Dawn French
A powerhouse figure in British television comedy, Dawn French was the star, frequent writer, and driving force behind some of the UK's best and most popular series, including "The Comic Strip Presents..." (Channel 4/BBC Two/Gold 1982-1988, 1990-1993, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2011-2012), "French and Saunders" (BBC Two 1987-2007) and "The Vicar of Dibley" (BBC Two 1994-2013). With frequent comedy partner Jennifer Saunders ("Absolutely Fabulous," BBC One 1992-2012), French was a keen and merciless parodist of pop culture, skewering British and American films, television and music talent with unerring skill. As a solo performer, French dug deeper into character portrayals, from the force-of-nature vicar in "The Vicar of Dibley" to a middle-class wife longing for connection with her husband on "Roger & Val Have Just Got In" (BBC Two 2010-12). Her ability to develop fresh, funny and often thoughtful material for television also allowed her a second career as a popular advertising spokesperson and well-loved guest on variety series, specials and benefit shows. Dawn French's considerable talents as both a performer and series creator kept her at the top of the UK small screen comedy game for more than three decades.
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Dawn French
Filmography
Movies
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62% |
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Death on the Nile | Mrs. Bowers (Character) | $45.6M | 2022 |
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse | Beatrix Potter (Character) | - | 2020 |
57% |
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Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Executive Producer | $4.8M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Animals United | Angie (Voice) | - | 2010 |
91% |
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Coraline | Miss Forcible (Voice) | $94.2M | 2009 |
20% |
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Love and Other Disasters | Therapist (Character) | - | 2006 |
75% |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mrs. Beaver (Voice) | $291.7M | 2005 |
90% |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Fat Lady in Painting (Character) | $249.4M | 2004 |
50% |
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Maybe Baby | Charlene (Character) | $19.1K | 2000 |
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Milk | Virginia (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sex & Chocolate | Bev Bodger (Character) | - | 1997 |
35% |
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The Adventures of Pinocchio | Baker's Wife (Character) | $15.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tender Loving Care | Elaine Dobbs (Character) | - | 1993 |
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The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
36% |
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Eat the Rich | Debbie Draws (Character) | $194.9K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | More Bad News | Rachel (Character) | - | 1987 |
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The Supergrass | Andrea (Character) | $1.8K | 1985 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nevermets | Narrator | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2007-2009 2012 2014-2018 2020 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Masked Dancer UK | Judge | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Judge | 2021 |
67% | 56% | The Trouble With Maggie Cole | Maggie Cole (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Self | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Delicious | Gina Benelli (Character) | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Absolutely Fabulous | Writer | 1992 1994-1995 2001-2003 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roger and Val Have Just Got In |
Val Stephenson (Character), Creator, Producer |
2010 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lark Rise to Candleford | Caroline Arless (Character) | 2008-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clatterford | Rosie Bales (Character) | 2006 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | French and Saunders |
Unknown (Character), Writer |
1987-1988 1990 1993 1996 2004 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Vicar of Dibley | Geraldine Granger (Character) | 1994 1996-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | David Copperfield | Mrs Crupp (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Most Horrid | Unknown (Character) | 1991 1994 1996 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comic Strip Presents |
Unknown (Character), Writer |
1982-1984 1986 1988 1990 1992-1993 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girls on Top |
Amanda Ripley (Character), Writer |
1985-1986 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Young Ones | Woman with Horns in Commercial (Guest Star) | 1982 1984 |