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Still of Helen Mirren and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls Chris (Mirren, right) and her husband, Rod (Ciaran Hinds, left) celebrate the success of the calendar Still of Helen Mirren and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls Legendary actresses Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right) pose with the inspirations for their characters: two of the original calendar girls, Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right). Two of the original calendar girls – Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right) take a walk with the stars who portray the characters based on their lives: Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right) The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar

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View the latest pictures, photos and images from Calendar Girls - Middle aged Chris Harper and Annie Clarke are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women's Institute (WI), whose motto is "enlightenment, fun and friendship". Although they like most of the women at the WI (the friendship part), they, but the perceived flaky Chris in particular, hold the way Marie, the local president, runs the chapter with derision. They find much of what goes on there, especially the monthly presentations, banal and devoid of enlightenment and fun. Equally as banal was last year's fund-raising calendar, featuring local bridges, which raised a meager £75.60, with this year's proposed calendar, local churches, promising to be even more so. After Annie's husband John passes away from leukemia, Chris wants the WI to provide a memorial in his memory: a new sofa for the family room at the hospital...