizyjny) |
Gość
Programy | |
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2024 |
Comic Relief: Funny for Money |
2021 |
Walk the Line |
2019 |
RuPaul's Drag Race UK |
2012 |
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast |
2007 |
The Graham Norton Show |
2006 |
The ONE Show |
2005 |
Foley & McColl: This Way Up |
2004 |
The Paul O'Grady Show |
2001 |
Comic Relief Short Pants |
Lorraine |
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We Know Where You Live |
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2000 |
GPTV |
1999 |
Comic Relief: The Record Breaker |
1996 |
TFI Friday |
1995 |
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose |
1993 |
GMTV |
Jools's Hootenanny |
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1990 |
The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' |
1989 |
Hysteria 2! |
1988 |
Comic Relief |
Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! |
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Live! From London |
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1987 |
Going Live! |
1984 |
Aspel & Company |
1977 |
Des O'Connor Tonight |
Scenarzystka
Filmy | |
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1983 |
An Evening for Nicaragua (film telewizyjny) |
Seriale | |
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2012 |
Absolutnie fantastyczne |
Olympics (S06E03) |
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2010 |
Little Crackers |
Krótkometrażowe | |
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1981 |
The Comic Strip (film telewizyjny) |
Twórczyni
Seriale | ||
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2004 |
French and Saunders |
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Episode 6 (S06E06) |
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Episode 5 (S06E05) |
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Episode 4 (S06E04) |
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więcej odcinków (3) | ||
1996 |
French and Saunders |
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Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman (S05E07) |
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The Quick and the Dead (S05E06) |
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Pulp Fiction (S05E05) |
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więcej odcinków (4) | ||
1993 |
French and Saunders |
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French and Saunders Christmas Carol (S04E08) |
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The House of Idiot (S04E07) |
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Thelma and Louise (S04E06) |
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więcej odcinków (5) | ||
1990 |
French and Saunders |
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Episode 7 (S03E07) |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (S03E06) |
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Gone with the Wind (S03E05) |
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więcej odcinków (4) | ||
1988 |
French and Saunders |
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Christmas Special (S02E07) |
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Episode 6 (S02E06) |
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Episode 5 (S02E05) |
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więcej odcinków (4) | ||
1987 |
French and Saunders |
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Episode 6 (S01E06) |
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Episode 5 (S01E05) |
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Episode 4 (S01E04) |
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więcej odcinków (3) |