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Jennifer Saunders

…attention in the 1980s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama. With her comedy partner Dawn French, she wrote and starred in their eponymous sketch show, French & Saunders, for which she and French received a BAFTA fellowship ...

Kevin Allen (actor)

…Allen's first acting roles came by way of Channel 4's The Comic Strip and later starred alongside Dawn French in Ben Eltons West End hit Silly Cow at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He also starred with Diana Rigg in Howard Brentons Berlin Bertie at Londons Royal Court Theatre directed by Dan...

Tracey Ullman

… were on British TV sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After a brief but high-profile singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in Girls On Top with Dawn French and Jennifer S...

Billy Cnolly

…Later in the year, Connolly topped an unscientific poll of "Britain's Favourite Comedian" conducted by TV network Five, placing him ahead of performers such as John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, Dawn French, and Peter Cook.…

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