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Peters

Why does the 'Personal Life' section list her husband as being Andi Peters?

CBE?

Dawn French CBE? Deleted this as she turned down the OBE a few years ago.

Live 8

In 2005, Bob Geldoff invited people to leave the Live 8 concert in London immediately prior to French's introduction of Mariah Carey.

I have no idea what this means. Was it a joke? Was he having a dig at French? At Carey? Was it a mistake? Is it even true? It's too loaded a remark to leave in without any explanation. sjorford →•← 12:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I think I've found it now [1] - people had to leave to catch their trains home. It's irrelevant to this article, then. sjorford #£@%&$?! 10:39, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Declining the OBE

Why? Soo 00:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Caistor Grammar School

Lists Dawn as a notable former student, but not mentioned in the article. Was she? Bedders 14:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image of Dawn French

The image is fabulous, I hope that it is kept for a while. She looks really pretty :)

Free photo

I contacted her agent Maureen Vincent for verification of facts and free photo. --Zureks 07:56, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another request for these image [2] sent out. --Zureks 19:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Permission granted! I got the images from http://www.oxford.anglican.org --Zureks 20:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, we've been wanting a picture for ages for the article. Eagle Owl 17:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Dawn grimreaper murdermosthorrid.jpg

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Fair use rationale for Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG

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Fair use rationale for Image:DawnFrench CatherineZetaJones.JPG

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Greenpeace

I'm pretty certain that in the very early 1990s or late 1980s, Dawn French took part in an education/propaganda video for Greenpeace. She narrated a claymation earth (and had part of her face superimposed on it) as it morphed through various guises being deforested and polluted. I don't know if this has any relevance for the article ... I just stopped here as I am looking to see if the video is still available anywhere and google pointed me here. --Candy (talk) 17:12, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

25 stone?

I've met her in Fowey and there's no way she weighs twice as much as me. Someone should cite that specifically. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.115.230.234 (talk) 03:52, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

David Smyth

It says in the article that French met David Smyth after studying for a while in New York. She actually met him at a party in Liskeard, before she went to New York. She says this in her new book, 'Dear Fatty'.