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I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he'd look at me the way boys do in films, as if I'm beautiful.

Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
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Film Actor
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Inner and Outer London
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