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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
The comedy partner of Jennifer Saunders more
Awards:
3 wins
&
13 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(64 articles)
DS Icon: Sandi Toksvig
(From digitalspy. 10 December 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Watson & Oliver: the female comedy double act to watch in 2010?
(From The Guardian - TV News. 8 December 2009, 8:40 AM, PST)
(From digitalspy. 10 December 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)
Watson & Oliver: the female comedy double act to watch in 2010?
(From The Guardian - TV News. 8 December 2009, 8:40 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
French | French & Saunders | French and Saunders
Filmography
Actress:
- "Jam & Jerusalem" .... Rosie Bales / ... (16 episodes, 2006-2009)
... aka Clatterford (USA)
- Episode #3.3 (2009) TV episode .... Rosie Bales
- Episode #3.2 (2009) TV episode .... Rosie Bales
- Episode #3.1 (2009) TV episode .... Rosie
- Episode #2.6 (2008) TV episode .... Rosie Bales
- Episode #2.5 (2008) TV episode .... Rosie Bales
(11 more) - "Psychoville" .... Joy / ... (6 episodes, 2009)
- Episode #1.7 (2009) TV episode .... Joy
- Episode #1.6 (2009) TV episode .... Joy
- Episode #1.5 (2009) TV episode .... Joy
- Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode .... Joy Aston
- Episode #1.2 (2009) TV episode .... Joy Aston
(1 more) - Comic Relief 2009 (2009) (TV) .... Julie Walters
- Coraline (2009) (voice) .... Miss Miriam Forcible/Other Forcible
... aka Coraline & the Secret Door (Australia: promotional title) - Coraline (2009) (VG)
- "Lark Rise to Candleford" .... Caroline Arless (7 episodes, 2008)
- Episode #2.1 (2008) TV episode .... Caroline Arless
- Episode #1.10 (2008) TV episode .... Caroline Arless
- Episode #1.9 (2008) TV episode .... Caroline Arless
- Episode #1.4 (2008) TV episode .... Caroline Arless
- Episode #1.3 (2008) TV episode .... Caroline Arless
(2 more) - French & Saunders Still Alive (2008) (V)
- "A Bucket o' French & Saunders" .... Various Characters (5 episodes, 2007)
- Episode #1.5 (2007) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #1.4 (2007) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #1.3 (2007) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #1.2 (2007) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #1.1 (2007) TV episode .... Various Characters - La fille du régiment (2007/I) (TV) .... Duchesse de Crakentorp
- "The Vicar of Dibley" .... Geraldine Granger (24 episodes, 1994-2007)
- Comic Relief Special (2007) TV episode .... Geraldine Granger
- The Vicar in White (2007) TV episode .... Geraldine Granger
- The Handsome Stranger (2006) TV episode .... Geraldine Granger
- Comic Relief Special (2005) TV episode .... Geraldine Granger
- Happy New Year (2005) TV episode .... Geraldine Granger
(19 more) - "Little Britain" .... Shelley Pollard / ... (2 episodes, 2006)
- Little Britain Abroad: Part 2 (2006) TV episode .... Vicki Pollard's Mum
- Little Britain Abroad: Part 1 (2006) TV episode .... Shelley Pollard - Love and Other Disasters (2006) .... Therapist
... aka Love (and Other Disasters) (Australia: DVD box title)
... aka Love (et ses petits désastres) (France) - Marple: Sleeping Murder (2006) (TV) .... Janet Erskine
... aka Agatha Christie - Marple: Sleeping Murder (Australia: DVD title) - "French and Saunders" .... Various Characters / ... (48 episodes, 1987-2005)
- Christmas Celebrity Special (2005) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #6.6 (2004) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #6.5 (2004) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #6.4 (2004) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Episode #6.3 (2004) TV episode .... Various Characters
(43 more) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) (voice) .... Mrs. Beaver
... aka The Chronicles of Narnia (International: English title: short title) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Fat Lady in Painting
... aka Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - "Wild West" .... Mary Trewednack (6 episodes, 2004)
- Holly Loses Faith in Witchcraft (2004) TV episode .... Mary Trewednack
- The Film Crew (2004) TV episode .... Mary Trewednack
- Cornish Flu (2004) TV episode .... Mary Trewednack
- Angela Learns to Drive (2004) TV episode .... Mary Trewednack
- Magical Horses (2004) TV episode .... Mary Trewednack
(1 more) - Bosom Pals (2004) (TV) (voice) .... Stella
- Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003) (TV) .... Harry Potter / Herself
- "Pongwiffy" (2002) TV series (voice) .... Pongwiffy
- Ted and Alice (2002) (TV) .... Alice Putkin
- French & Saunders Live (2000) (V) .... Various roles
- "Watership Down" .... Buttercup (2 episodes, 2000)
- Christmas on Watership Down: Part 2 (2000) TV episode .... Buttercup
- Christmas on Watership Down: Part 1 (2000) TV episode .... Buttercup - Maybe Baby (2000) .... Charlene
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV)
- David Copperfield (1999) (TV) .... Mrs. Crupp
- "Let Them Eat Cake" .... Lisette (6 episodes, 1999)
- The Royal Command Performance (1999) TV episode .... Lisette
- A Marriage of Convenience (1999) TV episode .... Lisette
- Making Voopee (1999) TV episode .... Lisette
- The Portrait (1999) TV episode .... Lisette
- Murder (1999) TV episode .... Lisette
(1 more) - Milk (1999/I) .... Virginia
- "Murder Most Horrid" .... Bunty Breslaw / ... (19 episodes, 1991-1999)
- Dinner at Tiffany's (1999) TV episode .... Tiffany Drapes
- Elvis, Jesus and Zack (1999) TV episode .... Jill Tanner
- Whoopi Stone (1999) TV episode .... WPC Barbara Greaves/Whoopi Stone
- Dead on Time (1996) TV episode .... The Grim Reaper
- The Body Politic (1996) TV episode .... Linda Bryce
(14 more) - Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! (1998) (V) .... Kathy
- "The Comic Strip Presents..." .... Frances / ... (25 episodes, 1982-1998)
- Four Men in a Car (1998) TV episode .... Stella
- Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993) TV episode .... Gaynor
- Red Nose of Courage (1992) TV episode .... Glynis Kinnock
- Spaghetti Hoops (1990) TV episode .... Francesca
- Oxford (1990) TV episode .... Caroline
(20 more) - Sex & Chocolate (1997) (TV) .... Bev Bodger
- "Harry Enfield and Chums" .... 'Il Postino Pat' Sketch (1 episode, 1997)
- Episode #2.1 (1997) TV episode .... 'Il Postino Pat' Sketch - Treasure Island (1997) (V) (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
- Stanley Baxter in Reel Terms (1996) (TV) .... Various roles
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996) .... Baker's wife
... aka Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio
... aka Die Legende von Pinocchio (Germany)
... aka Pinocchio (France) - "Look at the State We're In!" (1995) TV mini-series .... Clerk (unknown episodes)
- "The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller" (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode #1.3 (1994) TV episode - "The Legends of Treasure Island" .... Jim Hawkins (8 episodes, 1993)
- The Beginning of the End (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
- The Fountain of Truth (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
- The Merman Prince (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
- The Labyrinth (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
- Now You See Me (1993) TV episode (voice) .... Jim Hawkins
(3 more) - "Screen One" .... Elaine Dobbs (1 episode, 1993)
- Tender Loving Care (1993) TV episode .... Elaine Dobbs - French and Saunders Live (1993) (V) .... Various roles
- "Jackanory" .... Reader (1 episode, 1993)
- Daisy Pig (1993) TV episode .... Reader - In Dreams (1992) (TV) .... Driving Instructor
- "Absolutely Fabulous" .... Kathy (1 episode, 1992)
... aka Ab Fab (Australia: short title)
- Magazine (1992) TV episode .... Kathy - "Clive Anderson Talks Back" (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode #4.1 (1991) TV episode - The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990) (TV) .... Porcas
- The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' (1990) (V) .... Special Guest
- "Hit and Run" (1 episode, 1990)
- Episode #1.2 (1990) TV episode - "The Storyteller" .... Badsister 2 (1 episode, 1988)
... aka Jim Henson's The Storyteller (USA: complete title)
- Sapsorrow (1988) TV episode .... Badsister 2 - Eat the Rich (1987) .... Debbie Draws
- "Lenny Henry Tonite" (1 episode, 1986)
- Neighbourhood Watch (1986) TV episode - The Supergrass (1985) .... Andrea
... aka The Comic Strip Presents The Supergrass - "Girls on Top" .... Amanda Ripley (5 episodes, 1985)
- Skankin' (1985) TV episode .... Amanda Ripley
- Cancel Toast (1985) TV episode .... Amanda Ripley
- C.O.D. (1985) TV episode .... Amanda Ripley
- Staying Alive (1985) TV episode .... Amanda Ripley
- Four-Play (1985) TV episode .... Amanda Ripley - "Happy Families" .... Cook (6 episodes, 1985)
- Reunion (1985) TV episode .... Cook
- Roxanne (1985) TV episode .... Cook
- Joyce (1985) TV episode .... Cook
- Madeleine (1985) TV episode .... Cook
- Cassie (1985) TV episode .... Cook
(1 more) - "The Lenny Henry Show" (2 episodes, 1984-1985)
- Episode #2.5 (1985) TV episode
- Episode #1.3 (1984) TV episode - "The Young Ones" .... Easter Bunny / ... (3 episodes, 1982-1984)
- Time (1984) TV episode .... Easter Bunny
- Nasty (1984) TV episode .... Woman with Horns in Commercial
- Interesting (1982) TV episode .... Religious Woman - The Comic Strip (1981) (TV) .... Dawn
Writer:
- French & Saunders Still Alive (2008) (V) (writer)
- "A Bucket o' French & Saunders" (5 episodes, 2007)
- Episode #1.5 (2007) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #1.4 (2007) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #1.3 (2007) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #1.2 (2007) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #1.1 (2007) TV episode (writer) - "French and Saunders" (38 episodes, 1987-2005)
- Christmas Celebrity Special (2005) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #6.5 (2004) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #6.4 (2004) TV episode (writer)
- Episode #6.3 (2004) TV episode (writer)
- French and Saunders Actually (2003) TV episode (writer)
(33 more) - "Absolutely Fabulous" (37 episodes, 1992-2005)
... aka Ab Fab (Australia: short title)
- Comic Relief Special (2005) TV episode (original idea)
- White Box (2004) TV episode (idea)
- Cold Turkey (2003) TV episode (idea)
- Exploitin' (2003) TV episode (idea)
- Schmoozin' (2003) TV episode (idea)
(32 more) - Absolument fabuleux (2001) (creator: TV series Absolutely Fabulous)
... aka Absolutely Fabulous (International: English title) - French & Saunders Live (2000) (V) (writer)
- The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) (writer)
- Absolutely Fabulous: Absolutely Not! (1998) (V) (original idea)
- French and Saunders Live (1993) (V) (writer)
- Comic Relief (1991) (TV) (uncredited)
... aka Comic Relief 3: The Stonker (UK: alternative title) - Comic Relief (1986/II) (TV) (writer)
... aka The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (UK: video title) - "The Comic Strip Presents..." (2 episodes, 1983-1986)
- Consuela, or, the New Mrs. Saunders (1986) TV episode (written by) (as French)
- Summer School (1983) TV episode (written by) - "Girls on Top" (1985) TV series (unknown episodes)
- An Evening for Nicaragua (1983) (TV) (writer)
- The Comic Strip (1981) (TV) (writer)
Soundtrack:
- "Jam & Jerusalem" (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
... aka Clatterford (USA)
- Episode #2.2 (2008) TV episode (performer: "Delilah", "Jolene", "Lovin' You")
- Christmas Panto (2006) TV episode (performer: "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)")
- Episode #1.1 (2006) TV episode (performer: "Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is A Season)") - "The Vicar of Dibley" (1 episode, 2007)
- The Vicar in White (2007) TV episode (performer: "Hips Don't Lie") - "French and Saunders" (6 episodes, 1987-2004)
- Episode #6.5 (2004) TV episode (performer: "I'm Outta Love")
- Loveheart (1996) TV episode (performer: "Letter From America")
- Thelma and Louise (1993) TV episode (performer: "There Must Be An Angel (Playing with My Heart)")
- Episode #3.7 (1990) TV episode (performer: "I Should Be So Lucky")
- Christmas Special (1988) TV episode (performer: "Mistletoe and Wine")
(1 more)
Self:
- "The Graham Norton Show" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Episode #6.7 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #3.6 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.10 (2007) TV episode .... Herself - "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" .... Herself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.4 (2009) TV episode .... Herself - "Queens of British Pop" .... Herself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.2 (2009) TV episode .... Herself - "The Paul O'Grady Show" .... Herself / ... (6 episodes, 2005-2009)
... aka The New Paul O'Grady Show (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 7 April 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Herself - Guest Host
- Episode #8.9 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #7.56 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #5.63 (2006) TV episode .... Herself/Narrator
- Episode #4.38 (2006) TV episode .... Herself
(1 more) - "Happy Hour" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Al Murray's Happy Hour (UK: complete title)
- Episode #3.5 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - "Loose Women" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #13.27 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - "More Boys Who Do Comedy" .... Herself (6 episodes, 2007)
... aka Dawn French's More Boys Who Do Comedy (UK: complete title)
- Episode #1.6 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.5 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.4 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.3 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.2 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
(1 more) - "Parkinson" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2000-2007)
- Episode dated 3 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 19 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 8 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself - The Vicar of Dibley's 40 Greatest Moments (2007) (TV) .... Herself
- "The F Word" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka Gordon Ramsay's F Word (UK: promotional title)
- Episode #3.1 (2007) TV episode .... Herself - "A Taste of My Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
- Lenny Henry (2007) TV episode .... Herself - Comic Relief 2007: The Big One (2007) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief Does Car Booty (2007) (TV) .... Herself
- "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
... aka Celebrity Fame Academy (UK: informal short title)
- Episode #3.1 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.9 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - "Girls Who Do: Comedy" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy (UK: complete title)
- Episode #1.1 (2006) TV episode .... Herself - "This Morning" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka This Morning with Richard and Judy (UK: informal title)
- Episode dated 3 April 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Herself - "Davina" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode #1.6 (2006) TV episode .... Herself - Foley & McColl: This Way Up (2005) (TV) .... Herself (the Burglar)
- 'T4' in Narnia (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- "GMTV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 18 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - The Comic Strip: A Retrospective (2005) (V) .... Herself
- "Blue Peter" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 11 March 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Aid (2005) (TV) .... Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Plastic Surgery Ruined My Wife (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV) .... Herself
- "Later with Jools Holland" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka A Little Later (USA: cut version)
- Episode #24.12 (2004) TV episode .... Herself - The British Comedy Awards 2004 (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Pre-recorded footage
- Chasing God (2004) .... Narrator
- The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (2004) (TV) .... Herself
- Britain's Cleverest Animal (2003) (TV) .... Narrator
- The Sitcom Story (2003) (TV) .... Presenter
- "V Graham Norton" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
- Episode #2.5 (2002) TV episode .... Herself - "The Sketch Show Story" (2001) TV series .... Herself
... aka Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (UK: complete title) - We Know Where You Live (2001) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Amnesty International's We Know Where You Live Live! (UK: complete title) - "Happiness" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- I'm Doing It for Me (2001) TV episode .... Herself - The Life and Lyrics of Kirsty MacColl (2001) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief Short Pants (2001) (TV) .... Herself
- "TFI Friday" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1996-2000)
... aka Thank Four It's Friday
- Episode dated 10 November 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 30 January 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 9 February 1996 (1996) TV episode .... Herself - Night of a Thousand Shows (2000) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Priory" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode #2.8 (2000) TV episode .... Herself - Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief: The Record Breaker (1999) (TV) .... Herself - Host
- "Late Lunch" .... Herself (1 episode, 1998)
- Episode #1.18 (1998) TV episode .... Herself - "Light Lunch" .... Herself (1 episode, 1997)
- Double Trouble (1997) TV episode .... Herself - Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power (1997) (V) .... Herself
... aka Spice: The Official Video Volume One (International: English title) - "Clive Anderson All Talk" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
- Episode #1.2 (1996) TV episode .... Herself - Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1995) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief (1991) (TV) .... Herself / Sharon Theodopolopodous
... aka Comic Relief 3: The Stonker (UK: alternative title) - "Aspel & Company" .... Herself (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode #8.6 (1991) TV episode .... Herself - "The Full Wax" .... Herself (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode #1.3 (1991) TV episode .... Herself - "Good Morning Britain" .... Herself (1 episode, 1990)
... aka TV-am (UK: alternative title)
- Episode dated 14 March 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Herself - The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- "Scoff" .... Herself - Presenter (7 episodes, 1988-1989)
- Episode #1.7 (1989) TV episode .... Herself - Presenter
- Episode #1.6 (1988) TV episode .... Herself - Presenter
- Episode #1.5 (1988) TV episode .... Herself - Presenter
- Episode #1.4 (1988) TV episode .... Herself - Presenter
- Episode #1.3 (1988) TV episode .... Herself - Presenter
(2 more) - Hysteria 2! (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself - audience member
- Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! (1988) (TV) .... Herself
- Live! From London (1988) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross" .... Herself (1 episode, 1987)
... aka The Last Resort (UK: new title)
- Episode #1.14 (1987) TV episode .... Herself - Comedians Do It on Stage (1986) (TV) .... Herself
- Comic Relief (1986/II) (TV) .... Herself
... aka The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (UK: video title) - "Omnibus" (1 episode, 1986)
- Comic Relief (1986) TV episode - An Evening for Nicaragua (1983) (TV) .... Herself
- "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" .... Herself (1 episode, 1982)
- Episode #6.5 (1982) TV episode .... Herself
Archive Footage:
-
"Live from Studio Five"
- Episode #1.63 (2009) TV episode .... Herself -
"Loose Women"
- Episode #13.233 (2009) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself -
"The Graham Norton Show"
- Episode #4.13 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #2.13 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - The Comedy Christmas (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Geraldine Granger
-
"The Story of Light Entertainment"
- Double Acts (2006) TV episode (as French and Saunders) - Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005) (TV) .... Hannibal
- Comic Relief Does University Challenge (2005) (TV) (archive sound) (uncredited) .... Herself
- The Comedians' Comedian (2005) (TV) (as French & Saunders)
- The Story of Absolutely Fabulous (2004) (TV) .... Saffron
- Night of a Thousand Faces (2001) (TV) .... Various
- Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992) (TV) .... Herself
- Kate Bush: The Whole Story (1986) (V) (uncredited) .... Assistant (clip: Experiment IV)
Additional Details
Other Works:
Appears in "BBC: Serious About Comedy" TV commercial for BBC America (2000)
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Publicity Listings:
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