Fine dining when it goes wrong.
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English actress and author
United Kingdom · b. 1946
Born in London, Jane Asher, 77, had her first role at five, in the 1952 film Mandy. She went on to appear in Alfie in 1966 and Deep End in 1970, and her extensive stage credits include The Importance of Being Earnest at the Rose in Kingston and An American in Paris at London’s Dominion theatre. She stars in Somerset Maugham’s The Circle at Richmond’s Orange Tree theatre until 17 June. She has three children with the illustrator Gerald Scarfe and lives in West Sussex.
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Fine dining when it goes wrong.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
The early family skiing holidays – before I’d broken an ankle and Gerald had torn a ligament – were just wonderful.
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I’ve always been frightened of the dark. I sometimes wonder whether it stems from being away filming from the age of five. I can remember being devastatingly homesick and having a little nightlight I used to look at to reassure myself things were all right.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗
Minding not being liked.
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Mental cruelty.
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When I was a teenager, I laughed at a joke I didn’t understand. Whoever told the joke turned to me and said, “What are you laughing at?” Of course I didn’t know and he obviously knew I didn’t know. It was excruciating.
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Not to take anything for granted.
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