Dawn French
- 67 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings Page 21
Rik Mayall mourned at private funeral in Devon
Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and other friends of Rik Mayall have joined his family to mourn the comedian and actor at a private funeral in Devon.
BBC News, 19th June 2014Dawn French on emotional new show
Dawn French has revealed how emotional her new one-woman show is - and how she has to fight back the tears every night.
Roz Laws, The Birmingham Mail, 16th June 2014Going it alone: Dawn French
Not much fazes Dawn French, except the prospect of going it alone with her new one-woman show.
Grace Hammond, The Yorkshire Post, 14th June 2014Comedy review: Dawn French - 30 million minutes
Adoration is a rare and often dubious quality in comedy. But it's evident long before the standing ovation that this audience genuinely love Dawn French, testimony to a jolly but frank Everygirl persona that rarely approaches shtick.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 14th June 2014Dawn French: Thirty Million Minutes review
There's tragedy at the core of French's roly-poly persona - yet the place she finds herself in appears to be a good one.
Alfred Hickling, The Guardian, 6th June 2014Dawn French reveals she had a secret hysterectomy
When Dawn French dramatically lost weight three years ago there was speculation she'd had a gastric band fitted or was suffering from stress after her split from Lenny Henry. But the comedian has now revealed the real reason behind her decision to shed the pounds - she needed to have a hysterectomy following a cancer scare.
Laura Cox, Daily Mail, 6th June 2014Dawn French: Racists tried to burn down house
Dawn French reveals racists tried to burn down house while she and Lenny Henry slept.
James Desborough, The Mirror, 17th May 2014Dawn French: It was like a bomb went off in our family
As she prepares for her first ever solo tour, Dawn French tells Matthew Stadlen about laughter, loss, and the new love of her life.
Matthew Stadlen, The Telegraph, 16th May 2014Dawn French to perform Thought For The Day as The Vicar Of Dibley
Dawn French is to perform a special Thought For The Day on Radio 4 in character as Geraldine Granger from the hit BBC sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley.
British Comedy Guide, 6th March 2014Why Stewart Lee is wrong about slapstick
In his TV series Comedy Vehicle Lee pours scorn on slapstick by berating Del Boy's fall through the bar for being voted number one in a Funniest TV Momentclip show: "Is that really what we've come to, Britain? Del Boy falling through a bar, and Trigger making a face?!" Significantly, many of the other top clips were also sight gags - Cleese's silly walks, Dawn French collapsing into a puddle... It seems that 80 years since the advent of sound technology we still favour the sight gag over the verbal. Why?
Julian Dutton, The Huffington Post, 3rd March 2014