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Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes.

Helen Fielding

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Helen Fielding
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 19
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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Morley
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Mum
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