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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.

Francesca Annis

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Francesca Annis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 14
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.
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From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now.
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Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women I think men revere older women.
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